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E A R O N E T A G E
ENGLAND:
CONTAINING
A Genealogical and Historical Account
OF ALL THE
ENGLISH BARONETS
NOW EXISTING:
With their Descents, Marriages, and
Memorable Actions both in War and Peace.
COLLECTED FROM
Authentic Manuscripts, Records, Old Wills, Our beft
Historians, and other Authorities.
Illuftrated with their
COATS of A R M S,
Engraven on Copper-Plates.
A L S Ot A
L I ST of A v l ■ the BARONETS,
Who have been advanced to that Dignity, from the firft
Inst it u t i o n thereof.
. Tf» *Lich If added,
An Account of foch Nova-Scotia Baronets
as are of English Families^
A N t> A
DICTIONARY of HERALDRY,
Explaining fueh Terms as are commonly ufed in English
Armory.
By E. K I M B E R and R. JOHNSO N.
VOLUME the FIRS T.
L O N D O N:
Printed for G. Woodfall, J. Fuller, E. Johnson, Hawes, Clarke and
Collins, W.Johnston, S.Crowder, J. Wilkie, T, Lonsma.n,
B. Law, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, Robinson am Robe&ts,
W. Nicoll, R, Baldwin, Z. Stuakt, ant W. Davis,
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PRE FACE.
MR. WOTTON (that indefatigable La-
bourer in the golden Mines of Antiquity,
whofe Avenues were rendered almoft
inacceffible by the deftnudlive Hand of Time,
and the cruel Ravages of barbarous Nations) has
cleared the Paths, which lead to the Perfection of
this intricate Science. Neither the great Diffi-
culties attending Genealogical Enquiries, (in
which fo maay Centuries were to be traced, and
the Thread to guide him generally (o flender, and,
fometimes broken,) nor the Impoffibility of per-
fuading forrle Families to give the leaf!; Afiiftance,
were able to deter him from this verv difficult
Purfuit. In Spite of all Obftacles, in the Year
1 74 1, he publifhed his laft Account cf the
Englifh Baronets, of which this is prefented to
the Public as a New Edition, and Continuation
to the prefent Time.
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iv PRE F4A C E.
The Reception that Work met with* which is
to be found only in the Libraries of the Curious,
was a fufficient Motive for this Republication*
The Neceffity of a New Edition will appear the
more evident, when we obferve, that, of the
& Four Hundred and Sixty-eight Baronets, whofe
| Families are mentioned by Mr. Wotton, near
^Gne Hundred and Forty of thofe Titles are now
either extinct, or lie dormant in higher Promo-
tions ; and, of the Three Hundred and Forty
Baronets, inferted in this Work, and who en-
joyed the Title at the Time of Mr. Wotton's
Publication, not an Hundred of them are now
living. We may add, fince that Period, Seventy-
four new Baronets have been created. All thefe
Confiderations contribute to make Mr. Wotton's
Edition, rather a valuable Work of Antiquity,
than the modern State of the Baronets. aj.
Mr. Wotton's Notes, moft of which were only
Authorities for what he advanced, though abfo-
lutely neceflary in his Edition, are become of no
Ccniequence to this, as the Facts they tended to
corroborate are now generally allowed. Hifto-
rical Paffages of no great Moment, and the men-
tion of Eftates, which have been long loft to the
prefent Families, where they did not feeov. necef-
lary to illuftrate the Pedigree, are here, for the
Sake
PR E F A C E. v
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Sake of Brevity, omitted. The Pedigrees, how-
ever, are every where kept entire, many of them
corrected, but not the Jeaft Part of them de-
firoyed. B 1L
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We have purfued the Defign of Mr, Wotton,
in publifhing the Account of every Baronet, to
fhew the Antiquity of each, as far as it can be
traced, with their Marriages and IiTues, to the
prefent Time, together with fuch hiftorical Me-
moirs, that have any Connection with, or may
ferve to illuftrate or elucidate the fame, n
We apprehend, that the Baronets hereafter
mentioned, are all that are in being, of the
Englifh Creation, ftrict Enquiry having been
made in every County, to get the beft Informa-
tion relating to thofe that are extinct; and fuch
of them as appear to be doubtful, though gene-
rally believed to have failed, are inferted by
themfelves at the End of the Work, not being
\ Try q
willing, upon mere Prefumption, to deprive any
Family of , its Honours.
The Accounts of thofe Baronets, who are Peers
of Great Britain or Ireland, are not introduced
here; becaufe their Creations are abforbed in
higher Titles, and their Genealogies publiflied in
the modern Peerages. One Inftance having hap-
A3 pened
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vi PREFACE.
pened this Year, 1770, of a Baronet's Title fur-
viving the Peerage, we have carefully given due
Precedence to that Pedigree, as the Reader will
perceive in the Account of Sir George Booth,
(Vol. I. Page 18.) who fucceeded to the Title of
Baronet on the Death of Lord Delamer. We
have given Place to the Pedigree of Sir James
Harrington, of Ridlington, in Rutlandshire,
though, perhaps, improperly, as that Title is
faid long fince to have expired in an Ad: of At-
tainder ; but, by others, fuppofed to be an illegal
A61, and that the Right to the Title is ftill good.
Not being able to fettle the Pedigree of Sir
Charles Hudfon till the Work was nearly finiilied,
we were obliged to defer it for Infertion in the.
Appendix, where the Reader will alfo find one or
two' more5 and fuch Alterations and Additions as
came to Hand after the Accounts of the different
Families were printed: All which /hall be care-
fully introduced, in their proper Places, in a fu-^
ture Edition.
It has been obferved by fome, in Oppofition to
Publications of this Nature, that heroic Virtue
and Integrity redound more to the Honour of
Mankind, than the longeft Train of Anceftors
poffibly can. However, furely it mull be granted,
that a Retrofpect of the magnanimous Deeds of
ilhiftrious Anceftors is molt likely to animate the
youth?!
P RE FAX E. vii'
youthful Bofom with an Emulation to equal, if
not excel, their Predecefibrs.
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Application has been made to every Baronet,
whole Place of Refidence could be known, not
only by Letters, but by perfonal Application, and.
frequent Advertifements ; and w^e acknowledge,
with all due Refpeci and Gratitude, that many
of the Baronets themfelves, or their Relations,
have very obligingly furnifhed us with the Con-
tinuation of their refpecTive Pedigrees ; feme of
them have even gone fo far, as to enable us,
where Mr. Wotton was faulty, to give their Fa-
mily Accounts corrected from the firft mention
of their Exiftence. Some few we met v/ith,
Avhb were fuch Strangers to the Glory of their
Anceftors, and the future Honour of their Fami-
lies, as not to be prevailed on, by repeated Solli-
citations, to fpare a Moment in furnifhing one
fingle Material to grace their Families.
It is with the greateft Pleafure, that I ac-
knowledge myfelf obliged with the kind Affift-
ance of fome fkilful Gentlemen, particularly that
learned and curious Genealogift, George Booth
Tyndale, of Brifiol, Efq; Barrifter at Lav/, by
whom I was favoured, at no fmall Labour and
pxpence to himfelf, with many valuable Mate-
rials, and fome entire Pedigrees.
Whil.
viil PREFACE.
While I am thus acknowledging the Favours I
have received frorj} the living, let me not forget
the Tribute due to the Memory of my Friend*
Mr. Kimber, r who fell a Vidtim, in the Meridian
of his Life, to his indefatigable Toils in the Re-
public of Letters. To him I owe the prefent
Plan of this Work : He was the Architect, I
only the Builder. Happy fhall I think myfelf, if
I (hall appear properly to have executed the De-
fign which he formed.
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CONTENTS
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S|)LUME the FIRSTS"
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1. B^CON, of Redgrave, Suffolk, • — iiw s'':ii
2. Hoghton, of Hoghton-Tower, Lancajhirt, — 12-
3. 2?*0*£, of Dunham- Maffey, Chejhire, — 1 8
jP*V* Appendix, Vol III. Page 412.
*3» Peyton, of Ifelbam, Cambridge/hire, — (4°>
4. Cft/tol, of Clifton, Nottinghamjhire, — 24
5. Gerard, of Bryn, Lancajhire, — * — 3 1
^ifafe Appendix, Page 417.
6. Sfo/ty, 0/ Michelgrove, Suffex, — — 3S
Vide Appendix, Page 41 7.
7. Barrington, of Barrington-Hall, EJfex, — 39
8. Mufgrave, of Hartley -Caftle, Wejlmoreland, — 44
Vide Appendix, Page 419.
9. C0/>f, 0/ Hanwell, Oxfcrdjhire, — — 5^
10. Grejley, of Drakelow, Derby [hire, — 55
11. Molineux, of Teverfal, Nottingham/hire, — 59
12. Savile, ofThornhill, Torkjhire, — — 65
Vide Appendix, Page 420.
13. Wodeboufe, of Kimberley, Norfolk, — 72
14. Harrington, of Ridiington, Rutland/hire, — 79
15. Mor daunt, of Majfuigham, Norfolk, — 8 1
16. IVorJley, of Apulder combe, Hampjhire, — — 84
17. Fleetwood, of Calwicbe, Staffordjhire, — 87
18. Twifden, of Evft-Peckham, Kent, — — 9^
19. Hales, of Woodchurch, Kent, — — 94
Vide Appendix, Page 42 1 .
20. JVyvill, of Conjlable-Burton, Yorkjhire, — — 98
2f. Temple, of Stowe, Buckingham/hire, -— — 1 03
22. Gojhvick, of Willingion, Becfordjhire, — — 104
23. JVray, of Glentworth, Lincolnjhire, — — ic6
Vide Appendix, Page 423.
24. Aylojfe,
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24. Aylejfe, of Br axtcd- Magna, Effex, *>0~ — 1 1^0
25. Pejr.all, of Ecclejha/l, Stafford] hire, — — 113
Vide Appendix, Page 423.
26. Englefeld, .of IVotton-BajJet, JViltjhire, — • — 123
27. Plolte, cf A/Ion, near Birmingham, — s — ^ 1^9
Vide Appendix, Page 423.
28. Egerton, of Egerton, Chefoire, — — 133
29. Clarke, of Salford, Warwickjhire, — — 140
Vide Appendix, Page 423.
30. Boynton, of Bar?nfton, Yorkjhire, — • — 1 43
31. Biitdet, of Bramcotc, Warwickjhire, — * 147
Vide Appendix, Page 423.
32. Mackwortb, of Normanton, Rutlandfnire, — 153
Vide Appendix, Page 423.
33. Hi ekes, of Beverjlon, Gloucejlerftoire, — — 157
Vide Appendix, Page 424.
34. Dryden, cf Canons- Ajhby, Noribainptonfiire, — 161
Vide Appendix, Page 425.
35. Mill, of Camois-Court, Sujfex, — * — 167
Vide Appendix, Page 425.
36. Foulis, of higleby, Yorkjhire, — — 170
37. Berney, of Par kh all, in Pee dh am, Norfolk, — 173
38. Pakinglon, of Ai If my, Buckinghamfhire, — >. 177
39. Bifiopp, of Par bam, Suffix, — — 191
40. Vincent, of Stoke D' Abernon, Surry, — - — 193
41. Tic h borne, of Tichborne, Hampfinre, — — *97
42. Palmer, of Wingham, Kent, — — — 205
43. Rivers, of Chaff ord, Kent, — — 2 1 1
44. Hewet, of Headly-Hall, Yorkfoire, — 213
Vide Appendix, Page 425.
45* ftrnegan, or Jcrningharn, of Crjfey, Norfolk, — " 215
46. Philipps, of Pitlon-Caflk, Pembroke fair e^ 219
47. Stepney, cf Prendergajl, Pembrokefiire, «**■ — 223
48. Wake, of Chvedon, Somerfetflrire, — —
49. Hotbam, cf Scarborough, Yorkfiire, •— —
Vide Appendix, Page 42 c.
50. Manfel, of A/Iuddifo?,ibe, Carina, the:- f hire, — 234
51. Prideaux, of Netherton, Dev:njbire, — -— 238
■ Vide 'Appendix, Pare a? 7.
52. Heflrige, of Nofeley, Lei cell erfhire, • — 1 — 243
53. Burton, of Stockerjlon, Leictjicrfirc, ■— - 246
54. Drake, of Bv.chland, Devon/hire, — — 247
55. Skipivith, of Prejhvould, LeicrjlerfAre, — 249
56. Playiers, of SotteAey, Suffolk 3 — - — 251
• Vide Appendix , Page 437.
5 J. Harpur9
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57. Harpur, of Calke, Derbyfhire, — — 255
Vide Appendix, Page 438.
58. Se alright, of ' Besford, IVorceflerflnre, — — 261
59. Dering, of Surenden- Dering, Kent, — — - 263
Vide Appendix, Page 438.
60. Styles, of fraieringburyi Kent, — — 267
Vide Appendix, Page 439.
61. Moore, of Fawley, Berkfoire, — — 27 O
62. I/bam, of Lamport, Northampton/hire, — 272
63. Bagot, of Blithfield, Staffer djhire, — — « 282
Vide Appendix, Page 440.
64. Mannock, of Gifford's-Hall, Suffolk, — 287
65. Littleton, of Pillaton-Hall, Stafford/hire, — 289
66. Goring, of Highden, Suffex, \ — — 296
67. Stonhoufe, of Radley, Berk/hire, — 29 $
68. Wrey, of Trebitch, Cornwall, — • — 300
69. Trelaiuney, of Trelawney, Cornwall, — 303
70. Conyers, of Horden, Durham, — — 312
71. AJlon, of Aflon, Chefiire, — — 315
Vide Appendix, Page 440.
72. Pryce, of New-Town, Montgomery/hire, — 323
73. JVifeman, of Canf eld- Hall, Effex, — 327
74. Pile, of Compton, Berkjhire, — — 329.
Vide Appendix, Page 440.
75. Pole, of Shute, Devonjhire, — — 331
-76. Vavafor, of Haflewocd, Yorkjhire, — — 335
77. JVolfeley, of JVolfeley, Staffordjhire, — 339
78. Ruffell, of Chippenham, Cambridgefhire, — > 342
79. Everard, of Much-lValthain, Effex, — 346
80. Lmnley, of Bardfield, Effex, — — 348
81. Dal/Ion, of Dal/ion, Cumberland, — 349
82. Every, of Egginton, Derbyfhire, — — 351
83. Langley, of Higham-Gobion, Bedfordfoire, — - 353
84. Cave, of Sia-rford, Northamptonffire, — 355
85. Boteler, of Teflon, Kent, — — 366
86. Hatton, of Long- Stanton, Cambridgejhire, — 367
87. Abdy, of Felix -Hdll, Effex, — — ~ 372
83. Bampfylde, of Folfhnore, Devonjhire, — 374
89. Cotton, of Landwade, Cambridgefnre, — — 382
90. Burgoyne, of Svtion, Bcdfordfnire, -— — 386
9r. Northcote, of Haym, Devonjhire, — 388
92. Strickland, of Boy nt on, Torkfbire, — — 39 r
93. Bo ghton, of Lawford, Warwickfhire, — 393
94. Chichejler, of Raleigh, DcVo>j'.jire, — — 396
1 95. Knatcbbidl, of Merfuam-Hatch, Kent, — — ^99
.96.- Cajlleion, of St. Edmundfbury, Suffolk, — 403
97. Owen,
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97. 0 wit fiy of Orielton, Pembroke/hire^ — -*- a0I*
98. Hey man, of Somer field, Kent, ~ *a >q«
99. Goodricke, of Ribjlan, Torkjhire, _ 40Q
100. Lawley, of Spoonbill, Shropjhire, — aja,
ID 1. Davie, of Creedy, Devon/hire, — — ^ft
F/afc Appendix, Page 44 1 .
102. Pettus, of Rackheath, Norfolk, i— 420
£7<& Appendix, Page 441.
103. Andreivs, of Denton, Northamptonshire, — » 422
104. Half or d, of WiJIovj, Le^ejlerjhire^ — 42?
105. Kaye, of Woodejham, alias Woodjome, Torkjhire, 425
106. Trollope, of Cafewick, Lincoln/hire, .&- ^28
107. St. ^uintin, of Harpbam, Torkjhire, -- 401
Vide Appendix, Page 441,
108. Kemp, of Gifftng, Norfolk, — . — 43 7
109. Ingleby, of Ripley, Torkjhire, — — 440
1 10. Willi amf on, of Eajl-Markham, Nottihgbamjhire, 443
111. Lowther, of Whitehaven, Cumberland^ — 44 c
112. Aljlon, of Odell, Bedfordjhire, — - 457
113. Corbett, of Leighton, Montgojneryjhire^ — 460
114. Markham, of Sedgebroke, Nottingham/hire, — 467
Vide Appendix, Page 44 1.
115. Thorold, of Marfl on, Lincolnjhire, — 470
116. Wrottefley, of VVrottejley, Staffordjlnrci — 475
Vide Appendix, Page 443.
117. ^Throckmorton, of Ccughton, Warwickjhire9 — 47 8
118. Halton, of Samford, Effex, —• — 487
119. Blount, of Sodvigton, Worceflerjhire, **- 488
120. Chamber layne, of Wickham, Oxfordjhire, — - 492
12 i. Hunloke, of Winger worth, Derbyjhire, — 496
122. D' An vers, of Ciilworth, North amptonfoire, -— 499
123. Haggerjhn, of Haggerjlon-Cajlle, Northumberland, , 502
124. O'Neill, of Dublin, — — 504
125. Hickman, of Gainfiorough, Lincolnjhire, — - 505
126. BathnrjU of Leach lid,:, Gkucejicrjlnre, — 508
127. Acton, of AMmbam, Shropji.ire, - — — 512
l2$.Webb,cfOqftock,Wiltjhire, — -— 516
129. Williams, of Gucrncvii, Brecon, — — .518
130. Acland, of Colu?nb-Jo.bn, Devonjlire, — 519
131. Vyvian, of Trehvjarrm, Cornwall, — 525
132* Edwards, of Shrnvjhtry, - — — 528'
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BARONETS
Created by
KING JAMES L
i. Bacon of Redgrave, Suffolk.
Created Baronet of England, May 22, 1611.
OF this name there have been many perfons of great
account in former ages 5 but that particular family, of
which we are now to treat, derive their defccnt from
Grimbalbus, who came into England at the time
of the Norman conqueft, in company with William Earl War-
ren, to whom he was related ; which Grimbaldus had lands in
Normandy.; and, after his arrival in England, fettled .at Lether-
ingfett, near Holt in Norfolk, where he founded the church,
and made his fecond fon, Edmund, parfon of it, His other fens
were Radulph and Ranulph.
Roger, the fon of Ranulph, was father of Robert, the firfl of
the family we find mentioned by the name of Bacon, vvhofe bro-
ther, William Bacon, was of Monks Bradfield in the county of
Suffolk, temp. Ric. I. which William is taken notice of among
the knights bearing banners, as well Normans as of other pro-
vinces, in the reign of King Philip II. of France -, and by a
daughter of Thomas, Lord Bardolph, was father of another
William, of the fame place, whofefon, Adam, lived in the time
of Edw. I. and left two fons,* Wido Bacon of Bradfield afore-
laid, who died without iffue, and Robert Bacon of Heffet, alias
Hegefett, in the faid county.
The faid Robert, by Alice his wife, daughter of Burgate,
had iffye John Bacon of Reflet and Bradfield, who was father of
John Bacon, and he of another John, of the fame places, who
married Helena, daughter of-— — Gedding, and by her left a
fon of his own name, who married (firit) Helena, daughter of
Sir George Tillot, of Rougham in Norfolk, Knt. and (fecondly)
Julian, daughter of Bardwell ; from which fecond marri-
age proceeded the Bacons of HefTet, who flcurilhed there near
we hundred years, and have not been extinct a century.
Vox, L B John,
2 BACON of Redgrave.
John, Ton of the faid John Bacon, (by Helena his firfr. wife,)
married Margery, daughter and heir of John Thorp, fon of Wil-
liam Thorp, (by the daughter and heir of- Quaplod) fon of
Sir William Thorp (by the daughter and heir of Sir Roger Ba-
con, a commander in the wars, temp. Edw. II. & Edw. III. fon
of Sir Henry Bacon, fon of another Sir Henry, a judge itinerant,
temp. Hen. III. lineally defcended from Grimbaldus ;) fince
which marriage this branch of the family quarter the arms of
Quaplod with their own, viz. Barry of fix, Or and Azure, a
Bend, Gules.
The faid John Bacon was father of Edmund Bacon of Drink-
fton, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Crofts, by whom
he had iffue John Bacon, who married Agnes, daughter of Tho-
mas Cockfield, and had iffue Robert Bacon of Drinkfton, who
lies buried at Heffet, with Ifabella his wife, daughter of John
Cage, of Pakenham in Suffolk, by whom he had ifTue three fons
and two daughters, viz. i. Thomas Bacon, of Northaw, in
Hertford (hi re, who married the daughter of Brown, but
died without iffue. 2. Sir Nicholas Bacon, hereafter mentioned.
3. James Bacon, Alderman of London, who died in 1573* and
lies buried at St. Dunftan's in theEafr, London ; leaving ifTue,
I. Sir James Bacon, of Frifton in Suffolk, Knt. who married
Elizabeth, daughter of Bacon of Heffet. 2. William ; and one
daughter, Anne, married to George Revett of Brandefton in
Suffolk. The daughters of the faid Robert Bacon were, Bar-
bara, married to Robert Sharp, and Anne to Robert Blackman,
both of St. Edmondfbury in Suffolk.
Nicholas Bacon, fecond fon to Robert, was born at Chiflehurfl
in Kent, and educated at Corpus-Chrifti College in Cambridge,
(to which he was a great benefactor, by endowing it with fix
icholarfhips, three whereof he appropriated to fcholars from Bo-
tefdale fchool, near his feat at Redgrave, founded by himfelf, and
building the chapel and library over it,) after which, removing
to Gray's-Inn for the ft udy of the law, he made fuch a proficiency
therein, that K. Henry VIII, in the 38th of his reign, made him
attorney of the court of wards, having before, in the 36th year of
his reign, granted him the manors of Redgrave, Botefdale, and
Gillingham, late belonging to the monaftery of St. Edmunds-
bury in Suffolk, with the park of Redgrave, and fix acres of land
in Wortham, as alio the tythes of Redgrave, to hold in capite by
Knight's fervicej and upon the death of that King, (which
happened foon after,) he had his patent renewed 1 Edw. VI.
and in the fixth of the fame King was conftituted Treafurer of
Gray's-Inn, of which fociety he was a member. Being grown
ftiil more famous for his knowledge, he had the honour of
knighthood conferred upon him by Queen Elizabeth, in the firft
year
BACON of Redgrave. ,g
Vear of her reign, and was made lord keeper of the great feal of
England, which office in his time was by act of parliament made
equal in authority with that of the chancellor* He promoted the
intereft of England to his power j and, to fecure his own, made
ufe of the policy of the age, viz. great alliance. He and Cecil
married two niters ; Walfingham and Mildmay, two more j
Knolles, Effex, and Leicefter, were alfo linked together.
As to greatnefs, Sir Nicholas never affected it, according to his
motto, Mediocria firma ; nor was he fo much for a large, as a
good eftate. His houfes at Redgrave in Suffolk and Gorham-
bury in Hertfordfhire were convenient, but not {lately ; which
made Q^ Elizabeth tell him, when {he called at Redgrave, in
her progrefs, That it zvas too little fo?' his Lordjhip* To which he
anfwered, Ko^ Madam \ but your Highnefs has made me too big for
it. However, on that remark he is faid to have added the wings
to the houfe now {landing at Redgrave. Camden gives him
this character : c Of perfon very corpulent, moft quick wit, fin-
* gular prudence, admirable eloquence, retentive memory, and
4 another pillar to the privy-council.' This corpulency of body
grew on him in his old age, to which the Queen alluding ufed
to fay, Sir Nicholas'* Soul lodges well.
1 He had the deepeft reach into affairs of any man, that was
* at the Council-table, the knottieft head to pierce into difncul-
* ties, the moll comprehenfive judgment to furround the merit
* of a caufe, the ftrongeft memory to recollect all circumftances
* of a bufinefs to one viewi the greateft patience to debate and
1 confider, and the cleareft reafon to urge any thing that came
* in his way in court or chancery* His dexterity and difpatch
* advanced him to the court of wards ; his deep experience made
4 him lord keeper* Great was this ftatefman's wit, greater the
* fame of it. He was the exacleft man to draw up a law in coun*
* cil, and the moft difcrete to execute it in court. The excel-
* lency of his parts was (et off with the gravity of his perfon ;
* his account of England and all its affairs was punctual j his ufe
* of learned aftifts was continual 5 his correfpondence with his
* fellow ftatefmen exact j his apprehenfion of our laws and go^-
* vernment clear; his model of both, methodical; his faithful-
* nefs to the church, eminent j his induftrious invention for the
* {late, indefatigable 5 he was that moderate man that was ap-
* pointed to prefide at the difputation between the proteflant
c and popilh doctors in the firft year of Queen Elizabeth ; in
* a word, he was a father of his country, and of Sir Francis
6 Bacon.'
He died i\ Eliz. 15791 and was interred on the fouth fide of
the choir of St. Paul's cathedral, London, where a noble monu-
ment was erected to his memory, before the Fire ot London.
B 2 He
4 B A C O N of Redgrave.
He married two wives, firft:, Jane, daughter of William Fern-
ley, of Weft-Creting in Suffoik, Efq; by whom he had iflue
three Tons and three daughters. The Tons were, i. Sir Nicholas,
of whom hereafter. 2. Nathaniel Bacon, of Stiffkey in Nor-
folk, Efq; (who married two wives, firft, Anne, daughter of
Sir 1 homas Grefharn of London, Knt. by whom he had three
d .ughters, his coheirs ; 1- Anne, who being married to Sir Roger
Town&end of Rainham in Norfolk, anceftor to the prefent Lord
Vifc.Townfhend, brought the Stiffkey eftate into that family ;
2. Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Knyvet, of Amwelthorp
in Norfolk ; and 3. Winihid, to Sir Robert Gawdy, of Ckxton
in Norfolk, Knts. Sir Nathaniel's fecond wife was Dorothy,
daughter of Sir George Hopton of Suffolk, Knt. by whom he
had no iffue.) 3. Edward Bacon, of Shiubland-Hall in Suffolk,
Efq; in right of his wife Helen, daughter and heir of Thomas
Littel, of the fame place, Efq; and of Bray in the county of
Berks, (by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheir to Sir Robert
Litton, of Knebworth in Hertfordfhire, Knt.) from whom is
lineally defcended Nicholas Bacon, of Shrubland-Hall, Efq; and
from younger fons of the faid Edward, are the Bacons of Ipfwich
in Suffolk, andEarlham in Norfolk, defcended. The daughters
were, 1. Anne, married to Sir Henry Wodehoufe, of Waxham
in Norfolk, Knt. 2, — — -, married firft, to Sir Francis Wind*
ham, Knt. one of the juftices of the common-pleas ; fecondly,
to Sir Robert Mansfield, Knt. and 3. Elizabeth, married firft,
to Sir Robert D'Oyly, of Chiflehampton in Oxfordfhire, Knt.
fecondly, to Sir Henry Nevill, Knt. and thirdly, to SirWilliam
Periam, Knt. lord chief baron of the exchequer.
Sir Nicholas's fecond wife was Anne, daughter of Sir Anthony
Cooke, of Giddy-Hall in EfTex, Knt. by whom he had iffue two
fons, 1. Anthony, who was legate at Venice, and chancellor of
the duchy of Lancaftcr, and died at Effex-houfe in the Strand,
unmarried, before his father ; and 2. Sir Francis Bacon, Knt.
Sir Francis was born at York-Place in the Strand, Jan. 22,
1560, and June 10, 1573, v/as matriculated in the univerfity
of Cambridge, and entered into Trinity college, under the care
of Dr. Whitp-ift, then m after of the faid college, and afterwards
Archbiftiop of Canterbury. After he had paffed through the
circle of the liberal arts, his father thought proper to qualify
him for the management of public affairs, and fent him over to
France with Sir Amyas Paulet, Embaffador to that court, who
entrufted him with a eommiffion to the Queen, which he dif-
charged with great approbation, and returned to France, with
an intention to continue fome years. During his abfence, his
father died in 1 5 79, upon which he returned to England, and
applied hlffifelf to the ftudy of the common law, which he re-
folveol
BACON of Redgrave, 5
folved upon as his profeffion. He was appointed one of the
Queen's council extraordinary in the 28th year of his agc^ an
honour fcarce ever granted before. He was one of the firii that
argued the difficult cafe ofUfes, calied Chitdleigb's Cafe, which
is reported by Sir Edward Coke. But the greater! figure which
he made in the ten laft years of the Queen's reign, was in the
Houfe of Commons ; and then it is thought he applied himfelf
to politics ; fo that the Queen and Lord Treafurer Burghley
employed his head and hand in affairs of ftate. He made no
confiderable advances in his fortune under Queen Elizabeth, but
on the acceflion of King James to the crown, he was foon raifed
to confiderable honours. July 23, 1603, he was knighted at
Whitehall, and the year following he was made one of the
King's council learned in the law; and, as his abilities had ap-
peared in Council, in Parliament, and in his Profeffion, and
efpecially in his Speeches which he made in the Houfe of Com-
mons, he was in the year 1607 appointed Sollicitor-general in
the room of Sir Henry Hobart. In 161 1 he was made joint
Judge with Sir Thomas Vavafor, then knight marfhal of the
knight marfhal's court, and Oct. 27, 1613, he fucceeded Sir
Henry Hobart as Attorney-general, and June 9, 1616, he was
fworn of the King's privy council, a truft rarely conferred, ei-
ther before or fince, on a gentleman in that office. March 7,
17 16-7, he was appointed Lord keeper of the great feal, and
Jan. 4, 16 18, he was made Lord chancellor of England, and on
the nth of July following created lord Verulam, and Jan. 27,
1620- 1, he was advanced to the dignity of Vifcount St. Albans,
and appeared with the greateft honour and fplendor at the open-
ing of the feffion of Parliament on the 30th of that month. But;
he was foon after furprized with a melancholy reverfe of for-
tune ; for, about the 12th of March following, a committee
was appointed of fome members of the houfe of commons, to
infpeel: the abufes of the courts of juftice, whereof Sir Robert
Philips was appointed chairman. The nrft thing they fell upon
was Bribery and Corruption, of which the L( rd Chancellor Bacon
was accufed by Awbery and Egerton, who affirmed, that they
had procured money to be given to him, to promote their caufes
depending before him. This being corroborated by fome cir-
cumftances, a report was made from the committee to the houfe,
upon the 15th of that month, yet with all imaginable tendernefs
and refpeel: to his Lordfhip, in regard, as the chairman declared,
// touched the honour of a great wan, fo endued with all farts both of
nature and art, as that he would fay no ?nore of him, being not able
to fay enough. Upon this a conference was had with the lords,
and afterwards baron Denham and the attorney-s-eneral were
lent by the lords, v/rth a copy of the charge againft him, and
B 3 after
6 B A C O N of Redgrave.
after feveral meflages *, on Monday, April 29, he lent his con-
fer flion and fubmiflion to the houfe of lords, in which he con-
feiled fome fads, denied cthersx and endeavoured to anfwer or
explain the reft in fuch a manner, as to take ofF the malignity
of the oifence. But the lords taking this for a full and inge-
nuous confeflion, fent feveral of their members, to fee if the
chancellor would own it, which he did in thefe words, My lords^
it is my a6l, ?ny hand, my heart ; / befeecb your lordjlnps to be mer-
ciful to a broken reed. This anfwer being reported to the houfe,
the lords agreed to move the king to fequefter the feal, and on
Wednefday, May 2, it was refolved to give fentence -againft him
next morning, and accordingly he was fummoned to attend, but
he anfwered, that he was fick% and protefied that he did. not feign
this for an excufe ; for if he had been tfjill^ he would willingly have
come. On May 3, 1621, the Lord Chief Juftice pronounced
the following judgment,
That the Lord Vifcount St, Albans., Lord. Chancellor of England*
Jljall undergo a fine and ranfom of 40,000 /. and that hcjhall be impri-
Joried in the Tower during the king's pleafure*
That he Jhall be incapable of any office, place, or employme?it in the
Jlate or commonwealth, and, never Jit, in parliament, or come within
the verge of the court.
The Prince of Wales and fome others endeavoured to have mi-
tigated the feverity of this fentence ; and many pf the lords, by
way of excufe for the rigour of it, told him afterwards, that they
knew they left him in good hands, and it might be prefumed,
that the king, who, as his lordflup writes, hadfjed tear.supan the
news of his being accufed, would be indulgent and beneficent to.
him upon his Sentence.
There is a variety of opinions concerning his guilt in the points
charged againft him; Mr. Rufhworth fays, his decrees were ge-
nerally made with fo much equity, that tho' gifts rendered him
fufpecled for injuftice, yet never any decree made by him was re-
verfed as unjuft.
After the judgment given againft him, and a fliort imprifon-
ment in the Tower, he retired from the engagements of an ac-
tive life, to the {hade of a contemplative one, which he had al-
ways loved. The iirft, or at leaft the greateft act of kindnets,
which the king extended to him, was the remitting the parlia-
mentary fine, and granting it to fome of his lordfhip's friends.
In a letter to the king, dated July 30, 1624, wherein he ufes the
moft pathetic cxpreffions, he implores his majefty to grant him
a total remiilion of his fentence, to the end that the blot of ignominy
might be removed from him, and from his memory with pojlerity.
* See the whole proceedings againft him In State trials^ fpl. vol. 1. p. 353.
This.
BACON of Redgrave. ' 7
This requeft very probably was granted him, for we find that he
was fummoned to parliament in the firft year of King Charles I.
However, it appears from the works, which he compofed and de-
figned during his retirement, that his thoughts were (till frce^
vigorous and noble j and, as Dr. Tenifon (afterwards Archbifhop
of Canterbury) obferves, it did not appear by any thing during
all the time of his eclipfe of fortune, that there was any abject-
nefs of fpirit in him; his writings fhew a mind in him, not dif-
fracted with anxiety, nordeprefled with fhame ; not flow for want
of encouragement, nor broken with difcontent; fuch vigour of
conceit, fuch a mafculine ftyle, fuch quicknefs in compofition,
appeared in his learned labours. The laft five years of his life
he devoted entirely to his ftudies, a thing which he would often
fpeak of during the active part of his life, as if he affected to die
in the fhade, and not in the light. In this recefs he compofed
the greateft part of his Latin and Englifh works.
His lordfhip had happily efcaped the plague, which infefted
the fummerof the year 1625, and with fome difficulty, being ot
a weak and tender constitution, palled the fevere winter which
followed ; but going in the fpring to make fome experiment in
natural philofophy^ he was taken fo ill, that he was obliged toftay
at the Earl of Arundel's houfe at Highgate about a week, and
there expired on Eafter-day, the 9th of April, 1626, in the 66th
year of his age, of a gentle fever attended with a great cold,
which occafioned fuch a defluxion of rheum, that he was fuffo-
cated with it. The Lord Keeper Bacon married Alice, daugh-
ter and coheir of Benedict Barnham, Efq; Alderman of London,
by whom he had no iflue.
The learned Bayle fays he was one of the greateft genius's of
his age, Mr. Voltaire ftiles him the father of experimental phi-
lofophy ; and the greateft writers of our nation, as well as thofe
of other countries, confpire in giving him the nobleft character
imaginable; and the late duke of Buckingham (Sheffield) in par-
ticular allures us, That all his works arey for exprcjfion as well as
thought^ the glory of our nation 1 andof all latter ages. Dr. Rawley,
who was his chaplain, obferves, that he was eminent for the
fharpnefs of his wit, his memory, judgment, and elocution, fo
that Sir Walter Ralegh once faid before the doctor, that the
Earl of Salifbury was an excellent fpeaker, but no good pen-man ;
the Earl of Northampton, and the Lord Henry Howard, excel-
lent pen-men, but no good fpeakers ; but that Sir Francis Bacon
was eminent in both. He read much, and with great judgment,
and after a moderate relaxation of his mind from ftudy, returned
to it with frefh vigour, and would not fuffer any moment to
efcape him without improvement. His converfation was ex-
tremely delightful and inftructive. When his office called him,
B 4 as
t B A CO N of Redgrave-
as he was one of the King's council, to charge any offenders,
he did it with the greateft lenity ; and in civil affairs, as coun-
fellor of fcate, he never engaged his mailer in any fevere or pre-
cipitate courfes. Neither was he lefs in favour with the fubje6t
than with his fovereign ; for he was always acceptable to the
houfe of commons when he was a member thereof. He was re-
ligious, free from malice, whichy as he faid hirnfelf, he never bred
nor fed. No revenger of injuries. Fie never endeavoured to re-
move others from their places, or accufed any man to his Prince*
In his will he has this remarkable paffage, for my name and me-
mory, 1 leave it to mem charitable fpsechesy and to foreign nations r
and the next ages.
Sir Nicholas Bacon, el defl fan of the lord keeper, was poffef-
fed of a very large eftate upon the death of his father. He was
knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Norwich, in her progrefs thi-
ther, Aug. 22, 1578, and had afterwards the honour to be the
firft perfon advanced to the dignity of a baronet, then inftituted
by K. James I. in the 9th year of his reign. He married Anner
fole daughter and heir of Edmund Butts, of Thornage in Nor-
folk, Efq; (Brother to Sir William Butts, Knt.) by Anne his
wife, daughter and coheir of Henry Buers, of Barrow in Suffolk,
Efq; and by her had iffue nine fons and three daughters. The
ions were, 1. Sir Edmund, his fucceffor; 2. Henry, who died;
at Jerufalem, without iffue; 3. Sir Robert, of whom hereafter ,
4. Bachevell Bacon, of Hockham in Norfolk, Efq; (who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Thomas French in Effex, and left two
fons that died young, and three daughters who were coheirs to
their brother, viz. Mary, married to Sir Robert Baldock, Knt.
one of the judges to the common-pleas ; PhHippa, to Robert
Keddington, Efq; and Anne, to Nich. Rook wood, Efq;) 5-
Sir Butts Bacon, of Mildenhall in Suffolk, created Baronet July
29, 1627, (who married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry War-
ner of Mildenhall, Knt. and relicl: of William, fecond fon of
Sir Robert Jermyn, Knt.) anceftor to thofe late of Heringfleet*
and to Sir Edmund Bacon, of Gillingham, Bart, (of whom we
fhall frxak hereafter;) 6. Nicholas Bacon, of Gillingham in
Norfolk, Efq; (who married firft, a daughter of Sir James
Weftcn, baron of the exchequer, by whom he had only one
daughter, married to Sir John Rous, of Henham in Suffolk^
Bart, and 2dly, Margaret, daughter of Euftace Darcy,. of Nor-
wich, Efq; by whom he had Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Gilling-
ham, Bart, fo created Feb. 7, 1661, which title expired with his
fon Sir Richard without iffue.) 7. Sir Nathaniel Bacon, of Cuf-
ford in Suffolk, Knight of the Bath, who married Jane, daugh-
ter of Hercules Me;.utys, Efq; (widow of Sir William Corn-
wallis, Knt.) by whomhe had iffue one fon Nicholas, who died
witaau*
K
BACON of Redgrave. 9
without ifTue male, and two danghters, Anne, (married, firft,
to Sir Thomas Meautys, Knt. fccondly, to Sir Harbottle Grim-
fton, Bart.) and Jane, who died unmarried. Sir Nicholas had
two other fons that died young. The three daughters of Sir Ni-
cholas the firft Baronet, were, i. Anne, married to Sir Robert
Drury, of Hawfted in Suffolk, Knt. 2. Dorothy, married, firft,
to Sir Baflingbourn Gawdey, of Hading in Norfolk, Knt. and,
fecondly, to Philip Colby, Efq; 3. Jemima, to Sir William Wal-
degrave, of Smallbridge, Knt. SirNicholas, andhislady, lived
fifty-two years together in wedlock, and dying within a fhort
time one of another, (he anno 161 6, he not long after. They
both lie buried in Redgrave church, under a moft magnificent al-
tar tomb, with both their effigies curioufly carved in full propor-
tion out of the fineft white marble.
The inquifition after the death of this Sir Nicholas, dated 7
Nov. 1 Car. I. fays, he died 13 Nov. 22 Jac. I. and Sir
Edmund Bacon, Knt. and Baronet, found ion and heir of the faid
Sir Nicholas and Anne his wife, and fifty years old*
Sir Edmund, the eldeft, fucceeded his Father in the title and
eftate, and married Philippa, one of the daughters and coheirs
of the right hon. Edward lord Wotton, Baron of Marley ; but
dying without iflue, April 10, 1649, lies buried at Redgrave
aforefaid, under a handfome mural monument.
He was fucceeded by Sir Robert, his next furviving brother,
called before Robert Bacon, of Riborough in Norfolk, Efq;
(an eftate now in the family) where he moflly refided. He
married Anne, daughter of Sir John Peyton, of Ifelham in
Cambridgfhire, Knight and Baronet, and had ilTue by her, nine
fons and three daughters, viz. Edmund, Nathaniel, Henry,
Francis, and Drury, who all died young ; Nicholas, who mar-
ried Margaret, daughter and coheir of Hobart, of Thwayte
in Norfolk, Efq; but died without iflue. The other fons were,
Robert, the eldeft, who married Catharine, daughter to Grave
Violet, of Pynkney-houfe, near Tatterford in Norfolk, Efq; and
dying in his Father's life-time, Aug. 25, 1652, was buried at
Redgrave, leaving iflue one fon, Edmund, fuccefibr to his grand-
father, and four daughters ; 1. Jemima, married to Thomas
Gardiner, of EfTex, Efq; and after to Sir John Brattel, Knight,
AiTay-mafter of the Tower of London ; 2. Philippa, married
to Sir George Reeve, of Thwaite, Knight and Baronet ; 3.
Frances, to Paul Bockenham, of Great-Thornam, Efq; 4.
Anne, to Edmund Yaxlee, of Yaxlee, Efq; all in the county
of Suffolk.
Butts Bacon, Efq; another fon of Sir Robert, married Dorothy,
daughter and coheir of Sir John Tracey, of Stanhow in Norfolk,
Knt. and was Father of Sir Robert, hereafter mentioned.
Peyton
io BACON of Redgrave.
Peyton Bacon, Efq; another fon, married Eliz. daughter of
Charles Suckling, of Wotton in Norfolk, Efq. Sir Robert's,
daughters were, I. Philippa, married to Hamond Claxton, of
Levermore ; 2. Anne, to Thomas Hunt, of Sharington y and:
3. Alice, to Richard Gwyn, of Fakenham-Market, Efq.
Sir Edmund, only furviving fon of Robert, aforefaid, fuc-
ceeding his grandfather in title and eftate, married Elizabeth*
one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Robert Crane, of Chilton
in Suffolk, Knight and Baronet, by whom he had iffue fix fons
and ten daughters; all of which, except four daughters, died
unmarried before him. The fons were, 1. Robert; 2. Nicho-
las ; 3. Edmond ; 4. Edmond ; 5. Philip ; 6. Francis. The
daughters were ; 1. Sufan; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Catharine; 4.
Jemima; 5. Jane; 6. Sarah, Thofe that married were, 1.
Frances, to Walter Norborne, of Calne in the county of Wilts,
Efq; (by whom he had iffue only two daughters, Elizabeth,,
married to Edward Vifcount Hereford, and Sufan, to Sir Ralph
Hare, Bart.) 2. Sufanna, to Charles Morris, of Loddington in
Leicefterfhire, Efq; 3. Elizabeth, to William Ettrick, of the
Middle-Temple, Efq; and, 4. Philippa, to Sir Edmund Gil-
lingham, Bart. Sir Edmund Bacon, of Redgrave aforefaid,.
died Sept, 12, 1685, aged fifty-two, and lies buried in the
church belonging to that place.
After Sir Edmond's deceafe without iffue male, the title and
part of the eftate defcended to,
Sir Robert Bacon, his couiin, fon and heir to Butts Bacon,
Efq; who was before feated at Egmore in Norfolk ; and after
the death of his coufin, Sir Edmund, was poffeffed of the eftate
at Redgrave ; which defcending to him under fome incumbran-
ces, he thought convenient to fell that eftate to the lord chief-
juftice Holt, and afterwards purchafed at Garboldifham in
Norfolk, where he built a handfome feat for the future refidence
of his family. He died Jan. 31, 1704, and lies buried in the
chancel of All-Saints church in Garboldifham.
He left iffue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter to Daniel Chand-
ler, of London, Efq; two fons, Sir Edmund, his fucceffor, and
Butts, who died unmarried, 1725-6, (Nathaniel and Robert*
his two other fons, having died young before him) and two
daughters, Abigail and Jane, who died unmarried.
Sir Edmund Bacon, of Garboldifham in Norfolk, reprefented
the borough of Thetford in parliament the 9th of Queen Anne;
and the county of Norfolk in three parliaments. He married,
in November 17 12, Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Kemp, of
Ubbefton in Suffolk, Bart, (and fole heir to her mother, Leti-
tia, daughter to Robert King, of Great Thurlow in the county
of Suffolk, Efq;) which Lady died Sept. 14, 1727, leaving only
four
BACON of Redgrave. 1 1
four daughters, Letitia, married to the prefentSir ArmineWode-
houfe, Bart, but died March 30, 1759; Mary; Sarah, mar-
ried to Pryfe Campbell, jun. and died May fcO, 1767; and
Elizabeth, who died unmarried., May 1738. Sir Edmund died
June 1755.
It now remains to trace the family account of Sir Butts Bacon,
from the time of his being created a Baronet, which was on the
29th of July, 1,627,, down to the prefent Sir Richard,
Sir Butts Bacon married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry
Warner, of Parham in Suffolk, Knt. widow of William, fecond
fon of Sir Henry Jermyn, Knt. by whom h# had three fons ;
Charles and Clement, who both died without iffue, and Sir
Henry his fucceffor. He had ajfo two daughters j Anne, mar-?
ried to Henry Kitchingman, of Bluntefdon Hall in Suffolk j
and Dorothy, to William Peck* of Cove, in the fame county*
Efqrs.
He was fucceeded by Sir Henry, his fon., who removed to Her-
iMngfleet, in Suffolk, where his father had built a feat. He mar-*
ried Barbara, daughter of William Gouch, of Mettingham in
Suffolk, E,fq; and had iffue his fucceffor j and Anne, married to
Sir Richard Bacon, of Gillingham in Norfolk, Bart, but died
without iffue.
Sir Henry Bacon, fucceffor to the title and eftate% was of Her-
ringfleet and Gillingham, and executor to his filler's hufband Sir
Richard. He married Sarah, daughter of Sir John Caftleton,
of Sturfton in Suffolk, Bart, by whom he had S*r Edmund, hi*
fucceffor ; Henry and Nicholas, who died unmarried ; and Ri-
chard, married to a daughter of Thomas Palgrave, of Norfolk,
Efq;
Sir Edmund Bacon, Bart, the eldeft fon, married Philippa,
daughter of Sir Edmund Bacon, of Redgrave in Suffolk, and
died July io, 1721, leaving iffue, Sir Edmund, the fucceeding
Baronet ; Henry, Richard, Devereux, made furveyor- general of
his Majefty's dominions in North America, but died in his paf-
fage thither, July 1 731, unmarried ; John, Ralph, and Eliza-
beth, who died unmarried, Sept. 1738, and Philippa.
Sir Edmund Bacon, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father in title
and eftate. He reprcfented the borough of Thetford in Norfolk,
the fixth, feventh, and eighth parliaments of Great Britain. He
married Sufan, (now living) daughter of Sir Ifaac Rebow, of
Colchefter in Effex, Knt. and died at Bath, Oct. 2, 1738. His
iffue was Sir Edmund, his fucceffor, and a fecond fon, born No-
vember, 1726, who died in his infancy; and Sufan, married,
March 18, 1765, to Francis Schutz, Efq;
Sir Edmund, his fon and heir, fucceeded him ; and, on the
death of Sir Edmund Bacon, of Garboldifham, before mention-
ed,
12 B A C O N of Redgrave.
*d, fucceeded to that title likewife ; fo that this family enjoys
the title of Baronet, not only by virtue of the patent granted in
1627, to Sir Butts Bacon, of Milden Hall aforefaid, fifch fori of
Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, Bart, but likewife by that of
161 1 : By which means the prefent Sir Richard ftands firft on
the honourable lift of Baronets. The above Sir Edmund had a
fon and a daughter, of which the fon died under age. Sir Ed-
mund dying in 1750, was fucceeded by his eldtft brother,
Sir Henry, who dying unmarried, the title then defcended to
Sir Richard Bacon, of Colchefter, the prefent Baronet, who
has had feveral fons, but all died under age. On the death of
Sir Richard, the title will defcend to Caftle Bacon, Efq; (half
brother of Sir Richard) of Revenino;ham in Norfolk^
Arms. Quarterly, Firft and fourth, Gules, on a Chief, Ar-
gent, two Mullets, Sable, for Bacon. Second and third, Barry
of Six, Or and Azure, over all a Bend, Gules, for Quaplod.
Crest. On a Wreath, Argent and Gules, a Boar paffan-t^
Ermine.
Motto. Medkcrla Fir ma.
Seat. Colchefter in Eliex.
2, Hoghton, of Hoghton Tower, Lancashire.
Created Baronet, May 22, i6n.
HIS family, anciently written de Hoclon, and Hoghton,,
have been of great eminency in the county of Lancafter, in
former ages, and were denominated, from their pofteflions,
Hoghton Tower, a ftately and large {lone edifice, built upon an
high, but very fteep hill, in the middle of a park in the hundred
of Leyland. The firft mentioned, is Adam de Ho&on, who
held one carucat of land in Hocton, temp. Hen. II. whofe great
grandfon was Sir Adam de Hoghton, written Knight 50 Hen.^
III. He had two fons, Richard, ftiled Filius dom. Ada?, 2 Edw.
I. and Adam de Hoghton, ftiled alfo in deeds, Filius dom. Adas,
20 Edw. I. and afterwards Frater magiftri Richardi. Which
Richard was (heriff of the county of Lancafter, 29 Edw. I. an
office in thofe days of great truft and authority. He had a fon
Richard, who dying without iflue, the eftate came to his coufin
and heir,, another Richard de Hoghton, fon of Adam de Hoghton.
Which Richard was a Knight, and in 16 Edw. II. with Sir Gil-
bert de Singilton, Knt. were returned knights of the {hire for
the county of Lancafter, in the parliament held at York, and
had their wages allowed for attendance, &c. In the fame year
ke
HOGHTON of Hognton Tower, i j
he and Edmund de Nevyle ferved as knights of the (Lire for the
afore-mentioned county, as alfo in the I ith of that King's reign,
and had their wages allowed. He died 14 Edw. IIL having
not a little increafed the eftate, by means of his wife Sibyll,{
daughter and heir to Henry de Lea, who had great pofTcflions.
Though thefe Lea's fometimcs fealed with fiveMalcles in Bend
fox arms, and differed in the writing their names ; yet were they
nevertheless a cadet of the firft. dinafty of the Lancafters, pri-
mitively barons of Kendal, in Weftmoreland, and lineal de-
fendants from Ivo Taibois earl of Anjou in France, and baron?
of Kendal, temp. W. Conq.
The faid Richard, by his wife Sibyll, aforementioned, had
ifliie Adam de "Hoghton, and a daughter named Sibyll, the wife
of William, fon of Richard de Bold.
Adam, laft mentioned, is ftiled a knight in deeds, 22 Edw. IIL
in which year he and John Cockaine ferved in parliament, as
knights of the (hire for the county of Lancafter, and had for
their expences, 15/. 45. for thirty days. In the 37th of that
kmg'fi reign he ferved again as knight for that Ihire j as alfo in
the 39th ; and had, with the other knight, 17 /. 4 s. for forty-
three days attendance. He died 10 Rich. II. leaving ifTue, by-
Ellen his wife, who furvived her hufdand, two fons, Richard
and Henry, and as many daughters. A»;nes, the eldeft, was wife
to Sir Thomas, fon of Sir Adam Banalter, Knt. and Sibyll, to
William^ brother of that Sir Thomas. Sir Henry de Hoghton
the youngeft fon, was one of the Knights of the Shire for the
county of Lancafter, 9 Henry IV. and was progenitor to thofe
of the name of Pendleton, in that county, which, in after times,
w*ent oft in two heirs females : Catharine, married to a younger
ion of Hoghton of Hoghton, as is hereafter mentioned ; and
Mary, firtt married to George Singleton of Stayning, and fe-
condly to Livefey Coner.
Richard de Hoghton, elder brother to the laft Henry, was re-
turned with Robert de Clifton, as Knights of the Shire for
Xancafter, 6 Richard II. as alfo 4 Henry IV. with Sir Nicho-
las de Haverington, Knt. In which year the Sheriffs were di-
rected to levy 27/. for their coming, attendance, and return-
ing, computing fixty-ninc days. He was a Knight, founded 2
chantry in the church of Riblechefter, 7 Henry IV. and died
ip Henry V. leaving a daughter, Catharine, married to Hugh
Venablcs, baron of Kinderton, and his grandfon Richard, fori
of Adam de Hoghton, heir to the eftate. He had alfo another
fon, Edward, who is fuppofed to be the anceftor to the Hoo;h-
tons in Sufiex, who are faid to be derived from Edward, a third
(on of this family. *
Richard,
»4 HOGHTONdf Hoghton Tower.
Richard, grandfon and heir of Sir Richard, died 19 Edward
IV. He had five fons, Lawrence, Alexander, William, Tho-
mas, who married Anne, daughter of Oliver Culcheth, and
Edward ; the two laft died without iflue j Lawrence fucceeded
in the eftate, and dying the fame year,
Alexander, his brother, and next heir, is found to be pofiefled
of the inheritance, and was aged twenty-fix years, 19 Edward
IV. when the office was taken. In the 22d of that King's
reign, having valiantly behaved himfelf under the Duke of
Gloucefter, in Scotland, he was made Knight Banneret, with
feveral others of great note, on St. James's eve* He died 15
Henry VII. leaving a fole daughter and heir, aged eleven years
at the time of the inquifition ; and 17 Hen. VII. her mother
Elizabeth, daughter of William Troutbeck, had afiignation of
dower. The greateft part of the eftate defcended to his next
brother and heir,
William Hoghton, Efq; third fon of Richard; which Wil-
liam was in the expedition into Scotland, under the Duke of
Gloucefter, and received from him the honour of knighthood,
at the fame time his brother, Sir Alexander, was made a Ban-
neret. He died 17 Hen.VIL leaving iiTue by Mary his wife,
daughter of Sir John Southworth of Samlefbury, Knt. Richard
his fon and heir, aged thirty years.
This Richard was afterwards knighted, and ferved with Tho-
mas Butler as Knights of the Shire for the county of Lancafter»
1 Edward VI. He married four wives, firft Alice, daughter
and co-heir of Sir Thomas Afsheton, of Afsheton Under-Line,
in Lancafhire, Knt. and coufin and heir of Sir James Harring-
ton of Wolphage in Northamptonfhire, Knt. by whom he left
ifTue Thomas, his fon and heir, aged forty years at the death of
his father, 1 Eliz. Alexander, and Ifabella, married to Hol-
den of Duxbury.
His fecond wife was Alice, daughter of Morley, by whom he
had Thomas, Rowland, and Richard ; Agnes, wife of Richard
Butler of RawclifFe, Alice, and Anne.
His third wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John Grigfon ;
and the fourth, Anne, daughter of Roger Browne of Whitney*
By the two laft he left no ilTue.
Thomas, the eldeft fon and heir, married Catharine, daughter
of Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryne, in Lancafhire, Knt. and died
22 Elizabeth, leaving Jane his daughter, and heir, twenty-fix
years old at his death, and at that time wife to James, fon and
heir of Robert Bradihaigh of Haigh, in Lancafhire, Efq; who
had a great conteft about the eftate, which was at length de-
cided for Alexander, fecond brother, and next heir male to
Thomas, father of Jane aforementioned.
Which
HOGHTON of Hoghton Tower. 1 5
Which Alexander Hoghton Efq; married twice, firft to Do-
rothy, only daughter of Richard Alsheton of Middleton, in Lan-
cafhire, Efq; by Catharine his fecond wife, daughter of Sir Ro-
bert Bellingham, Knt. and afterwards to Elizabeth, fifter of Tho-
mas and Bartholomew Hefketh, Efqs. and widow of George
Warburton, Efq; but he left no ifl'ue by either of them ; where-
upon the eftare defcended to Thomas his half brother, viz. eldeft
fon to Sir Richard Hoghton lad mentioned, by his fecond wife.
Alice, daughter of Morley.
Which Thomas, was fheriffof Lancafhire, 6 Eliz. and was
killed in the 49th year of his age, at Lea-Hall, by Lang-
ton of Newton, commonly called Baron of Walton and Newton,
21 Nov. 32 Elizabeth, 1589. His wife Anne, daughter of
Henry Kighley, of Kighley, in Lancafhire, Efq; (fon and heir of
Sir Henry Kightley alias Kighley, Knt.) became afterwards fe-
cond wife to Sir Richard Sherburn of Stonyhurft, Knt. She died
at Lea, 30 Oct. A. D. 1609, aged Go years ; having iflue by her
firft hufband, 1. Sir Richard, Knt. and Bait. 2. William of
Grimfargh, who died A. D. 1642, and left pofterity, which late-
ly became extinct, and the eftate devolved to the head branch of
the family. 3. Thomas, who married Catharine, one of the
daughters and co-heirs of John Hoghton of Pendleton, Efq; and
left four daughters his co-heirs. 4. Adam of Lea-Moor, who left
pofterity. And, 5. Henry, who married Anne, daughter of
Lawrence Townley, Efq; alfo two daughters, Mary, fecond
wife to Thomas Walmfley of Dunkenhalgh, in Lancafhire,
Efq; and Catharine, wife of Thomas Middleton of Leighton,
Efq;
Sir Richard Hoghton of Hoghton, eldeft fon of Thomas, wa*
under age at his father's death, and in ward to Sir Gilbert Gerard :
Hefucceeded to a very great eftate, was knighted by Queen Eliza-
beth, and fheriffof Lancafhire the forty-firft year of her reign,
and made a Baronet with the firft advanced to that dignity. He
ferved in feveral parliaments as Knight of the Shire for the county
of Lancafter, and died 12 Nov. A. D. 1630, aged fixty years, fix
weeks, and two days. He married Catharine, daughter of Sir Gil-
bert Gerard, of Gerard's Bromley, in Staffordfhire, Knt. mafter of
the Rolls, who died 17 Nov. 1617, aged forty-eight years and fix
months : He had by her five fans and eight daughters ; 1. Gilbert.
2. Thomas. 3. Richard. 4. Ratcliff. And 5. Roger, ftain in
Germany. The laft three left no iiTue. Of the daughters, Anne,
married firft Sir John Cotton of Landwade, in Cambridgfhire,
Knt. and afterwards Sir John Caileton of Brightwell, in Oxford-
shire, Knt. and Bart. Catharine, was wife to James Stewart,
Lord Galloway; Elizabeth, to Nicholas Girling, Efq; Gili-
bert, was married to Sir George Mufcamp of the county of
North una-
16 HOGHTONof Hoghton Tower.
Northumberland, Knt. Frances, Alice, Margaret, and Eleanor,
all died unmarried.
Sir Gilbert, his fucceflbr, was thirty-nine years old at the death
of his father, and was knighted at Whitehall, July the2ift, 1606.
Sir Gilbert ferved feveral years in parliament as Knight of the
Shire for the county of Lancafter, and died in April, 1647,
having married Margaret, the eldeft of the four daughters and co-
heirs of Sir Roger Afton, of Cranford in Middlefex, Knt. gen-
tleman of the bed-chamber, and mafter of the great wardrobe to
King James I. to which Sir Roger, the faid King, in the 9th
year of his reign, granted to his coat-armour, an augmentation
out of the two national badges of England and Scotland, viz. the
Rofe of England, and the Thiftle of Scotland impaled, in a
Canton, Or, in regard of the marriage of the faid Sir Roger,
with Mary, daughter of Andrew Stewart, who died in the life-
time of his father Andrew Stewart, Lord Avingdale, in Scotland,
defcended from the blood royal : Sir Gilbert's defendants there-
fore bear the fame in right of his lady, who died Dec. 23, 1657,
and bore him fix fons and four daughters. 1. George, the eldeft
fon, died young. 2. Richard, fucceeded to the title and eftate.
3. Roger, who was (lain by a cannon-bullet at HefTam-moor,
A. D. 1643. 4. Gilbert, major in the regiment of Sir Gilbert
Gerard, Knt. governor of Worcefter; married to Lettice, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir Francis Gamull of Chefter, Knt. died anno
1661. 5. Thomas, died young. And, 6. Henry, captain of
under the Earl of Derby, who took to wife Mary, daughter of
Peter Egerton of Shaw, in Lancafhire, Efq; and relict of Sir Tho.
Stanley of BickerftafF, in Lancafhire, Bart. Of the daughters,
Catharine married Thomas Prefton of Holker, in Lancafhire,
Efq; Mary, Sir Hugh Calverly of Lee, in Chefhire, Knt. Mar-
garet, Alexander Rigby of Middleton, in Lancafhire, Efq; and
Anne died young.
Sir Richard Hoghton, Bart, who fucceeded his father in the
title and eftate, was elected Knight of the Shire for the county of
Lancafter, in the reign of King Charles II. and died Feb. 1677-8,
univerfally regretted, as well on account of his many eminent
virtues, as his diftinguifhed abilities. He married lady Sarah,
daughter to the right hon. Philip Stanhope, earl of Chefterfield,
and had ifTue feveral fons and daughters ; of the fons, thofe who
arrived to maturity were Sir Charles his fucceflbr, and Benjamin,
who died unmarried.
Sir Charles, who fucceeded to the title and eftate, married Ma-
ry, eldeft daughter of John SkefHngton, lord vifcount Maffareene,
in the kingdom of Ireland, by whom he had ifTue five fons and fix
daughters. Of the fons, John the eldeft died at the age of twenty-
one. Sir Henry fucceeded to the title and eftate. Philip, who died in
HOGHTON, of Hoghton Tower. 17
Baronet, and Mary and Anne, both unmarried ; Skefrmgton, who
died Feb. 8, 1768, aged eighty, unmarried ; and James, who died
young. Of the daughters, Mary, the eldeft, died at Chefter, in
1 7 10 ; Cordelia, widow of Robert Davie, of York, Efq; died on
the very fame evening as her brother Skefnngton, having had two
daughters, both dead ; Anna, widow of Samuel Crooke, of Cop-
pul, Efq; died in 176c, and has left one fon ; Margaret, married
Samuel Watfon, of Hull, Efq; (by whom file has one fon and
one daughter ;) Elizabeth, married Thomas Fenton, of Houn-
flett, near Leeds, Efq; (and has left eight fons and two daugh-
ters ;) Lucy> married Thomas Lutwidge, of Whitehaven, Efq;
(and has feven fons and one daughter.)
Sir Charles Hoghton, Bart, was three times elected Knight of
the Shire for the county of Lancafter, in the reigns of K. Charles
II, K. James II, and K. William III. He died at Hoghton-
Tower, 10 June, 1 7 10, and was buried at Walton, among his an-
ceftors. He was fucceeded in honour and eftate by his fecond fon,
Sir Henry Hoghton, who married three wives, fifft, (in Oct.
1 7 10,) Mary, eldeft daughter of Sir William Boughton, of Law-
ford, in Warwickfhire, Bart, who died at Dover, 1720. After
her deceafe, he married Lady Ruftel, relict of Lord James RufTel,
fifth fon of William, the late Duke of Bedford ; (he died, Sept.
1736 ; by neither of whom he had any ifTue ; and after her death
was married toSufanna, eldeft daughter of Thomas Butterworth,
of Manchefter, Efq; but had no iflue. He ferved in Parliament
for the borough of Prefton, in Lancaftiire, in 9 Q. Anne ; and
alfo again for the fame corporation in 1 Geo. I. and 8 Geo. I.
he ferved in Parliament for Eaftlow in Cornwall ; and was after-
wards twice elected for Prefton ; and for his fignal fervices in
oppofing the rebellion at Prefton, in the year 1715, was chofen in
Parliament one of the Commiilioners for the forfeited eftates ;
and, after that commiffion determined, his late Majefty appointed
him, by patent, Advocate-general or Judge- martial of his land
forces. In the year 1740 lie refigned his feat in Parliament, after
having reprefented the borough of Prefton near thirty years.
From that time he refided at Walton-Kail, and continued to ferve
his country, as a Magistrate, with vigilance and activity, almoft
to the laft period of a long life, which ended on the 23d of Feb.
1768, being then eighty-nine years of age. Leaving no iiTue,
he was fucceeded by
His nephew, Sir Henry Hoghton, the prefent Baronet, who, in
the year 1760, married Elizabeth, only daughter and heirefs of
Wiillam Afnhurft, of Hedingharn Caftle, in the county of Efiex,
Efq. This Lady died, the following year, in childbed, leaving
only a daughter, Elizabeth. By this marriage, upon the death of
Thomas Afhhurft, Efq; Sir Hear) Hoghton became poiTeft'-d of
Vol. I, C the
1 3 BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey.
the beautiful feat and eftate of Hedingham Caftle. In the year
1766, Sir Henry married Fanny, one of the daughters of Daniel
Booth, of Hutton Hall, in Effex, Efq; by whom he has one fon,
Henry-Philip, born June 12,1768. At the laft general election Sir
Henry was chofen one of the Members for the borough of Prefton.
Arms. Sable, three Bars, Argent; with the Augmentation of
theRofe of England and the Thiftle of Scotland, impaled, in a
Canton, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Bull pafTant, Argent. They bore an-
ciently, a Bull's Head, Argent, collared with three Bars, Sable.
Supporters. Over the Gates of Hoghton Tower, put up the
beginning of the reign of Q^ Elizabeth, Two Bulls, Argent.
Motto. Malgre le Tort,
Seats*. Hoghton Tower, in Lancafhire ; and Caftle Heding-
ham, EiTex.
3. Booth, of Dunham Maffey, Chefhire.
Created Baronet, May 22, 161 1.
TH E family of Booth it undoubtedly of great antiquity in
the Counties Palatine of Lancafter and Chefter, where their
conftant refidence has been with great repute and honourable
note, through a fucceffion of many generations ; and from whom,
as from one common or principal ftock, all other families of this
name, in other parts of the nation, are eiteemed to be, by
younger branches, defcended. Various are the traditions touch-
ing the original ftem of this family, which, like moil others of
long ftanding, is fo ingulfed in the obfcurity of all-devouring
time, that no other light than conjecture is now to be had
thereof. The moll probable is, that their beginning was at a
certain place called the Booths, in the County Palatine of Lan-
cafter, where being feated, they were thence fo furnamed, as the
manner of thofe ages was, to flile men from the places where
they lived.
And here, before I proceed, it may be proper to note the dif-
ferent manner in which the name of Booth has, in various ages,
been wrote, viz. Booth, (as at this time,) Bothe, Both, Bouth,
Bouthe, Boothe, as appears by many ancient deeds and evi-
dences belonging t® the family, (fome in the pofleffion of the
Right honourable the Countefs Dowager of Stamford, and others
in the pofTefiion of George Booth Tyndale, Efq;) and is common
in many families of great antiquity.
The firft of this name I meet with, is William, fon of Adam
^e Booths, in the County Palatine of Lancafter, living 1275,
3 Edw.
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (19)
3 Edw. I. He married Sibil, daughter of Sir Ralph de Brere-
ton, in the County Palatine of Chefter, Knt. The Breretons
were a very ancient family, feated at Brereton, in the aforefaid
county, and continued there in a long fucceflion of heirs males,
until the fame became extinct by the death of Francis, Lord
Brereton, of the kingdom of Ireland, without iflue, in the year
1721.
To this William fucceeded Thomas de Booths, his Ton and
heir, who had iflue John de Booths, living in the reign of Ed-
ward IJ. (This was Robert, as appears by a copy of an old
deed belonging to Barton, entered in a book which George
Booth, of Woodford, in Chefhire, had lent him, bv Richard
Leigh, of High Leigh, in Chefhire, Efq; May, 1688.) He
married Agnes, or Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Gilbert de
Barton, near Eccles, in Lancafhire, Knt. Here again, feems to
be another miftake ; he married not Agnes, or Anne, but her
daughter and heir, called Loretta, (if either,) who was of age,
and unmarried, 20 Edw. I. as appears by a copy of a deed in the
fame book ; for it was not likely that if he had married Agnes,
and me had no iflue male, the eftate would have continued in
the name of the Booths. After all, I rather think that Thomas
Booth, called Tomalin of the Booths, was the firft of Barton,
and by purchafe, as appears by copies of many deeds in that
book, the lands bought of John, fon of Gilbert de Barton, 27
Edw. III. and other deeds by his brothers and lifters, all releafmg
the firft Gilbert de Barton, whofe daughter and heir was Agnes,
who lived 35 Hen. III. and Edw. L
This John (or Robert) de Booths, had iflue Sir Thomas
Booth, of Barton, Knt. called Tomalin of the Booth?, living in
the reign of Edw. III. This Seal was given by Thomas Booth, of
Barton, in Lancafhire, 43 Edw. III. viz. a Chevron engrailed, in
a Canton, a Mullet ; and for a Creft, a Fox, and a Catharine-
wheel ; and this Label round it, Sigillum Thomtc Bctbe, per
antiquam cartam penes Dominum Delamcr^ i6-3o. He married
Ellen, daughter of Thomas or Robert de Workefley (now vyrote
Worfley,) near Booths, in Lancafhire, (from whom the Worf-
leys, of Pilewell, Hants, are defcended,) and had iilue three
fons, and four daughters ;
1. John, his fon and heir, of whom hereafter.
2. Henry, who had iflue John. To this Henry his father
gave all his lands in Irwell, by the above mentioned deed.
3. Thomas, who had iflue Robert.
The daughters were; I.Alice, married, firft, to William
Leigh, of Baguleigh, in Chefhire ; and, fecondly, to Thomas
Duncalf, of Foxwift, in , Efq; 2. Catharine; 3. Margaret;
and, 4. Anne, married to Sir Edward Weever, of Weever, Knt.
[C 2] The
(2o) BOOTH, of Dunham Ma%.
The faid John (Ton and heir of Sir Thomas, or Toma-
lin,) called John Booth, of Barton, lived in the reigns of Ri-
chard II. and Henry IV. It is faid by Sir Peter Leicefter, in
his Antiquities of Chefhire, p. 244. that this John was the firft
who gave the Boars Heads for his Arms, which was the Coat of
the Lords of Barton, being granted to him and his heirs for ever,
by Thomas Barton, of Barton, in Lancafhire, by deed, dated
5 Hen. IV, 1404. But this is conceived to be a miftake ; for
this John Booth, being the grandfon and heir of Agnes, or Anne,
who was daughter and heir to Sir Gilbert de Barton, and who
inherited all the Lordfhip of Barton, as appears by the fame be-
ing at this day poffeffed by the heirs general defcended from this
Agnes, it is to be prefumed that the family of Barton, of Bar-
ton, became extinct in her, and feems not at all probable, that
there could be any Barton, of Barton, cotemporary with this
John Booth, to make fuch a grant ; neither was there occafion
for any fuch grant, the defcendants of The faid Agnes being en-
titled, by the Laws of Heraldry, to bear her Coat of Arms, or
to quarter it with their Paternal Coat, if any fuch they had prior
to their anceftors marrying her ; nor, if fuch grant were, is it
probable, that the fame fhould have been deferred till the grand-
fon of Agnes, and not rather to have been made to Thomas her
fon, and immediate fucceffor. And the family of Booth have
anciently, as to this day, quartered next to their Paternal Coat,
another, viz. Argent, a Fefs, Gules, by the name of Barton.
It is therefore much more probable, that the three Boars Heads,
as now borne by them, was always their Paternal Coat.
This John Booth, of Barton, married, firft, Joan, daughter
of Sir Henry Trafford, of Trafford, in Lancafhire, Knt. (a fa-
mily of the greateft antiquity, having been feated there before
the time when William the Conqueror entered England, and
have continued there in a lineal defcent to this prefent time,)
by whom he had iiTue feven fons, and five daughters ; 1. Sir
Thomas j 2. Sir Robert ; (of thefe two more hereafter ;) 3. Wil-
liam, who was firft bred in Grey's Inn, London, in the ftudy
of the Common Law, till, upon an offer of a Chancellor's place,
in St. Paul's, he took Orders, was afterwards confecrated Bifhop
of Lichfield and Coventry, and fix years afterwards tranflated to
the ArchbifhoDrick of York. He had feveral other valuable
Preferments in the Church ; he died Sept. 12, 1464, and was
buried in St. John Baptift's chapel at Southwell, purfuant to
his own directions. 4. Richard, who fettled at Strickland, (or
Shrubland-hall,) near Ipfwich, in Suffolk, and was buried at
Sallow, or Sawley, in Derbyfhire, where there is a memorial of
him, and Phelippe his wife, daughter of Thomas Pey, Efq;
5. Roger, who died Auguft 18, 1467, and was buried at
Sallow,
BOOTH, of Dunham Mafley. (21)
Sallow, or Sawley, aforefaid. His wife was Catharine, daughter
and heir of Ralph Hatton, of Mollington, near Chefter, Efq;
She died in 1466, and was buried with her hufband, leaving
iiTue, firft, Robert Booth, of Sallow, or Sawley, aforefaid, who
died Feb. 22, 1478, and was buried there; (by Margaretta,
daughter of , who furvived him, he had feveral children ;
Charles, John, Roger, Catharine, Ifabel, Dowfe, Jane, Agnes,
and Eme. Charles, the eldeft fon, was Billiop of Hereford,
and had many other valuable preferments in the church ; he died
May 5, 1535, and was buried in Hereford cathedral. John, the
fecond fon, had iffue another John, who was collated, Jan. 29,
1522, to the Archdeaconry of Hereford ; he was alfo a Pre-
bendary in that cathedral, and died in 1542 3) and a fon Tho-
mas, who was collated Prebendary of Hereford, in Warham di-
vifion, Sept. 1533. The other children of Roger Booth, by
Catharine his wife, were John, who fucceeded, XD6\. 28, 1495,
to the Prebend of Rical, in York cathedral, on the reflgnation
of Tanfield ; he was Prebendary of Southwell, and Treafurer of
Lichfield ; he was alio Archdeacon of Durham, proved by a
deed of 14 March, 15 Edw. IV. in the pofTeftion of George
Booth Tyndale : He died in July, 1496, and was buried at Sal-
low, or Sawley, aforefaid. Ralph, who was admitted Arch-
deacon of York, Feb. 24, 1477 > (ne was Mafter of the Hofpi-
tal of St. Giles de Kepier, proved by the fame deed.) And alfo
one daughter, Ifabel, married to Ralph Nevil, third Earl of
Weftmorland, and buried at Branfpath. The fixth fon of John
Booth, of Barton, was John, who was Prebendary of Norton
Epifcopi, in Lincoln cathedral ; he is faid by fome to have been
Bifhop of Exeter ; but that is a miftake, as appears by Weever,
in his Funeral Monuments, 4445, and by Sir P. Leicefter, 244.
7. Ralph. The daughters of the aforefaid John Bothe, of Bar-
ton, were, firft, Margery, who married Sir John Byron, of
Clayton, in Lancafhire, Knt. 2. Joan, married firft to Tho-
mas Sherborne, of Stanhurft, in Lancafhire, Efq; fecondly, to
Sir Thomas Sudworth, or Southworth, Knt. 3. Catharine,
married to Thomas Ratcliffe, of Wimmorley, in Chefhire, Efq;
4. Alice, married to Sir Robert Clifton, of Clifton, in Not-
tinghamfhire, Knt. {lie died Sept. 9, 1470, and was buried at
Clifton. 5. Lucy, married to Sir Edward Weever, Knt. if this
be not miftaken for Anne, her father's fifter, afore- mentioned.
The fecond wife of John Bothe, of Barton, aforefaid, was Maud,
daughter of Sir John Savage, of Clifton, in Cheihire, Knt. by
whom he had one fon, Laurence, who was firft M after of Pem-
broke Hall, Cambridge, and was Chancellor of that Univerfity;
he was Dean of St. Paul's, Bifhop of Durham, ar.d ^rterwards
Archbiftiop of York; he was Keeper of the Privy leal' in 35
[C 3] Hen.
(22) BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey.
Hen. VII. was alfo firft Chancellor to Margaret, Queen to Hen,
VI ; and anno 13 Edw. IV, Sept. 20, Lord High Chancellor of
England. He founded a Chantry for two Priefts in the church
of Southwell, and bought the manor of Batterfea, near London,
which he annexed to the Archbifhoprick of York ; he had feve-
ral other valuable preferments in the church ; he died at South-
well, May 19, 1480, and was buried in St. John Bapfift's cha-
pel there, (near his half brother, William,) where his tomb is
yet to be feen, being a plain altar monument, which had his
effigies engraven on a piece of brafs, and an infcription under its
long fince defaced.
We now return to Thomas Bothe, eldeft fon of John Bothe,
of Barton, who was knighted 14 Hen. VI. He married a daugh-
ter of Sir George Carrington, Knt. and relict of— Weever,
by whom he had iflue four fons ; 1. Thomas, who married3
I Hen. VL Anne, daughter of Sir John Afhton, of Afhton un-
der Line, in Lancafhire, Knight of the Bath, the 7th Hen. VI.
by whom he had iiTue Robert Bothe, of Barton, who married a
daughter of bir John Savage, Knt. 32 Hen. VI. and had iiTue ;
but all failed about the time of Hen. VII; fo Barton came to Sir
John Bothe, the feeond fon of Thomas Bothe, as by Barton
evidences ; which Sir John Bothe was flain at Floden Field,
Sept. 9, 1533, 5 Hen. VIII. He married Ellen, or Hebrefe3
daughter of Sir Nicholas Byron, of Newfled, in Nottingham-
fhire, Knight of the Bath, and had iflue one fon, John, who
married, temp. Hen. VII, Anne, daughter of Richard Afhton,
of Middleton, in Lancafhire, Efq; Their fon John married
Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Brereton, Knt. 32 Hen. V1IL
They had iflue one fon, John, who died without leaving any
male iflue, whereby his three daughters became his coheirs ;
I. Margaret, married to Edmund Trafford, of Trafford, in Lan-
cafhire, Knt. by whom he had iflue three fons and one daugh-
ter ; 2. Anne, married to George Leigh, of High Leigh, in
Chefhire, Efq; and had iflue one fon, George; 3. Dorothy,
married to John Molyneux, Efq; feeond fon of Sir Richard
Molyneux, of Sefton, in Lancafhire, Knt. by whom me had a
daughter. An Alice Bothe, daughter of Sir John Bothe, of
Barton, Knt. married, temp. Hen. VIII, Alexander Ratcliffe,
of Odfall, in , Efq; The other two fons of Thomas
Bothe, eldefl fon of John Bothe, of Barton, were Henry and
Nicholas."
The male line of the Bothes5 of Barton, expiring, the line
of Robert Both?, feeond fon of the afore-named John Bothe, of
Barton, became the head branch of the family, and has fo con-
tinued in lineal defcent, to the Rev. Sir George Booth, the pre-
fect Baronet. v '
■ Which
BOOTH, of Dunham Mafley. (23)
Which Robert Bothe was the firft of the family who fettled
at Dunham Maffey, in Chefhire, and died Sept. 16, 1450, and
lies buried in the chancel of the parifh church of Wilmeflow,
in Chefhire. He married Dulcis, or Dowfe, daughter and co-
heir of Sir William VenabJLes, of Bollen, near Wilmeflow, a-
forefaid, Knt. which Sir William was the fon of Vena-
bles, by Joan, his wife, daughter and heir of Hamond Fitton,
who was grandfon of John Fitton, of Bollen, by Cicelie, his
wife, eldeft daughter and coheir of Sir Hamon de Maflle, the
fixth and laft Baron of Dunham Maflie, in the parifh of Bow-
don, in the County Palatine of Chefler, being one of the eight
Barons inftituted by Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chefler, to whom
William, called the Conqueror, in the fourth year of his reign,
granted the whole county and Earldom of Chefler, The fa-
mily of Maffie had been fettled at Dunham Maffie before the en-
trance of that Prince into England, and appears by the famous
Survey, called Doomfday book, to have been then pofTefled of
a vaft eftate, as in other parts of Chefhire, fo of the greatefr.
part of the parifh of Bowdon, which is of large extent.
This Sir Robert Boihe, and William his fon, had a grant
of the ofHce of Sheriff of Chefhire for both their lives, and to
the furvivor of them, by patent, bearing date at Chefter, Mar.
8, 21 Hen. VI. with all fees belonging to the faid office, and
to occupy it by themfelves, or deputies. Dulcis, or Dowfe,
his wife, died Sept. 23, 1453, an(* ^es huried with her huf-
band. They had likewiie a numerous iffue, viz. nine fons,
and five daughters; 1. Sir William, of whom hereafter;
2. Ralph, who married Margaret, daughter and heir of Tho-
mas Sibeil, of Sandwich, in Kent, by whom he had i/Iue
three daughters, his coheirs ; (Jane, married to Robert Lei-
cester, of Toft, in Chefhire, Efq; 2. Margaret, married to
William Mere, of Mere, in Chefhire, Efq; 34 Hen. VI, and,
3. Dowfe, married to Comer, or Gomer, of London :)
3. Geffrey; 4. Hamond, LL. D. 5. John, LL. D. Warden
of Manchefter college, was confecrated Biihop of Exeter, 22
Feb. 6 Edw. IV, 1466; he died 1 April, 1478, and was bu-
ried in St. Clements Danes church, London ; he had, before
he was confecrated Biihop, feveral other valuable preferments
in the church ; 6. Robert, Dean of York, died Jan. 25, 1487,
buried in that cathedral ; 7. Edmund, Archdeacon of Stow,
in the diocefe of Lincoln ; (Br, Willis, vol. ii. p. 128.) S.Pe-
ter ; 9. Philip, who married the daughter of Sir William
Hampton, of Willington, Knt. and had iffue one fon, An-
drew, who married the daughter and heir of William Litton,
Efq; The daughters were; 1. Lucy, married to William (Sir
Peter Leicefter has it John) Chnuntrell, of the Batch, near
[C 4] Chefter,
(24) BOOTH, of Dunham Mafley.
Chefter, Efq; 2. Ellen, married to Robert Leigh, of Adling*
ton, in Chefhire, Efq; 3. Alice, married to Robert Heiketh,
of RufFord, in Lancashire, Efq; from whom the prefent Sir
Thomas Hefketh, Bart, is defcended ; 4. Joan, married, 31
Hen. VI. to Hamond Maffie, of Rixton, in Lancaihire, Eiq;
and, 5. Margaret, or Margery, married to James Scarebrick,
Efq;
Sir William Bothe, of Dunham Maffey, Knr. the elded fon
of Sir Robert, married Maud, daughter of John Dutton, of
Dutton, in Cheihire, Efq; 2 Hen. VI, 1442. By this Lady,
(who furviving Sir William, married, fecondly, Sir William
Brercton, Knt.) he had iffue five fons, and nine daughters j
I. George, of whom hereafter; 2. Richard; 3. Laurence,
but a pedigree at Dunham Maifey calls him Ralph ; 4. John j
and, 5. William. The daughters were ; 1. Dowfe, who mar^
ried (1 Edw. IV, 1461) Thomas Leigh, of the Wefthall, at
High Leigh, in Cheihire, Efq; whofe defcendants are itill liv^-
ing there ; 2. Anne, married to John Leigh, of Booths, in
Cheihire, Efq; whofe defcendants in the male line conti-
nued there till very lately ; ihe married, fecondly, Jeffery Sha-r
kerly, of Shakerly, in Lancafhire, Efq; 3. Ellen, married to
Sir John Leigh, of Baguleigh, in Cheihire, Knt. (6 Edw. IV,
1466,) whofe iiiue male continued there till very lately;
4. Margery, married to John Hyde, of Haighcon, in Lanca-
fhire, Efq; «;, Alice, married to John Afhley, of Afhley, in
Cheihire, Efq; 6. Elizabeth, married to Thomas Fitton, of
Pownall, in Cheihire, Efq; 7. Joan, married to William Holt,
in Lancafhire, Efq; 8. Ifabeila ; and, 9. Catharine.
To this Sir William Bothe, K. Henry the fixth, in conside-
ration of his good fervices, granted an annuity of ten pounds,
to be received yearly during his life, at the Exchequer, at
Chefter, by patent, bearing date 27 Mar. 24 Hen. VI. This
Sir William Bothe built or enlarged the chapel on the fouth
fide of the chancel of the parifh church of Bowdon, in Che-
ihire, which has ever fince been the burial place of this family.
(Collins and Jacob, in their Peerages, fay he died 16 Edw. IV,
1476 ; Weever dates the period of that event, April 6, 1478 j
but it is no wonder, that authors ihould differ in fo remote a
date.)
George Bothe, Efq; eldeft fon and heir of the faid Sir Wil-
liam, married Catharine, daughter and heir of Robert Mount-
fort, of Befcote, in the county of Stafford, and of Monks-
path, in the couity of Warwick, Efq; defcended from Char-
lemaine, Emperor of the Romans, and from David, King of
Scots ; and by his great-grandmother heir to the ancient and
great family of Clinton, of Colefhill, in the faid county of
Warwick,
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (25)
Warwick. This Catharine brought to her hufband an ample
eftate of manors and lands in the feveral counties of Salop,
Stafford, Warwick, Leicefter, Hereford, Wilts, Somerfet,
Devon, ?.:;d Cornwall, He had iflue by her three fons, and
two daughters ; the fons were, I. Sir William, of whom here-
after ; 2. Laurence, who had a fon named Charles ; he was
of Alrringham, near Twamlow, in Chefhire, (the ancient feat
of the Booths, fays England's Gazetteer, edit. 1751 ;) and,
3. Roger. The daughters were ; 1. Alice, or Anne, married
to William Maine, of Denfleld, in Chefhire, Efq; a family
ftill in being; 2. Ellen, married to Thomas Vaudrey, Efq;
and afterwards to — Trafford, of Bridge TrafFord, in Che-
fhire, Efq; This George Bothe died 1 Rich, III, 1483, and
was fucceeded by his eldeft fon and heir,
Sir William Bothe, of Dunham MafTey, Knt. who married
two wives; full, Margaret, daughter and coheir of Sir Tho-
mas Afhton, of Afhton under Line, in Lancafhire, Knt. and
of his wife Anne, daughter of Ralph, Lord Greyftock and
Wemm, by whom a large inheritance in Lancafhire and Che-
fhire came to the family of Bothe, and is now enjoyed by the
Countefs Dowager of Stamford. By her he had iilue George,
his fon and heir, of whom hereafter ; and John, who married
Margery, daughter of Sir Piers Dutton, of Dutton, in Che-
fhire, Knt. temp.. Hen. VIII, and had iiTue William, and Ro-
bert, who was Steward to the Earl of Shrewfhury.
This Margaret, wife of Sir William Bothe, dying before
1504, 19 Hen. VII, Sir William m^iried, fecondly, Ellen,
daughter and coheir of Sir John Montgomery, of Kewley, in
S t afford fh ire, Knt. and by her had iflue five fons and three
daughters ; the fons were, 1. William, who married a daugh-
ter of Smith, of Lancafhire, Efq; 2. Hamnet, who mar-
ried a daughter of Humphry Newton, Efq; 3. Edward, who
married Mary, daughter and coheir of Roger Kiuitsford, of
Twamlo/, in Cheshire, Efq; from wiiom the Booths now of
that place are defcended ; 4. Henry, who married a daughter
of Bowdon, of Bowdon, in Chefhire, Efq; an ancient
family, but now extinct ; 5. Andrew. The daughters were,
I. Jane, married to Hugh, fon and heir of Sir Piers Dutton,
of Di tton and Hatton, in Chefhire, Knt. 12 Hen. VIII, 1520,
and, fecondly, to Thomas Holford, of Holford, in Chefhire ;
2 Dorothy, married, (10 Hen. VIII, 15 18,) to Edward, fon
and heir of Laurence Warren, ofpointon, in Chefhire, a fa-
mily defcended from the ancient Earl of Warren and Surry,
and (till exiftmg there, with an ample eftate, in Sir George
Warren, Knight of the Bath ; 3. Anne, carried to Sir Wil-
liam Brereton, of Brereton, in Chefnire, Knt.
This
(26) BOOTH, of Dunham Mafley.
This Sir William Bothe was feized of divers manors in
Cheihire, Yorkshire, Lancamire, Shropfhire, Leicefterihire,
Herefordfhire, Wiltshire, Somerfetfhire, and Cornwall, and
died Nov. 19, 1519, 11H. VIII, and was buried at Bowdon.
George Bothe, Efq; fbn and heir of the faid Sir William,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, of Beaufey,
near Warrington, in Lancamire, Knt. whole progenitors had
been fummoned to Parliament among the Peers of England, h%
the reigns of K. Edw. I, and II. By her he had ifTue four fons
and feven daughters ; 1. George, his fon and heir; 2, John,
afterwards knighted, as appears by a pedigree at Dunham ; (he
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Dutton, of Cheihire, Efq;
by whom he had four fons, William, Robert, M. A, Edmund,
and Henry ;) 3. Robert3 who was Rector of Thornton in the
Moors, in Cheihire, Rot. 1 Edw. VI. 4. Roger, Rot. Ceil, ib.
The daughters were, 1. Ellen, married to John Carrington, of
Carrington, in Cheihire, Efq; 29 Hen. VIII, 1537 ; 2. Anne,
married to William Maine, of Popington, or Pudington, in
Cheihire, Efq; whofe ifTue male continued there till very lately ;
3. Margaret, married to Sir William Davenport, of Bromhall,
in Cheihire, Knt. whofe family are ft ill owners of that eftate ;
4. Elizabeth, married to Sir Richard Dutton^ (Sutton, accord-
ing to Sir Peter Leicefter,) of Sutton, near Macclesfield, in
Lancafhire, 1566 ; 5. Dorothy, married to Robert Tatton, of
Wilthenihaw, in Cheihire, Efq; whofe defcendants are {till
there ; 6. Alice, married to Peter Daniel, of Over Tabley, in
Cheihire, Efq; 4 Edw. VI, 1550, a family but lately extinct ;
7. Cecilie, who died unmarried. This George Bothe died
22 Hen. VIII, 1531, aged forty years.
George Bothe, the eldeft fon and heir o^ the laff. mentioned
George, being but fixteen years of age, married to his firft wife
(or was to marry her) as appears by an ancient deed, dated 12
June, 1531, 23 Hen. VIII, Margaret, daughter of Rowland
Bulkeley, of Beaumorris, in the Ifle of Anglefey, Efq; anceftor
to the now Lord Vifcount Bulkeley, of the kingdom of Ireland,
but by her (if the marriage did take effect) had no iiiue ; and
{he dying, he married, fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Edmund TrafFord, ofTrafford, in Lancafhire, Knt. which
marriage was agreed by deed, dated May 20, 27 Hen. VIII*
not quite four years after the deed for his former marriage ;
(the married, fecondly, James Done, of Utkington, Efq; who
dyins;, me married, thirdly, Thomas Fitton, of Gawfworth ;)
by her he had iiiue one fon, William ; and three daughters ;
Elizabeth, who married William Chauntrell, of the Bache, near
Chefter, Efq; 1566 ; 2. Mary, married to Randle Davenport,
of Henbury, in Cheihire, Efq; which family continued there
for
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (27)
£br many generations ; and, 3. Anne, married to Went-
worth, of Yorkfhire, Efq; To this George Bothe, being then
in the 22d year of his age, CX Jane Seymour commanded a Let-
ter to be written, acquainting him with the birth of a Ton (af-
terwards K. Edw. VI.) bearing date at Hampton-court the very
day of her' delivery,' Oct. '12, 29 Hen. VIII ; which (hows the
error ofthofe Hiftorians who reprefent this Queen to have been
ripped up for delivery of the child, and thereby dying. To this
George Bothe alfo K. Hen. VIII. wrote a Letter concerning
forces to be raifed to war againft the Scots, bearing date at
Weftminfter, Feb. 10, in the 34th year of his reign. The origi-
nals of both thefe Letters are in the cuftody of Mary, Countefs
Dowager of Stafford. This George Bothe, Efq; died 35 Hen.
VIII, 1544.J aged twenty-eight. ' Elizabeth his wife furviving
him, as aforefaid, died June 22, 1582, and was interred in
Trentham church, in Staffordihire.
William Bothe, orBouthe2 fon and heir of the laft mentioned
George, being but three years old when his father died, was in
ward to the King ; he was Sheriff of Chefhire, 1571, temp.
Eliz. and was knighted in 1578 ; he married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Sir John Warburton, of Alley, in Chefhire, Knt. a fa-
mily {till continuing; {he died Dec. 1628, and was buried in
the Abbey church, Bath, the 27th of the fame month. By this
Lady Sir William had ieven fons and fix daughters. The fons
were, 1. William, who died without iffue before his father, in
March 1572, and was buried at Bowdon, the 31ft following;
2. George, of whom hereafter; 3. Edmund, who was bred to
the Law, and died without iiTue, proved by a deed, April, 1592 ;
4. John, who died July, 1644, and was buried at Bowdon,
Aug. 1. following; he married a daughter of — — Freftwich,
of Holme, near Manchefter, in Lancaihire, Efq; and had three
fons, William, George, and Robert ; and one daughter, Mary,
buried at Bowdon, Aug. 1, 1642 ; 5. Robert, who was an Of-
ficer in the army, baptized Dec. 11, 1570, and buried in the
Abbey-church at Bath, Jan. 15, 1628 ; 6. Peter, baptized 21
April, 1576, and died Sept. 7, following; 7. Richard, bap-
tized June 15, 1578 ; he married a daughter and heir of
Maffie, ofCogfhull, in Chefnire, Efq; died March 28, 1628,
and was buried at Welmeflow ; from him the Booths of Bar-
row, in Chefhire, are defcended. The daughters were, 1. E-
leanor, baptized at Bowdon, Feb. 27, 1573; 2. Sufan, who
married, firft, Sir Edward Warren, of Poynton, in Chefhire,
Knt. and, 2dly, John Fitton, of the city of Chefter, Efq; fhe
was baptized at Bowdon, May 21,1577; 3. Alice, married to
1'awton, Efq; 4. Dorothy, married to Ralph Bunington,
of Barrowcote, in Derbyfhire, Efq; 5. Elizabeth, married to
William
{28) B O O T H, of Dunham Mafley.
William Bafner, of Eaton, in Denbighshire, Efq; and after-
wards to Waifh, Efq; of the kingdom of Ireland ; 6. Ma-
ry, who lived and died at Du::hamTown. (Sir Peter Leicefter
makes her eldeft, and the reft backwards, which writer feems
to have been followed in this, and feveral other miftakes, by
both Collins and Jacob, in their Peerages.) This Sir William
Bothe, or Bouth, died Nov. 28, 1579, aged thirty-nine years,
and was buried at Bowdon, Dec. 8, following.
Sir George Bouthe, fecond, but eldeft furviving fon of Sir
William, was, by reafon of his minority at the death of his fa-
ther, in ward to the Crown, and his eftate being of confider-
able value, was, by Q. Elizabeth, granted to her favourite, Ro-
bert Dudley, Earl of Leicefter, to the great detriment and ex-
pence of the faid George Bouthe, in obtaining afterwards livery
of his lands ; he was of age Ocl:. 20, 1587 ; he was knighted
about the latter end of CK Elizabeth's reign, and created a Ba-
ron.t by patent, bearing date May 22, 161 1, 9 James I. being
the tenth of thofe who received that Order at the firft inftitu-
tion ; but now three of them being extinct, and four of them
being now Peers, the prefent Rev. Sir George Booth is the
third in point of Precedence. Sir Peter Leicefter fays he had
two wives ; 1. Jane, daughter and heir of John Carrington, of
Carrington, in Cheftiire, Efq; (before faid to have married his
brother, William Bouthe,) a family of long ftanding there,
whom he married Feb. 18, 1577, John Carrington, her father,
dying in January before ; fhe was baptized at Bowdon, Dec.
10, 1562, aged fifteen years at the time of her marriage, but
died without iiTue ; he married, fecondly, 34 Eliz. Catharine,
daughter of Sir Edmund Anderfon, Chief Juftice of the Com-
mon Pleas, (the marriage fettlement in the polTeflion of G. B,
Tynda'le, Efq;) the was buried at Bowdon, Feb. 26, 1638-9 ;
they had iftue live fons and feven daughters. The fons were9
1. William, of whom hereafter ; 2. Francis, baptized at Bow-
don, Dec. 11, 1603, buried Mar. 1, 1616; 3. Thomas, bap-
tized at Bowdon, Dee. 9, 1604; he died 1632, by a fall
from his horfe ; 4. Edmund, born Dec. 26, 1608, baptized at
Bowdon, Jan. 1, 1609, and buried there, Sept. 5, 1617 ;
«;. John, who having been very active for the fervice of his then
Majefty, King Charles II, was knighted after the Reftoration,
in 1660; he married, firft, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Anthony
§t, John, Knt. a younger fon of Oliver, Earl of Bolingbroke,
by whom he had ifTue four fons, and fix daughters, of whom
prefently ; fhe died in January, 1655, and was buried at Great
Bud worth ; he married, 2dly, in 1657, Anne, relict, of Thomas
Leigh, of Adlington, in Chefhire, Efq; by whom he had no
ifliie ; he died May 9, 1678, and was bured at St. Ofwald's
parifk
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (29)
parifh church, being part of the cathedral church of St. Wer-
burg, in Chefter. George, his eldeft fori, was born at Dun-
ham Mafley, and baptized Nov. 26, 1635 ; he was Prothono-
tary of the County Palatine of Chefter, and was a very emi-
nent Convevancer. He wrote two books, the one on Real
Actions, which is in high eftimation among the Lawyers ; the
other was a Tranflation of Diodoius Siculus from the Greek.
He married Martha, daughter of Ralph Hawtrey, of Purley,
in Surry, and of London, Merchant, fon of Ralph Hawtrey,
of Riflep, inMiddlefex, Efq; (he was born in May, 1645, and
died May 6, 17 18 j he died Nov. 12, 17 19, and both lie bu-
ried at St. Ofwald's ; they had ifiue four ions, and three daugh-
ters ; George, the eldeft fon, was. born March 11, 1664, at
Chefter, died March 31, 1665, (nutrice fupprcjjus,) and buried
at St. Peter's, at Chefter : John, the fecond fon, was born Feb.
20, 1669; he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward JProgers,
of Weftlow, in Suffolk, Efq; by whom he had one daughter,
Elizabeth, (who married Edmund Mafkaline, of Wiltihire,
Efq; by whom he had iflue three fons, William, Edmond, and
Nevil, the Aftronomer Royal ; and one daughter, Margaret,
who married Edward, the prefent Lord Clive ;) (he died Ap. 3,
1707, and he Jan. 18, 1722-3, and both lie buried at Trinity
church, Chefter. This John had likewifc by a fecond wife, to
whom he was married Aug. 14, 171 1, who died Dec. 26, 1718,
buried with her hufband, a fon George, drowned, and a daugh-
ter Mary, married to Wilding, of Chefter ; George, the,
third fon, was a Captain of foot, and died unmarried at Dub-
lin, Ap. 4, 1705, and was buried in the Round Church there.
Robert, the fourth fon, married, Dec. 27, 1705, Thomafin,
daughter of William Hanmer, of Bettisfield, in Flintfhire, Efq;
by whom he had no iflue ; he died Nov. 21, 171 1, and his wife
May 14, 1 7 12, and both lie buried at St. Ofwald's. Mary, the
eldeft daughter of George Booth, married Breholt, Com-
mander of the Roval Yatch between En^and and Ireland : fhe
was born Aug. 21, 1667, died in childbed Jan. 26, 1702-3, and
was buried at St. Ofwald's ; Catharine, the fecond daughter-
born Oct. 28, 1672, married, firft, Edward Hudfon, Efq; fon of
Sir Thomas Hudfon, of Bramwith, in Yorkfhire, Knt. he dying
Aug. 21, 1695, without iflue by her ; fhe married, fecondiy,
James Howard, Efq; a Captain in the Guards, fon of the Hon.
Ph. Howard, fon of Thomas, firft Earl of Berkshire; he died
June 22, 1722, his wife Feb. 8, 1765, and both lie buried at St.
Ofwald's. They had iflue one fon, James, who died young, Apr.
3, 1704, and two daughters ; Catharine, who married Narcifius
Charles Proby, Efq; and Martha, who married the Hon. arid
Rev.Cha. Hervey, Prebendary of Ely, and uncle to the prefent
Earl
(3o) k O O T H, of Dunham Maffey.
Earl of Briitol. Elizabeth, the third daughter of Georo-g
Booth, aforefaid, was born in 1676, and married, July 12, 1699,
at Bath, to Thomas Tyndale, of Bathford, in Somerfetfliire,
Efq; by whom lhe had iffue two fons, and four daughters. The
fons were, 1. John Tyndale, who died unmarried Nov. 13,
1728; 2. George Tyndale, of Bathford, aforefaid, Efq; who
married, Nov. 1736, firft, Vere, third daughter of the Hon.
and Rev. Robert Boothe ; but of this Lady, and her iffue,
more hereafter. The laid George Tyndale furviving her, mar-
ried, fecondly, Dec. 31, 1753, Margaretta, fecond daughter of
John Bampfylde, of Heftercombe, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; by
whom he has iffue two fons, John, and Thomas Bampfylde;
and three daughters, Margaretta, Elizabeth, and Charlotta-
Maria, all minors. The daughters of the aforefaid Thomas
Tyndale, by Elizabeth, his wife, were, firft, Martha Maria,
who married Richard Philips, ofBremenda, in Carmarthen-
lh ire, Efq; he died Dec. 1759, and was buried at Bathford ;
2. Elizabeth, now living, and unmarried, at Bath ; 3. Mary,
who married, firft, Robert Hudfon, of Yorkshire, Efq; and,
fecondly, John Peighin, Efq; Captain in his Majefty's Navy ;
4. Arab 11a, who died young. The aforefaid Thomas Tyn-
dale died OcX 1747, and Elizabeth his wife Nov. 14, 1768*
and both lie buried at Bathford.
The fecond fon of Sir John Bouth, was St. John, who was
born at Dunham Maffey, and baptized Jan. 8, 1636 ; he died
Dec. 3, 1687, and was buried at White-gate, near Vale Royal,
in Chefhire, and left ilTue by Anne, his wife, daughter of
Owen, of Condor, in Shroplhire, Efq; two fons, and one
daughter. John, the elder!, died unmarried, at Condor, afore-
faid, 1689 ; Thomas, the fecond fon, died unmarried in Ame-
rica, in 1700 ; Catharine, the only daughter, married >
Owen, of Condor, aforefaid, and died October 18, 1 743? a*
Chefter, as;ed feventy-feven, and was buried at Condor.
John, the third fon of Sir John, was born at Manchefter,
either in 1642, or the year following; he died unmarried in
1689, and was buried in Trinity church, in Chefter.
Thomas, the fourth fon of Sir John, was born at Kenion*
in Lancafhire, and fuffered death contrary to the laws of the
land, Sept. 27, 16S7, for a pretended murder he was accufed
of having committed at Yarmouth. Thus he fell a facrihce to
the malice of King James II, on account of his being nearly
related to the then Lord Delamer, whom he had endeavoured
to take off for a fuppofiiion of high treafon.
The daughters of this Sir John were, 1. Catharine, born at
Dunham Maffey, baptized Sept. 17, 1633, and died young;
2. Sufan, born at the fame place5 and baptized Sept. 18, 1634 ;
foe
BO O T H, of Dunham Maffey. (31)
fbc died in January, 1634-5, and was buried at Bowdon the
7th of that month ; 3. Elizabeth, born at Redifh, and baptized
March 10, 1638, at Groppenhall ; file died Dec. 11, or 12,
J734> a^ec* ninety-fix, and was buried at St. Ofwald's, alias
St. Werburg's, in Chefter ; 4. Catharine, born at Dunham
Town, and baptized June 21, 1640 ; (he died at Kenion, and
was buried at Winwick, in Lancafhire ; 5. Frances, born at
Manchefter, died young, and was buried at Groppenhall ;
6. Frances, born at Warrington, baptized June 2, 1645, and
buried there.
Having now particularly gone through the defcendants of
Sir John Bouth, Knt. (fifth fon of Sir George Booth, the firft
Baronet,) we (hall now proceed to his fitters, which, as was
before obferved, were feven ; 1. Mary, who died unmarried,
at London, May 12, 1657, and was buried in St. Sepulchre's
church there ; 2. Alice, married to George Vernon, of Haf-
lington, in Chefhire, Efq; who was a Judge ; fhe was born at
Bowdon, March 8, 1623 ; 3. Frances, who died unmarried at
Chefter, and was buried at Bowdon, Sept. 10, 1669 ; her will
was dated June 29, 1669, and proved Sept. 13 ; 4. Sufan, mar-
ried, 1623, to Sir William Brereton, of Handford, in Chefhire,
Bart, and buried at Bowdon, June 6, 1637 ; 5. Catharine,
baptized May 22, 1606, died unmarried, at Chefter, Sept. 24,
1684, and buried at St. Ofwald's there ; 6. Cecily, who died
young ; and, 7. Elizabeth, married to Richard, fecond Lord
Byron, and died Feb. 10, 1687-8, at Bulwell Park, Nctting-
hamfhire.
This Sir George Bouthe, the flrft Baronet, was twice High
Sheriff of Chefhire, and as often of Lancafhire ; he died Oct.
24, 1652, aged eighty-fix years and four days, and was bu-
ried at Bowdon, Nov. 18, following.
William Bouthe, Efq; his eldeft fon. married, about 4 Jac. I.
Vere, fecond daughter and' coheir of Sir Thomas Egerton, eldeft
fon of Lord Chancellor Egerton, Baron Ellefme, and Vifcount
Brackley. By this Lady (who was buried at Bowdon, May 4,
1629) he had iffue five fons, and two daughters. The ions
were, 1. Thomas, born June 21, and baptized at Bowdon the
29th, 1620, died Jan. 3, 1632, aged eleven years, and was bu-
ried at St. Ofwald's, alias St. Werburg's ; 2. George, of wThom
hereafter ; 3. William, born Feb. 14, 1625, baptized at Bow-
don 28th, and died young; 4. Nathanael, the grandfather of
the prefent Sir George Booth, Bart, of whom hereafter ; 5.
Charles, born July 6, and baptized the 26th, 1628, who died
young, and was buried at Bowdon, "Jan. 21, 1634-5. The
daughters were, Elizabeth, born June 27, 1621, and baptized
at Bowdon July 13, who died young ; and Catharine, bora
May
(32) BOOT H, of Dunham Ma%,
May ir, 1624, and baptized the 25th, at Bowdon, who mar-
ried Sir John Jackfon, of Hickleton, in Yorkfhire, Knt. and
Bart, (he died in 1667.
This William Bouthe was Knight of the Shire forChefhirej
in the Parliament 21 James I. and was made Cuitos Rotulo-
rum for Chefhire, by Commifiion, dated Nov. 20, 19 James L
which office, from that time, except with fome intermimon in
the latter end of K. Cha. II, and during the reign of James 11$
continued in this family till 1693, when, on the death of
Henry r firft Earl of Warrington, who left his fen, the late
Earl, a minor, the fame was difpofed of elfewhere. This Wil-
liam Bouthe died before his father, April 26, 1636, and was
buried at Bowdon the 3d of May following.
Sir George Bouthe, fecond fon of the above William, was
born Dec. 18, 1&22, and fucceeded his grandfather in the title
of Baronet. By reafon of his minority, at the death of his fa-
ther, he became ward to the Crown. He reprefented the county
Palatine of Chefter in the Parliament 16 Charles I. and again
in the firft Parliament of K. Charles II, who fent a Commif-
fion under his Signet and Sign manual, bearing date July 22*
11 Charles II, a duplicate whereof bore date at Bruflels, Aug*
9, 1659, 11 Car. II, conftituting him Commander in Chief of
all forces to be raifed for his Majefty's fervice in Chefhire, Lan-
cafhire, and North Wales ; which Commiflions are recited in
an Inltrument under that King's Signet and Sign manual, bear-
ing date at Whitehall, March 21, 22 Car. Ii, declaring that
the faid Sir George Booth, (then Lord Delamer,) acted by his
faid Commifiion in all he did, in order to his Majefty's reftora-
tion ; and his Majefty grants this, both to declare the fame, and
for the remembrance of his early and eminent endeavours for his
reftoration, and to remain as a mark of his particular efteem for
the merit of his fervice in that important conjuncture. In con-
federation of his many important fervices in afiifting the Refto-
ration, he was created, by letters patent, bearing date atWeft-
minfter, April 20, 1661, 13 Car. II. Baron Delamer, of Dun-
ham MafTey, to hold to him and the heirs male of his body. So
frugal a method had the Crown, at that time, of rewarding fer-
vices ! On July 30, 1660, he was conftituted Cuftos Rotulo-
rum for Chefhire, and fo continued till May 30, 1673, when
he refigned it to Henry, his fon and heir. After this, he not
being ftudious to pleafe the Court, in thofe meafures which
were taken in fome parts of that reign, both he and his family
were foon afterwards difregarded by the King, and ill ufed by
iiis fucceflbr, King James 11, as will be feen.
This George, Lord Delamer, married, about 13 Car. I. firft,
Catharine, daughter and heir of Theopbiius Fienes, Earl of
Lincoln,
BOOTH, of Dunham Mafley. (33}
Lincoln, who died in childbed, and was buried at Bovvdon, Aug,
5, 1643, leaving an only daughter, Vere, born July 19, 1643,
and baptized the 23d, who died unmarried Nov. 14, 17 17, at
Canonbury-houfe, iilington, in Middlesex, and was buried in
that parifh church the 23d of thac month. She had a right to the
Barony of Clinton. He married, 2dly, Elizabeth, eideft daughter
of Henry Grey, Earl of Stamford, who died Jan.. 4, 1690, at
Oldiield-hal], near Bovvdon, and was buried at Bovvdon ; by
whom he had feven fons, and fix daughters. The fons were,
I.William, born Ap. 17, 1648, died unmarried at London,
Jan. 20, 1661-2, and buried at St. James's, Cicrkenwell, the
22d, where a monument is creeled to his memory; 2. Henry,
of whom hereafter ; 3. Charles, who died unmarried, at Paris 5
4. George, who died in 1726 ; he was one of the Commiilion-
ers of the Cuftoms temo. W. Ill : he married Lucy, daughter
of the hon. Robert Robertes, fon of John, firft Earl of Radnor,
bv whom he had an only fon George, who died before him.
(Jacob, in his Peerage, fays his name was Charles-Henry, and
that he was buried, with his father and mother, in a vault, in
St. Paul's church, London.) 5. Robert, S.T. P. born in 1666,
who was Rector of Thornton in the Moors, Chefhire, and fuc-
ceeded to be Archdeacon of Durham, being collated May 15,
1 69 1, and was inftalled Dean of Briftol, June 20, 1708 ; he mar-
ried, firft, Anne, daughter of Sir R.obert Booth, of Salford, in
Lancafhire, Knt. Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas in Ireland,
and one of the Privy Council, by whom he had one fon, Henry,
who died an infant j he married, 2dly, Mary, elded" daughter
of Thomas Hales, Efq; eideft fon of Sir Robert Hales, of How-
lets, in Kent, Bart, (who died before his father, Sir Robert) by
whom he had iiTue five fons and four daughters. He died Aug.
8, 1730, and was interred the 1 ith, in the College churchyard,
at Briftol ; his wife died June 4, 1732, and was interred the
loth* in the church of St. Bartholomew the Great, in Weft-
Smithfield, London ; the fons were, Robert,- who was called to
the Bar, and was elected, 1727, a Reprefentative in Parliament
for Bodmin, in Cornwall ; he was educated at Weftminfter-
School, and was a Student at Chrift-church College j Oxford ;
he died unmarried, and was buried, Jan. 28, 1732-3, in the
church of St. Martin in the Fields, London 5 2. George, who
was educated with his brother at Weftminfter, and was alfo a
Student of the fame college at Oxford ; he afterwards took Holy
Orders, and was Curate to his uncle, the learned Dr. Stephen
Hales, at Farringdon, near Alton, Hants, where he died, un-
married, and was buried in the church there, Oct. 20, 1725 ;
3: Edward, who was alfo educated at Weftminfter School, and
afterwards bred a Conveyancer, but died in June, 1729, young
Vol. I. [D] and
(34) BOOTH, of Dunham Mafley.
and unmarried, and was interred in the College church-yard, in
Briftol, near his father ; 4. Nathanael, born June 9, 1709, who
was alfo educated atWeftminfter, and bred a Spanifh merchant;
he married, April 26, 1743, Margaret, daughter of Richard
Jones, of Ramlbury Manor, Wilts, Efq; by whom he had iflue
two fons, and one daughter ; 1. George, born Mar. 1, 1744-5,
educated at Weftminfter ; he died Sept. 3, 1757, and was in-
terred in a vault in Hampftead church-yard, Middlefex ; 2. Hen-
ry, born Q&. 4, 1747, died Dec. 5, 1748, and was interred with
his brother ; Elizabeth, the only daughter, was born Feb. 28,
1743-4, died unmarried Jan. 9, 1765, and was buried with
her brothers.
This Nathanael, on Aug. 2, 1758, fucceeded to the Barony
of Deiamer, on the death of his firrt coufin, George, Earl of
Warrington, and wasChairman of the Committees of the Houfe
of Lords from 1765 to his death, which happened Jan. 9, 1770;
and dying without iflue the Barony of Deiamer became extin£t ;
but the dignity of a Baronet defcended to his fecond coufin, the
Rev. George Booth, Rector of Afhton under Line, in Lanca-
fhire, of whom in his proper place ; (and his two nieces and
nephew, herein after named, became his coheirs at law, and, as
fuch, entitled to quarter his arms ; ) he was buried at Hampftead,
with his children. 5. William, born 17 10, and died young.
The daughters were, 1. Mary, who died unmarried at Bath,
in March 1723, and was buried within the choir of the Abbey
church of St. Peter and St. Paul there ; 2. Elizabeth, married,
OcT 19, 1724, at the Cathedral at Briftol, to CharltonThruppe,
of Hampftead, in Middlefex, Efq; by whom he had iflue two
daughters, (Elizabeth, now unmarried ; and Margaret Catha-
rine, who married, in Auguft, 1753, Zachary Bayley, now of
the city of Weils, in Somerfetlhire, Efq;) fhe .died Feb. 4,
1741-2* and was buried at St. Peter le Poor, near the Royal
Exchange, London, the 8th of the fame month ; 3. Vere, who
married, Nov. 27, 17365 at Kenfington, in Middlefex, George
Tyndale, of Bathford, near Bath, in Somerfetinire, Efq; only
furviving fon of Thomas Tyndale, of the fame place, Efq; by
Elizabeth, daughter of George Booth, of Woodford, fn Che-
shire, Efq; before mentioned, (lineally defcended from the Ba-
rons of Tyndale, in South Tyndale, in Northumberland, by
whom fhe had iflue one fon, George Booth Tyvdaie, Efq; born
Sept. 8, 1743* who was admitted into the hon. Society of the
Inner Temple, April 24, 1760, and in Hilary Term, 1768,
wis called to the degree of a Barrifter at Law, and is unmar-
ried. To this Gentleman the Editor is obliged not only for
eycry particular in this Pedigree, but for many valuable mate-
**§ in icr ted in various parts of this Work.) Alfo one daugh-
ter,
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (35)
ter, Elizabeth Vere, born April 22, 1745, who died Mar. 19,
1748-9, and was interred the 22d following, in the College
church-yard at Brifto], with her maternal grandfather. The
aforefaid Vere, wife of the faid George Tyndale, died May 31,
1753, and was interred in the chancel of the parifh church of
Bathford aforefaid. The fourth and youngeft daughter of Ro-
bert Booth was Catharine, who died unmarried Jan. 17, 1748-9,
and was buried with her father and brother the 1 8th.
The fixth fon of the firft Lord Delamer was Cecil, who died
unmarried May 16, 171 1, and was buried at Wilmeilow, in
Chefhire, May 19, following. 7. Nevil, baptized at Dun-
ham, Nov. 15, 1667, and died, unmarried, on his return from
the Eaft Indies, anno 1685.
The daughters of the firft Lord Delamer were, 1. Eliza-
beth, born June 14, 1646, married to Edward, Earl of Con-
way, Secretary of State, and died in childbed ; 2. Anne, born
Jan. 21, 1649, who died young; 3. Anne, born April 20,
165 1, died Nov. 24, 1667, and buried at Clerlcenwell afore-
faid (near her brother) the 29th, where a monument is erected
to her memory -, 4. Jane, who died young, and was buried at
Bowdon, anno 1663 ; 5. Diana, who married, firft, Sir Ralph
Delaval, of Seaton Delaval, in the county of Northumber-
land, Bart, a very ancient family (for a curious account of
which fee N° 373. Vol. III. of this Work.) Secondly, fhe
married Sir Edward Blacket, of Newby, in Yorkfhire, Bart.
living anno 1684. 6. Sophia, who died very young, and was
buried at Bowdon.
George, the firft Lord Delamer, died Aug. 8, 1684, and
was buried at Bowdon.
Henry Booth, fecond Lord Delamer, the fecond fon of the
faid George Lord Delamer, who, on the death of William,
his elder brother, became heir, and fucceeded to the Peerage
on the death of his father, which happened as above men-
tioned. He was born Jan. 13, 1651 ; he had, in the life-time
of his father, been Cuftos Rotulorum, and alfo Knight of the
Shire for the County Palatine of Chefter, in feveral Parlia-
ments in the reign of King Charles II, wherein he always
a&ed with great zeal for the intereft Of his country, and had
been particularly warm for the pafiing the famous Bill of Kx-
clufion, for which that great and good man, the Lord Rufiel,
the morning of his going to be executed, fent him a very kind
mefTage of his refpects for him ; and having thereby incurred
the difpleafure of the then Duke of York, he was, before the
death of King Charles II. committed clofe prifoner to the
Tower of London, but afcer feveral months ftriel: confinemei1.'
was releafed j yet foon after Kino; James's acceffion to th
[D 2] Throii .
(36) BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey.
Throne, he was again committed clofe prifoner there ; and
being after fome time admitted to bail, was quickly afterwards
taken up again, and committed a third time clofe prifoner to
the Tower, on a falfe accufation of High Treafoii, on Thurs-
day, January 14, 1685, (having but the day before completed
the thirty-fourth year of his age,) he was, in a Court erected
in WeCminfter-hall (as ufuaT in cafe of Trial of Peers,) tried
for High Treafon before the Lord Chancellor Jefferys, his par-
ticular enemy, conftituted Lord High Steward on the occa-
sion ; and although the parliament was then actually exifting
by prorogation, he was not tried by the '-/hole Houfe of Peers,
but a fe ' r'of twenty- Feven reers, fummoned '> the
Lord High Steward for that pu \ (fee State Trials, Volume
the Second,) j tich Trial his Loraihip made {6 full and clear
defence, he was by ah thole lee: J es, who
£S feriat'im<% unanimoufly acquitted. Happy for
him that his father was then dead, whereby he was cf right
to be tried by his Peers, and not by fuch a Jury of Common-
ers as in thofe times the worthy Lord Rufiel, and many more
great patriots, had felt the dire effects of! After this he lived
retired, at his feat at Dunham MaHey, not lefs beloved by his
countrymen for the hardships he had undergone from the
Court, until the happy Revolution ; when, on intelligence of
the Prince of Orange's defign of coming, he, through the
defire of delivering his country from Popery and Arbitrary
Power, and perhaps not without fome remembrance of the
ill ufage he had received from King James, raifed, in a very
few days, -a great force in Chefhire and Lancashire, and there-
with marched to join that Prince ; on whofe arrival at Wind-
for, in his approach towards Lon on, this Lord Belamer, to-
gether with the Marquis of Halifax and the Earl of Shrewf-
bury, were, on the 17th of December, 1688, fent by that
Prince with a MeiTage to King James, to remove from White-
hall ; which MeiTage, they, being introduced into his Ma-
jelly's bed-chamber, by the Earl of Middleton, Secretary of
State, delivered at one o' clock in the morning to the King,
who was then in bed. A remarkable inftnnce of the viciffi-
tudes of fortune, cr, rather, the appointments of an all-ruling
Providence, that the King, who had been a fpectator of the
Lord Delamer's ftanding at the Bar upon Trial for Life, for
a pretended High Treafon, fhould, within lefs than three
vears, fee that Lord come to his bed fide, to bid him depart
his royal Palace ! A warning to all, to ui'e their profperity in
fuch manner, as may bell fit them for unforefeen adverfities j
remembring, that on this fide the grave, no man can tell
what is to befall him ! And d\eh w • 1 [< this Lord made
thereof.
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (37)
thereof, whatever temptation it might be to him, to have
then (hewn an infuiting refentment, for he comported him-
felf with fo much decency and relpecl: towards that then un-
happy Prince, and fo fenlible was that King of his civility to
him on this occafion, that, after his retirement into France,
he faid, that Lord Delamer, whom he had ufed ill, had then
treated him with much more regard than the other two Lords,
to whom he had been kind, and from whom he might better
have expected it.
This Henry, Lord Delamer, was, on the 13th of February,
1688, fworn a Privy Counfellor, and on April 9th, 1689,
made Chancellor and Under Treafurer of the Exchequer;
alfo on the 12th of the fame month made Lord Lieutenant of
the County Palatine of Chefter, and of the city of Chefter
and county thereof, and on July 9th Cuftos Rotulorum of
the faid county ; which laft offices, together with that of
Privy Counfellor, he enjoyed for life ; but as to the others,
he continued in them for about a year only. However, it was
not thought advifeable to put this Lord out of employment,
in a difobiiging manner, and therefore he was, by Letters
Patent, I taring date at Weftminfter, April 17, 1689, 2 Wil-
liam and Mary, created Earl of Warrington, in the County
Palatine of Lancafter, to hold to him, and the heirs male of
his body, for his great fervices in raifing and bringing con-
fiderable forces to his Majefty, to refcue his Country and Re-
ligion from Tyranny and Popery, as the Preamble of the Pa-
tent exprefles it. He died January 2, 1693, at London, and
was interred at Bowdon, aforefaid, the 14th of the fame
month ; as was his Lady, Mary, daughter and fole heir of
Sir James Langham, of Cottefbrook, in the county of Nor-
thampton, Knt. and Bart, who died March 23d, 1690-91.
They had iffue four fons, and two daughters. The fons
were,
1. James, who died an infant, at London, and was buried
at London.
2. George, the fecond Earl of Warrington, who was born
May 2, 1675 ; married, in 1702, Mary, eld eft of the two
daughters and coheirs of John Oldbury, of London, Mer-
chant, by Mary, his wife, daughter and coheir of Thomas
Bohun, or Boone, of Mount Boone, near Dartmouth, in the
county of Devon, Efq; defcended from the Bohuns, the an*
cient Earls of Hereford ; and by her, who died at Dunham
Maffey, April, 174.0, and buried at Bowdon, had iffue an
only daughter and heir, Mary, born about the year 170?
who married, 1736, to the Right hon. Henry Grey, Earl of
Stamford j
(3 8) B O O T H, of Dunham Matey.
Stamford; by whom {he had iffue, i. George Harry Grev,
the prefent Earl, who married Harriot, daughter of Ben-
tinck, late Duke of Portland, and filler to the prefent Duke,
and has iffue ; 2. Booth Grey, Efq; Member of Parliament for
the town of Leicefter -, 3. John Grey, of the Inner Temple,
London, Efqj Mary, married to the Hon. George Weft,
brother to the prefent Earl Delawar ; and Anne, deceafed.
His Lordfhlp (the Earl of Warrington) died Auguft 2, 1758,
and was buried at Bowdon, when the Larldom of Warring-
ton became extinct ; but the Barony of Delamer defcended to
his ftrft coufin, Nathanael Booth, of Hampftead, in Middle-
fex, Efq; before mentioned.
3. Langham Booth, born June 8, 1684, who was elected
Knight of the Shire for the County Palatine of Chefter as
early as he was by law capable of that honour, and continu-
ing in that ftation, with very little intermiffion, until the
time of his death, he acted therein, and as a Juftice of the
Peace, in his county, with an unblemifhed reputation, and
an uncorrupted integrity. He was Groom of the Bed-chamber
to King George II, when Prince of Wales, which Place he
held till his death, which happened at Bath, May 12, 1724,
and was buried at Bowdon.
4. Henry, bom July 17, 1687, was a Student in the Tem-
ple j he died February 2, 1726-7, and was buried in a Vault
in the Great Church at Rotterdam.
Elizabeth, the eldeft daughter, married, Feb. 16, 1696, to
Thomas Delves, Efq, eldeft fon of Sir Thomas Delves, of
Doddington, in Chefhire, Bart, (he died in 1697, and was
buried at Wehbenbury, the 13th of the fame month.
Mary, the fecond daughter, married the Hon. RufFel Ro-
berts, fon of Lord Roberts, fon of John, firft Earl of Rad-
nor. She died Jan. 30, 1741-2, and was buried at St. James's*
Weftminfter, Febr. 6, following. They had iffue, Henry,
Earl of Radnor, who died without iflue, 1740 ; and Mary
Vere, who married, Feb. 20, 1720, Thomas Hunt, of Mol-
lington, in Cheihire, (me became fole heir to her brother,)
by whom fhe had iffue two fons ; George Hunt, of Llanhy-
drock, in Cornwall, Efq; Member for Bodmin \ and Thomas
Hunt, of Mollington* in Chefhire, Efq; alio three daughters,
Mary, Elizabeth, and Frances.
We now return to Nathanael Booth, grandfather of the
prefent Baronet, fourth fon of William, eldeft fon of Sir
George Booth, the firft Baronet. This Nathanael was of
Mottram Andrew, in Chefhire, and was born April 26, 1627,
and buried at Bowdon aforefaid, Nov. 22, 1692. He married
Anne,
BOOTH, of Dunham Maffey. (39)
Anne, third daughter of Robert Ravenfcroft, of Bretton, in
Flintshire, Efqj By this Lady, who was buried at Bowdon,
he had iflue four fons, and (even, daughters.
The daughters were, i. Frances, and another, who were
twins, buried at Mottram ; 2. Elizabeth, born in Aug. 1656,
died June 22, 1736, and buried at Harden, in Flintfhire j
3. Catharine, born in September, 1658, died Oct. 12, 1756,
and buried at Bowdon ; 4. Anne, born in 1662, died Sept. 7,
1747, and buried at Bowdon ; 5. Vere, born in May, 1663,
and baptized the 2d of June following, at Handforth ; 6.Theo-
dofia, born in Auguft, 1664, and baptized the 6th of Sept.
following, at Mottram ; 7. Mary, born in Feb. 1665, and
baptized the 20th following, at Mottram. Thefe three laft
were buried at Mottram.
The fons were, George, born in September, 1657, and was
loft at fea. 2. Thomas, born in Auguft, 1659, and was killed
by a tiger on the Malabar Coaft, in the Eaft Indies. 3. Na-
thanael, born in October, 1660 ; he was called to the Bar, and
was a Bencher of Grey's Inn, London ; he was Controller of
the Fines and Green Wax Money in the Court of Exchequer ;
he died without iffue, Oc~L 9, 1745, aged eighty-five, and was
buried at Roliwright ; he married Jane, daughter and coheir
of Henry Dixon, of Roliwright, in Oxfordfm're, Efq; {he was
buried with her hufband, at Roliwright, aforefaid. 4. John,
born in February, 1667, and baptized the 5th of the following
month, at Mottram ; he died in 1725, and was buried at:
Clerkenwell, in Middlefex. By Mary, daughter of Gilbert
Pickering, of the city of London, Merchant, (which Lady died
in 1742, and was buried at Clerkenwell, aforefaid,) he had
iffue one fon, George, and three daughters ; 1. Anne, born in
1715, and died in 1725 ; 2. Catharine, born in 1717, and died
in 1723 ; 3. Elizabeth, born in 17 19, and died in 1743 ; fhe
died unmarried, as did her other two lifters, and were ail three
buried at St. James's, Clerkenwell, with their father and mo-
ther.
George Booth, only fon and heir of the above John Booth,
Efq; was born March 20, 1724, and entering into Holy Or-
ders, was prefented, in 1758, by the prefjnt Countefs Dow-
ager of Stamford, his coufin, to the valuable Reclory of Als-
ton under Line, and was Chaplain to his coufin, the late Lord
Delamer ; on whofe death, which happened January 9, 1770,
he fucceeded to the dignity of a Baronet. He married Han-
nah, daughter of Henry Turner, of Botwell, in the county
of Middlefex, Efq; by whom he ha-j iffue two daughters ;
Catharine, born Aug. 23, 17; 7: died a mouth aftei her birth-,
and
(40) P E Y t 0 N, of Ifelham.
and wSs buried at Hayes, in Middlefex ; as was. the other
daughter, Hannah Vere, born July 15, 1748, who died Ocl:.
28, 1765.
Arms. i. Argent, three Boars Heads, erect, and erafed, Sa-
ble, Langued, Gules ; for Booth. 2. Argent, a Fefs, en-
grailed, Gules ; for Barton. 3. Azure.* two Bars, Argent ;
in Chief, two Mullets, of the laft ; for Venables. 4. Bendy
often Pieces, Or and Azure 5 for Mountfort. 5. Argent, a
Mullet, Sable ; for Afhton. 6. Argent, a Lion rampant,
Gules^ between three Pheons Heads, Sable ; for Egerton.
Sir George Booth has a right to thirty-feven other Coats.
Crest. On a Wreath of the Colours, a Lion paiTant, Ar-
gent.
xMotto. £hiod ero fpero.
Seat. At Afhton under Line, in the County Palatine of
Lancafter.
**3. Peyton, of Kelharn, Cambridgeshire.
Created Baronet, May 22, 1611.
THIS family, as Mr. Camden obferves, derive themfelvee
* from the U fiords, Earls of Suffolk:, who defcended from
William Malet, a Norman Baron, who was Sheriff of York-
ftnre in the third of William I.
The fir ft of whom v/e find by the name of Peyton, was Reig-
nold de Peyton, fecond fon to Walter, Lord of Sibton, in Suf-
folk:, younger brother to Malet, Sheriff" of Yorklhire, and Lord
of the honour of Eay, in Suffolk. This Reignold held the Lord-
ihips of Peyton-hallj in Ramfhold, and Boxford, in Suffolk, of
Hugh de Bigod, and had two fons, William and John.
John had ifiue four ions, John, the elder, Robert, Peter, and
John, the younger.
Robert was Lord Juftice of Ireland, in the time of Hen. IIL
and Edw, I. and, being Lord of Ufford, aiTumed the furname
of his anceftors. Whofe fon, Robert de UfFord, was created
Earl of Suffolk, 11 Edw. Ill, 1336, and made Knight of the
Garter. He was at the battle of Cagn, and behaved fo well,
that the Kino; rewarded him with the honour of Eye, formerly
belonging to his family.
Brothers to the Earl, were Thomas de UfFord, Knight of the
Garter, and John UfFord, who was brought up at Cambridge,
and made doctor or law j promoted firft to the deanry of Lin-
ed n,
PEYTON of Ifelham. ig
coin, then to the chancellorfhip of England, and laflly, to the
archbifhoprick of Canterbury, which he never enjoyed, being cut
off by the plague before he received either his pall or confecration,
June 7, anno 1348, and lies obfeurely buried in that cathedral
church.
Peter de Peyton, lord of Peyton-Hall, married Helena — — ,
of whom he had iflue, Robert de Peyton, father to Sir John de
Peyton, Knt. of the fame places ; whofe iflue male feemed to fail
temp. Edw. III.
The fourth fon was John de Peyton, jun. who fold to John his
eldeft brother, all his lands which he had in Boxford, of the fee
of the abbey of St. Edmonds and Stoke-Neyland, which their fa-
ther, John de Peyton, and William, their uncle, formerly pof-
i'efled.
Sir John, the eldeft fon, fucceeded, and was lord of Peyton-
Hall in Boxford, who had iflue by his wife, Matilda de Bueriis,
three fons and one daughter, Agnes; William; and James de
Peyton, who was witnefs to a datelefs charter of his father, and
to another of his elder brother, who was
Sir John de Peyton, Knt. fuccefibr to his father; to whom,
and Clementia his wife, 27 Hen. III. John, fon of William de
Effington, gave two acres of land, Sec. Sir John ferved in the
parliament held at Weftminfter, as one of the Knights of the
Shire for the county of Suffolk, having reafonable allowance for
his expence ; as alfo in another parliament, 29 Edward I. foon
after which he died. He had three wives, Agnes, Agnes, and
Clementia.
Sir Robert, the eldeft fon, fucceeded, who, in many of his
evidences, is ffciled Chevalier and Monfieur : He died 25 Edw. III.
and was buried near his father, having had two wives, firft, the Lad y
Chriftiana de Apleton, widow of William de Apleton, who died
19 Edward II. leaving no children, and was buried at Stoke-
Neyland with great pomp, whofe funeral expences are thus fct
down ; fifty quarters of wheat, 4I. ics. one hogfhead of wine,
53 1. 4s. four muttons, 5s. eight barrow-hogs, 24s. ten calves,
&c. His fecond wife was Joan de Marney, of the noble family
of the Marneys, of Layer-Marney, in Eflex, by whom there was
iflue Sir John, the next heir, and William, who lies buried at
Wicken.
Sir John fucceeded, and married Margaret, the daughter and
coheir of Sir John Gernon, of Lees, in EiTex, Knt. lord of
Wicken, in Cambridgeshire, and Bakewell in Derbyshire. Sir
John died 17 Richard II. and his wife 2 Henry V.
Their fon and heir, John de Peyton, Efq; inherited, who took
to wife Joan, daughter and heir of Sir fiammon Sutton, of
Wkkefho, in Suffolk^ Knt. by whom Wjckefho came to this
C % family 5
20 PEYTON of Ifelham.
family ; who, dying about the 5th of Henry IV. left imae by his
faid wife, (afterwards married to Sir Roger Drury, Knt.) Mar-
gery, wife of Thomas Daubenyof Sharrington, in Norfolk, Efq;
and three fons, John, Thomas, and Robert.
John, the eldeft, was left a minor, being fifteen years old,
8 Henry IV. at which time an agreement was made between the
Lady Margaret, his grandmother, Joan his mother of the one
part ; and John Burgoyne of Drayton, in Cambridgefhire, of the
other; for an intermarriage with Grace, daughter of the faid
Burgoyne; which marriage took place; and from thence pro-
ceeded two fons, John and Thomas, and a daughter Anne, mar-
ried to Jeffry Lockton, Efq. He died in the flower of his age,
the 6th of October, 4 Henry V.
His fon John, aged three years and three quarters at his father's
death, died in his minority the 29th of Ociober, 11 Henry VI.
whereupon Thomas, then aged feventeen years, was the next heir.
This Thomas was High-Sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon,
21 and 31 Henry VI. and married firft Margaret, daughter and
coheir of Sir John Bernard, of Ifelham, Knt. by which match
Ifelham defcended to this family ; and he had iffue by her Tho-
mas, hereafter mentioned, Margaret, and Grace.
His fecond wife was Margaret, daughter and coheir of Sir
Hugh Francis, of Giffords, in the parifh of Wickhambrook, in
Suffolk, widow of Thomas Garnifh, of Kenton, in Suffolk, Efq.
Of this match proceeded two fons, Chriftopher and Francis.
1. Chriftopher Peyton, Efq; in the 12th of Henry VII. was fherifF
of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon ; and having mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Leonard Hide, of Hide-Hall, in
Hertfordfhire, Efq; left no iffue. He died 15 Henry VII. and,
with his wife, was buried in Ifelham church.
Francis Peyton, of St. Edmundfbury, Efq; fecond fon, heir to
his mother, was alfo of Coggefhall in Effex. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Reginald Brook, of Afpallitoneham, in Suffolk,
Efq; by whom he had Chriffopher, and Edmund, who married,
but left no male iffue. Chriftopher Peyton, of St. Edmundfbury,
married Jane, daughter of Thomas Mildmay, Efq; and filter to
Sir Thomas Mildmay, of Chelmsford in Effex, Knt. and was
father of three fons, Thomas, Chriffopher, and Henry, of Lon-
don. 1. Thomas Peyton, of St. Edmundfbury, who by Cicely,
daughter of John Bourchier, Earl of Bath, (and Eleanor Manors
his wife, daughter oi Henry, Earl of Rutland) was father of Sir
Henry Peyton, knighted by King James I. who long followed
the wars in the Low-Countries, and married Mary, daughter of
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerfet, and widow of Andrew Ro-
gers, of Brian'fon, in Dorfetmirc, Efq; elded fon to Sir Richard
Rogers, Knt. 2. Chriilopher Peyton, of St. Edmundfbury, who
vv;a:
PEYTON of Ifelham. 21
was knighted by King James I. and Auditor in Ireland. He
married Anne, daughter of William Palmer, of Warwickshire,
Efq; and left three daughters his coheireffes, i. Elizabeth, mar-
ried to Richard Cooke, Efq; of St. Edmundfbury. 2. Cicely,
married to Henry Rookwood, of Ewfham, and, 3. Thomazin,
married firfl to Captain Baptiit. Caftillion, of the bedchamber to
Queen Elizabeth ; fhe re-married to Robert Bigott, of the De-
fart, in Ireland, Efq. 3. Henry Peyton, of London, who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of William Pickering, of London, and left
pofterity.
Thomas Peyton, the only fon of Thomas, died before his
father, and by his wife Joan, the daughter of Calthorpe,
of Norfolk, he had iilue, Thomas, who died iffuelefs, Robert,
John, and Edward ; and four daughters, Elizabeth, married to
Edward Langley, of Knowlton, in Kent, Efq; Jane, to John
Langley, of Lowleworth, in Cambridgeshire, Efq; Anne, to John
Afheby, of Harefield, in Middlefex, Efq; and Dorothy. — Joan
furviving her hufband, married, fecondly, William Mauleverer,
Efq;
The eldeft fon, Sir Robert, inherited, who was fheriff of Cam-
bridge and Huntingdon, 14 Henry VII. and died the 18th of
March, 9 Henry VIII.
He left ifTue, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Cleer, of
Ormfby, in Norfolk, 1. Sir Robert. 2. John, who married Do-
rothy, daughter of Sir Robert Tyndall, of Hockwould, in Nor-
folk, Knt. of whom defcended the Peytons of Knowlton, and
Dodington, Barts. the former of which titles is extinct, and the
latter will hereafter be mentioned in its proper place ; and 3. Ed-
ward, who died without ifTue. Alfo two daughters, Margaret,
married to Francis Jenney, of Knotfhall, in Suffolk, Efq; from
whom defcend the Jenneys of that place ; and Elizabeth, wife of
Sir William Wigfton, of Wolfton, in Warwickfhire, Knt.
Sir Robert was the next heir, who was fheriff of the two afore-
faid counties, 17 and 27 Henry VIII. and accompanied that King
to the fiege of Bullen ; and was again fheriff, 1 Q. Mary. He
married Frances, daughter and heir of Francis Haffylden, of Lit-
tle Chefterford, in EfTex, Efq; and of Steeple-Morden, in Cam-
bridgefhire. This Lady founded the famous hofpital at Ifelham,
and was buried by her hufband in that church, where their me-
mories are ftill preferved on a monument.
They had fix fons and two daughters, 1. Robert. 2. William.
3. Richard, of Little Chefterford, in ElTex, who married Mary,
daughter of Leonard Hyde, of Hide-Hall, in Hertfordfhire, Efq;
She, after his deceafe, married Sir John Cary, Lord Hunfdon.
The three other fons were Chriftopher, E4ward, and John.
The daughters, Catharine, wife of Williams, of , in
C 7 Oxford-
22 PEYTON of Ifelharh,
Oxford/hire, Efq; and Elizabeth, wife of Thomas W*enne, of
Hinton, in Hadenham, in the Ifle of Ely, Efq;
Robert the eldeft, Lord of Ifelham, was Knight of the Shire
for Cambridge, 4th and 5th of Queen Mary, and high {heriff of
the united counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, 9 Eliz. and
received the honour of knighthood from King James I. at Roy-
■flon, Nov. 1608. He married the Lady Elizabeth Rich, daugh-
ter of Richard, Baron Rich of Leez, Lord High Chancellor of
England ; by whom he had ifiue three fons, Robert, who died in
his father's life-time, unmarried ; Sir John, the Baronet, and Ri-
chard, who died without iflue : And as many daughters, Mary,
wedded flrft to Robert Balam, °f Wolfoken, in Norfolk, Efq;
fecondly, to Sir Richard Cox, of Braham, in the ifle of Ely, Knt.
Frances, wife of John Hagar, of Bourne-Cattle, Cambridgefhire ;
and Winifrede, wife firft of Ofborne, Efq; Counsellor at
Law, then of Harefleet, of Kent 5 and afterwards of John
Hornbye, in Lincolnfhire, Efq;
Sir John Peyton, of Ifelham, knighted by King James I. fuc-
ceeded his father Sir Robert, and was Lord of Peyton-Hall, in
Boxford, Wicken, and Wikefho, &c. He was fherifF of the
counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, 35 Eliz. and Knight of
the Shire for the firft of thofe Counties, as alfo 1 James I. an4
the next year lheriff again ; and in the ninth of that reign, re-
ceived the new order of Baronet at the firft inftitution of it.
By his wife Alice, daughter to Sir Edward Ofborn, who was
Lord Mayor of London, 25 Elizabeth, A. D. 1583, and progeni-
tor to the Duke of Leeds, he had five fons and fix daughters ;
Sir Edward, the next Baronet; John, who died without iflue j
Robert, fellow of Queen's College in Cambridge ; Roger-Wil-
liam, of Warlingworth, in Suffolk, (who married Tabitha, daugh-
ter of Henry Payne, of Walthamftow, in ElTex, and left two fons,
John and William,) and Thomas, who was {lain at the Burfe in
Holland. The daughters were, Anne, married to Sir Robert Ba-
con, of Riborough, in Norfolk, Bart, third fon of Sir Nicholas
Bacon, of R.ed^rave, Bart. Alice, wife of Sir John, fon and heir
of Sir John Peyton, of Dodington, Knt. Elizabeth, of Sir An-
thony Irby, of Bofton, in Lincolnshire, Knt. Mary, of Sir Roger
Meers, of Hoghton, in Lincoln(hire, Knt. Frances, and Sufan
Peyton, who both died unmarried.
He was fucceeded, both in eftate and honour, by Sir Edward,
his eldeft fen, who was knighted at Whitehall, Feb. 4, 1610,
and ferved in Parliament from the 1 8th of James I. to the third
of Charles I. as one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of
Cambridge,, and was Cuftos Rotulorum thereof; which office he
vva^ deprived of by the endeavours of the great favourite of James L
the Duke of Buckingham. This $ir Edward married three
wives ;
PEYTON of Ifelham. 23
wives ; firft, Matilda, daughter of Robert Livefay, of Tooting,
in Surry, Efq; by whom he had ifTue, John ; Edward, who was
a Clergyman, (and had three fons, Edward, Robert, and Henry ;)
and Robert; alfo a daughter, Amy, married to Henry Lawrence,
of St. Ives, in Hnntingdonfhire, and of St. Margaret's, in Hert-
ford fh ire, Efq;
Sir Edward married to his fecond Lady, Jane, daughter of Sir
James Calthorp, of Cockthorp, in Norfolk, Knt. and widow of
Sir Henry Thymelthorp, of Norfolk, Knt. by whom he had ifTue
one fon, Thomas Peyton, of Rougham, in Norfolk, Efq; who
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Yelverton, of Roug-
ham, Bart, by whom he had four fons; i. William Peyton, of
Dublin, who died 1686. He married Frances, daughter and co-
heir of Sir Herbert Lunsford, Knt. by whom he had no male
ifTue. 2. Robert, of Virginia, who left no male ifTue. 3. Charles
Peyton, of Grimfton, in Norfolk, Efq; who married Elizabeth,
daughter of William Bladwell, of Swanington, in Norfolk, Efq;
they both lie buried at Swanington, having had fix fons ; 1. Sir
Yelverton, hereafter mentioned ; 2. Bladwell, who married Mary,
daughter of William Probart, of Court-Evangwenge, in Radnor-
fhire, Gent, by whom he has ifTue one fon, Charles, and two
daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. 3. William, of Grimfton, in
Norfolk, who married Alice, daughter of William Robotham, of
Grimfton, Gent, and died at Leverington, in the Ifle of Ely, with-
out ifTue. 4. Charles, who died at fea, without ifTue. 5. Colby,
drowned at Lynn, without ifTue. 6. John Peyton, citizen of Lon-
don, who died Ocl:. 22, 1741, married, firft, Dorothy, daughter
of James Altham, of Marks-hall, in EfTex, Efq; by whom he had
one fon, John ; and by his fecond wife Sufan, daughter of Peter
Calvert, of Hunfdon, in Hertford fh ire, Efq; (and fifter to Peter
Calvert, of Hunfdon, Efq;) he had another fon named Yel-
verton.
The fourth fon of Thomas Peyton, of Rougham, Efq; was Yel-
verton, who married a daughter of Mr. Roberts, a Merchant in
Briftol, niece of Sir John Roberts, of Bromley, in MiddIefex,Bart.
Thomas Peyton, Efq; the father of thefe fons, died in 1683.
Sir Edward, married to his third Lady, Dorothy, daughter of
Mr. Edward Ball, of Stockwell, in Surry, by whom he had two'
fons, 1. Edward Peyton, of Surinam, Merchant, who died 1675.
He married Mary, daughter of Mr. Mulfin, an Italian Merchant,
and left one daughter his fole heir, named Seignora Angiola, mar-
ried to Francis Ceffis, of Peefroneer, in Venice. 2. Jofeph Pey-
ton, who, by Mary, daughter and coheir of Marmaduke Vincent,
of Great Smeaton, in Yorkfhire, had ifTue Vincent Peyton, only
child living, three years old, 1688.
C 4 Sir
24 P £ Y T 0 N of Iielham.
Sir Edward Peyton* Bart, died at Wicken, in Cambridgefhire,,
in 1657, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fen* by the firft mar-
riage,
Sir John Peyton, Bart, who had two wives, 1. a daughter of
Sir Edward Bellingham, who left no ifTue. But by his fecond.
wife, a daughter of ... . Hobart, he had three fons ; Edward,
who diec} young ; Sir John Peyton, Bart, who fucceeded him ;
and Thomas, who was firft an Enfign, and afterwards Captain
in the guards ; who died a batchelor. Sir John had alfo one
daughter, Martha, married to George Duncombe, of S.halford,
near Guilford, in Surry, Efq; Sir John, died 1666, and was
buried in St. Giles's in the Fields, London, and was fucceeded
by his only fon,
Sir John Peyton, Bart, who firft married the daughter p,f Mr.
Newman, and widow of Mr. Kana Q Hara. His fecond wife
was the daughter of— Lloyd, of Morton-Hall, in Wales, Efq.;
and widow of Richard Barry. His third wife was Mrs. Rebecca
Williams, of Liverpool, widow of the Rev. Mr. Daniel Tom-
linfon. He died in Ireland, 1721, without iftue ; and was fuc-
ceeded bv his coufin,
Sir Yelverton Peyton, eldeft fon of Charles Peyton, of Grimr.
Hon in Norfolk, Efq; who was third fon of Thomas Peyton, of
Rougham, Efq; only fon of Sir Edward Peyton, Bart, by his.
iecond marriage, beforementioned. He married Flora, daughter
of Philip Facy, but died without ifTue, and was fucceeded by
Sir John Peyton, the prefent Baronet.
Arms : Sable, a Crofs engrail'd, Or.
Crest: On a Wreath, a Griffin fej ant, Or.
Motto: Patior potior.
4. Clifton of Clifton, Nottinghamshire,
Created Baronet, May 22, 161 1.
OF this family, Gervafe Holies, Efq; a laborious antiquary,
obferves, that they took their furname from Clifton, a ville
about two miles diftant from Nottingham, which, in its Saxon
etymon, fignifies a ville fituate upon a rock or (helving ground, as
Sir W. Dugdale rightly obferves, and upon a prominence is this
feated (yet in a fertile foil) at the foot of which the Trent runs ;
where the Cliftons have a noble feat, from which, afcending by
many fteps, we red upon the top, in a fair bowling-green, that
yields a moit pleafant profpect, overlooking the Trent, the town
pf Nottingham, the vale of Belvoir, and part of the foreft of
Sherwood.
CLIFTON of Clifton. s$
{Sherwood. They derive themfelves from Alvaredus de Clifton,
a- Knight, faid to be living in the time of William Peverell, the
Conqueror's baftard ; and for proof of this, Alvaredus, and two
others of his lineal pofterity, are cited in an authority amongft
the collections of Mr. St. Lo, Kniveton, wherein it is faid, Al-
varedus was Warden of Nottingham caftle, in the time of Wil-
liam Peverell ; and in which office he was fucceeded by his
ion and grandfon, Robert and Gervafe.
It is believed, however, that his fon and grandfon were both
of them named Gervafe ; for, 20 Henry III. there was a fine le-
vied between Gervafe de Clifton, (taken for the fon) and Hugh
de Bel, concerning two oxgangs of land in Wilford. Anno 52
Henry III. Gervafe, fon of Gervafe de Clifton, (the grandfon)
gives one mark for a writ in the county of Nottingham.
Sir Gervafe, Knt. third of that name, (fon of the laft Gervafe
de Clifton) died 17 Edward II. having married Amflicia, daugh-
ter of Sir William Sampfon, of Eperfton, Knt. His fon was Ger-
vafe, who died before him, 9 Edward II. leaving by Alice,
daughter and heir of Robert de Rabacin, Robert his fon, heir to
bis grandfather. This Sir Gervafe mufl be accounted a principal
advancer of this family. He was conftituted High Sheriff of the
counties of Nottingham and Derby, anno 7 Edward I. and con^
tinued for feven years ; and in the 14th of that King, he was ap-
pointed High Sheriff of Yorkfhire, and continued for fix years.
The fame Sir Gervafe de Clifton dying, left Robert de Clif-
ton, the fon of Gervafe, his eldeft fon, (who died before him)
his next heir, and above twenty-fix years of age -3 who did his
homage to the King, as heir to his grandfather, and had feifin of
his lands accordingly.
Gervafe de Clifton, (the fon of Sir Robert) was High Sheriff
of the counties of Nottingham and Derby, anno 19 Edward III.
and the next year Efcheator of the fame counties. We meet
with no account of the death of this Gervafe, nor is any thing
to be found concerning him after the age of fixty-eight. He
had a fon, Robert, who poffibly died before his father, as no ac-
count of him, after the death of Gervafe, is any where mention-
ed. It is fuppofed that Ifabd, (wife of this Robert de Clifton)
was the daughter of Neville, of Rolleflon, in Nottingham-
shire, and his fjrfl: wife 5 for he married, fecondly, Agnes, daugh-
ter of De Grey.
The next is Sir John Clifton, (fon and heir of Robert and
Agnes Grey) who, anno 4 Hen. IV. ferved in the parliament held at
Weftminfter, with Sir Richard Stanhope, Knights of the Shire
for Nottingham, and had their wages allowed for fixty-five days.
He was that year flain at the battle of Shrewfbury, fighting on the
King's fide againft the Piercies ; having, as Hollinfhed tells us,
received
*5 CLIPTON of Clifton.
received from the King that morning the order of Knighthood,
which (if true) muft be the dignity of a Banneret ; for he was a
Knight before. He brought a great increafe of eftate into the
family, by his wife Catharine, daughter of Sir John de CreiTey,
of Hodfack, in the county of Nottingham, Knt, and fifter and
coheir of Sir Hugh de CrefTey, who died in the 9th year of the
fame King : The other fifter and coheir, Elizabeth, was the wife
of Sir John Markham, the elder Judge,
This Sir John Clifton's fon and heir was Sir Gervafe Clifton,
as appears from a grave- ftone in Clifton church.
The next is Sir Gervafe Clifton, but whether fon or brother to
the laft, is not clear, for the records here are intricate. 23 Hen. VI.
Gervafe Clifton was Lieutenant to Humphrey Duke of Gloucef-
tcr, Conftable of Dover caflle. In the 30th of Henry VI. he
was Treafurer of the town of Calais, which office was given him
(in recompence of his good fervice) 24 May, 29th of that King,
upon the resignation of Sir Richard Vernon, his predeceflbr in that
office, he having delivered up his letters patent to be cancelled.
He was twice High Sheriff of Kent 3 and once Treafurer of the
King's Houfnold ; for there is a warrant in an uncertain year of
that King, directed to the Keeper of the Privy Seal, commanding
him to direct his letters to the Chamberlains of the Exchequer,
to pay to certain perfons the fum of 460 1. due to them whilft Sir
Gervafe Clifton, Knt. flood Treafurer of the Houihold. The
chronicles tell us, that Richard Duke of York, in the 18th of
Henry VI. made Sir Gervafe Clifton Captain of Pontoife, near
Paris, (having been a Commander at feveral places in France,)
when the French King befieged and took the town by afTault,
hut loft above three thoufand men before it. And that in the
lith of Edward IV. 147 1, the Monday after the battle of Tewkf*
bury, Sir Gervafe Clifton (who was then taken prifoner) was be-
headed in the market-place there, together with Edmund Duke of
Corner fet, and others.
This moft active and fignal Gentleman is believed by fome of
the family to be their immediate anceftor.
It is plain there was a Sir Gervafe Clifton of Clifton, temp.
Henry VI. and that Robert Clifton was his fon and heir, who
was High Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby, anno 29 and 38
Henry VI. And after, in the 7th of Edward IV. Robert Clifton,
Knt. is mentioned then as late Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby.
Alice, wife of the faid Sir Robert, was daughter of John Booth,
of Barton, in Lancafhire, Efq; and fifter of William the Arch-
bifhop.
Sir Robert Clifton died April 9, 1478, 18 Edward IV. leaving
Gervafe Clifton his fon and heir, above forty years of age : He
had
CLIFTON of Clifton. 27
had another fon, Robert Clifton, who was Archdeacon of the
Eaft-Riding, in Yorkfhire.
Gervafe Clifton, his fon and heir, was High Sheriff of Not-
tingham and Derby, 11 and 17 Edward IV. 22 Edward IV.
that King ordained the faid Gervafe, Sheriff of the counties of
Nottingham and Derby, and affigned him 100 1. out of the Ex-
chequer, for the better fuftaining of his charge in that office.
Anno 1 Richard III. he was made one of the Knights of the
Bath at the coronation.
Sir John Beaumont (in, his poem of Bofworth-Field) fays,
he was flain there, fighting on Richard's fide, againft the Eari
of Richmond, (after King Henry VII.) and that Biron, (being
his friend, but of the other party) procured the Conqueror to
reftore his lands to his fon. But it is plain he was not flain
there, and probably did not ferve there ; or, if he did, it was on
the other fide, repenting that he had adhered to the Ufurper ;
for not long after the beginning of King Henry Vllth's reign,
we find him not only entrufted, but rewarded by him, being in
his third year made Sheriff of the counties of Nottingham and
Derby ; and the fame year having granted him the cuftody of
the manors of Carleton in Lindrike, and Kinfton in Carleton,
being then in the King's hands, by reafon of the minority of
George, Lord Fitz-Hugh ; and that he married firft, Alice,
daughter of Thomas Nevil, of Rollefton, Efq-, relift of Ri-
chard Thurland ; fecondly, Agnes, daughter of Sir Robert Con-
liable, of Flamborough, in Yorkfhire, Knt. relict of Sir Walter
Griffith, Knt. and died in the fixth year of the fame King, in
the houfe of the Friars Predicants, in London, and was buried
in Clifton church.
The inquifition, after his death, taken at Blithe, the 30th of
October, anno 7 Henry VII. fays, that he died the 12th day of
May laft paft, (which was in the fixth year of that King) and
Robert Clifton, Clerk, was his fon and heir, and above thirty
years old at the death of his father.
Of this Robert Clifton we hear no more, but upon tradition,
that being pioufly devoted, he became a fecular Prieft, died un-
married, and gave his temporal eftate to his younger brother,
Gervafe Clifton, afterwards knighted; for he was made Knight
of the Bath by King Henry VII. in the tenth year of his reign,
at the time he created his fecond fon, Henry, Duke of York.
He married firft, Agnes, daughter of Sir Walter Griffith above-
mentioned ; fecondly, Joan, daughter of John Bully, widow of
Sir Nicholas Byron, Knt. by the laft he had no iffue. In the
17th of Henry VII. he was made Sheriff of the counties of
Nottingham and Derby, and died June 5, 23 Henry Vil. It
appears by the inquifition taken after his fon's death, in the 9th
of
28 CLIFTON of Clifton.
of King Henry VIII. that Robert Clifton was his fon and heir ;
and that he had a younger fon, Hugh Clifton, and though not
mentioned in the inquifition, he had another fon, Gervafe
Clifton, who was of the Cuftomhoufe at the port of London*
and was father of Sir Gervafe Clifton, fummoned to parliament
as a Baron of the realm, the 6th of James I. by the title of Lord
Clifton of Leighton-Bromfwold.
His eldeft fon, Robert, married firft, Alice, daughter of Simon
Digby, Efq; Lieutenant of the Tower of London, by whom
he had no iflue ; and by his fecond wife he added the greater!:
luftre to his family : For he married Agnes, daughter to Henry
Lord Clifford, and fifter to Henry, the firit Earl of Cumber-
land, who, through the lines of Clifford, Percy, and Mortimer,
was lineally defcended from Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Cla-
rence, third fon of that victorious Monarch King Edward III.
She was married, after his death, to Robert Melford. This Ro-
bert Clifton died a young man, the 3d of September, the 9th of
Henry VIII. leaving Gervafe Clifton his fon and Heir, not two
years old.
Which Gervafe Clifton was of full of age, and fued out his
livery in the 28th year of Henry VIII. He was Juftice of the
Peace, and Quorum, the moft part of his long life ; and She-
riff of Nottingham and Derby in the laft year of Henry VIII.
and again, the firft of the reign of Queen Mary ; and after, of
Nottingham alone, in the 13th of Q. Elizabeth. He had like-
wife feveral military employments ; for he ferved under King
Henry VIII. at the fiege of Bulloigne, and was knighted, fays
Hollinfhed in his chronicles, at Mufcleburgh, by the Duke of
Somerfet* in the reign of King Edward VI. It is likely he was
there, but it is manifeft he was knighted in the days of King
Henry VIII, Anno 2 Eliz. A.D. 1560, he ferved at the fiege
of Leith in Scotland, under the Lord Grey ; and upon notice
of the peace concluded, Sir Gervafe Clifton was fent into the
trenches, on the weft fide of Leith, to command the foldiers to
forbear hoftility ; and the next day (the 7th of June) he was
fent into the town, with Sir Francis Leke, to caufe the peace
to be proclaimed, where he was feafted by Monfieur Doyfel,,
the Governor.
He was twice married, firft to Mary> daughter to Sir John
Nevile, of Cheet, in Yorkfhire, Knt. by whom, be had five
children, viz. Elizabeth, the firft wife of Sir Peter Frechevile,
of Stavety, in Derbyfhire, Knt. Frances, Robert,. Gervafe, and:
Anthony, which four laft died young, unmarried. The fecond
wife of Sir Gervafe, was Winifred, daughter and heir to William
Thwaites, of Owlton, in the county of Suffolk, Efq$ reli6tof"
Sir George Pierpoint, of Holme, Knt. by whom he had George
bis
CLIFTON of Clifton. 29
his Ton and heir, who married Winifred, daughter of Sir An-
thony Thorold, of Marflon in Lincolnmire, Knt. (by Anne his
wife, daughter and coheir of Sir John Conflable, of Kinalton,
Knt.) and died in the life-time of his father, Auguft I, 1587,
leaving his wife with child of Sir Gervafe Clifton, Bart, being
at the time of his death but twenty years and feven months old.
His Lady furviving him, married lirfl: Henry Kervile, of Wi-
genhale, in Norfolk, Efq; and fecondly, Sir Edward Gawfell,
of Watlington, in Norfolk, Knt.
Sir Gervafe Clifton, his father, died in the fame year 1587,
on the 20th of January, and lies buried under a {lately jnonu-
ment in Clifton church.
The faid Sir Gervafe, at the time of his death, left his grand-
fon and heir but four months and eleven days old. Which Sir
Gervafe Clifton, the grandfon, was made Knight of the Bath,
at the Coronation of King James I. and afterwards advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet. He ferved in eight parliaments, he
was Knight of the Shire, temp. Jac. I. and Car. II. and ferved
for Retford, temp. Car. I. and was Commiflioner at Oxford
and Newark, for King Charles I. and for one thing he was
more remarkable, (having in that gone beyond any of our na-
tion, as yet heard of) he had fix wives, and married a feventh
when he was near feventy years old. His firft Ladv was Pene-
lope, daughter to Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick; me died
26 October, 16 13, aged twenty-three : He had by her Sir Ger-
vafe, his eldeft fon and fucceffbr. By his fecond Lady Frances,
daughter of Francis Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, he had iflue
Sir Clifford Clifton, and four daughters ; Margaret, married mil
to Sir John South, of Kelflem, in Lincolnmire, Knt. fecondly,
to William Whichcote, of Dunflon, in Lincolnmire, Efq;
thirdly, to Robert, Lord Hunfdon. Frances was wife, firft,
of Richard Temped, of Bracewell, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and fe-
condly to Anthony Eyre, of Rampton, in Nottinghamfhire,
Efq; Anne, to Sir Francis Rodes, of Barlbrough, in Derbyfliire,
Bart, and Lettice, to Clifton Rodes, Efq; brother to Sir Fran-
cis ; this Lady died November 22, 1627, aged thirty-three
years. The third was Mary, daughter of John Egio'ck, of
Egiock, in Worceflermire, Efq; widow of Sir Francis Leke,
of Sutton, in Derbyfhire, Knt. by her he had no ilTue ; me
died January 19, 1630. His fourth Lady was Ifabel, daughter
of Meek, of Wolverhampton, Efq; relict of John Hodges,
Efq; Alderman of London ; fhe died alio without iflue, and
was buried at Clifton, (as were alio his two firft Ladies) July
10, 1637. The fifth was Anne, daughter of Sir Francis South,
of KeKterne, in Lincolnmire, Knt. buried at Clifton, (having
*io iflue) 1 June, 1639. The fixth was Jane, daughter of
Anthony
3o CLIFTON of Clii
Anthony Eyre, of Rampton, Efq; (by whom he was father of
Robert Clifton, who married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel
Parkhurft, of Woodford, in EfTex, Efq; Charles, who died un-
married ; Jane, wife of Chriftopher Pack^ of Coates, in Lei-
cefterfhire, Efq; Elizabeth and Mary, who died young) fhe
died at London, and was buried at Clifton i the 17th of March*
1655. The feventh wife of Sir Gervafe, was Alice, daughter
of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, by whom he had no iffue : She
furvived her hufband, but died the fame year, and was buried
in St. Giles's church, London, (1666) as was his third Lady.
He was fucceeded in the dignity and eftate, by his eldeft fori
by his firft Lady,
Sir Gervafe Clifton, Bart, who married Sarah, daughter of
Timothy Pufey, of Selfton, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; of the
ancient family of the Pufeys, in Bucks ; fhe died Jan. 22,
1652 ; and he dying without ilTue, the 14th of January, 1675,
was fucceeded by his nephew,
Sir William Clifton, Bart, only furviving fon of Sir Clifford
Clifton, Knt. and Frances his wife, daughter of Sir Heneage
Finch, Knt. Recorder of London ; which Sir Clifford, was the
only fon of Sir Gervafe, by his fecond marriage ; this Sir Wil-
liam died unmarried ; leaving two filters, his coheirs ; Catha-
rine, married to Sir John Parfons, Bart, (mother of the late
Sir William) and Arabella, married to Sir Francis Wheeler,
Knt. one of the Admirals under King William, who was un-
fortunately caft away near Cadiz. He was fucceeded in title
and eftate by his coufin, Sir Gervafe Clifton, Bart, eldeft fori
of Robert Clifton, Efq; another fon of Sir Gervafe, by his
fixth wife.
Which Sir Gervafe married Anne, daughter of Dudley Bag-
nail, of Newry in Ireland, Efq; [which family is now the only
remaining branch of thofe two famous brothers, Sir Samuel, and
Sir Henry Bagnall, who were fent into Ireland by Queen Eli-
zabeth, the firft with the title of Marfhal of that kingdom,
and the latter diftinguiihed himfelf very eminently at the taking
of Cadiz, where he received eight wounds, and, covered with
blood, was then knighted J by whom he had fifteen fons, and
one daughter ; ten of the fons died unmarried ; thofe that fur-
vived their father, were, 1. Sir Robert, his fucceffor. 2. Wil-
liam, who married Mrs. Wharton, by whom he had no iflue.
3. Alfred, firft an officer in the French fervice, afterwards in
the Ruflian. 4. Dudley, who embraced a religious life. 5.
George, who married Anne, only daughter and heir of Robert
Sacheverell, of Barton in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; by whom he
had two daughters ; Jane, only daughter of Sir Gervafe, a
Nun of the Order of St. Clare, at Graveline. Sir Gervafe
did j
GERARD of Bryn. 31
died, March 17 30-1, and his Lady furviving him, married Wil-
liam Blackburr.c, of Ongar, in Eifex, Efq;
Sir Robert Clifton, his eldeft: fon, fucceeded his father in title
and eftate, and married the Lady Frances, daughter of the Right
Honourable Nanfan Coot, Earl of Bellamont, of the kingdom of
Ireland, (by Lady Frances his wife, youngeft daughter of the
Right Honourable Henry de NaiTau, Earl of Grantham,) fhe died
leaving him only one daughter, Frances- He had the honour, in
the year 1725, to be made one of the Knights of the Honourable
Order of the Bath ; and was elecled, in feveral parliaments, one
of the Reprefentatives for Eaft-Retford, in NottinghamfTiire : He
married, fecondly, in June, 1740, , eldeft daughter and co-
heir of the late Sir Thomas Lombe, Knt. Alderman of London,
by whom he had iflue, and was fucceeded by,
Sir Gervafe, the prefent Baronet, who is married to the daugh-
ter and heirefs of the ancient family of the Lloyds, in Pembroke-
fhire, and has iiTue two fons, both infants.
Arms. Sable, Seme of Cinquefoils, and a Lion rampant,
Argent.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Coronet, a Demi Peacock, per Pale*
Argent and Sable, his Wings expanded, counter-changed.
Motto. Tenez le Droit,
Seat. At Clifton, near Nottingham.
^*v
5. Gerard of Bryn, Lancafhire.
Created Baronet, May 22, 161 1.
W
'ALTER FITZOTHER, at the time of the general fur-
vey, by William the Conqueror, was Caftellan of Wind-
for, Warden of the foreits in Berkfhire, and pofleiTed feveral Lord-
fhips in the counties of Middlefex, Hants, and Bucks, that Do*»
minus Otherus is faid to have held in the time of Edward the
•ConfeiTor.
William, the eldeft fon of that Walter, took the furname of
Windfor, from his father's office, and was anceftor to the Lords
W"indfor, whofe heir is the prefent Earl of Plymouth ; and from
Gerard, brother to that William, the Gerards, and many other
families, are lineally defcended.
The faid Gerard is lometimes furnamed de Windfor, and alfo
Fitz- Walter, (/. e.) fon of Walter ; the latter Camden ftiles
him; mentioning, that the Care ws, as well of England as Ireland,
defcended from him. He had by Nefta, his wife, daughter of
Rees, fori .pf Theodore the Great, Prince of South Wales, three
ions 1
%i GERARD of Bryn;
fons ; William* Maurice, and David ; the latter was Bifhop of*
St. Davids, A. D. 1148, and died 11 76.
Maurice Fitz-Gerald, the fecond fon, was one of the adven-
turers With Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, in the con-
queft of Ireland, 11 7O ; as he had been with Robert Fitz-Ste-^
phen, when he landed two years before and took Weifhford ; and
here was the firft colony of the JEnglifh, fettled in Ireland* who
by their valour opened a way for fubjec"ting that dominion to the
Crown of England : The faid Maurice, fettling there, became
the anceftor to feveral great and noble families which flourifhed
in that kingdom, particularly to the Earls of Kildare, Premier
Earls of that realm.
William Fitz-Gerald* eldeft fon of Gerald* died 11 73, and
left iflue, 1. Odo, from whom the numerous family of the Ca-
rews defcend. 2. Raymond Crafllis, a principal fharer in the
conqueft of Ireland, who had a natural fon named Maurice* from
whom the Lords Fitz-Maurice, of Kerry, in Ireland, derive them-
felves. The other fons of William were, Silvefter, Henry, and
William ; the latter is the direct, anceftor to this family of Ge-
rard. He was father of that William, who married Emme, eldeft
daughter and coheir to Sir Richard Kingfley, of Kingfley, in
Chefhire, Knt. and of Joan, his wife, daughter and coheir of
Alex, de Stanton ; whole mother, Annabella, was daughter and
heir of Randolph Silvefter, 18 Edvv. I. He left iflue two foris,
William and John.
William, the eldeft, married Matilda, daughter to Henry de
Glafehoufe ; and died at Eton-Hall, 26 Edw. III. He left iflue
two fons, William, and Thomas Gerard. From Thomas the
Gerards of Crew, in Chefhire, defcended, that ended in an heir-
efs, married to Edward Norris, of Speake, in Lancafhire, Efq;
William, the elder brother, married the daughter and heirefs
of Peter de Bryn, or Brynhill, in Lancafhire, and was fucceeded
by his fon, Sir Peter Gerard de Bryn, who died 4 Rich. II. leav-
ing three fons, Thomas, Peter, and John. The laft was married
to Helen, only daughter and heirefs of Richard de Ince, from
whom the late Earls of Macclesfield, and other great branches,
were defcended ; and from a younger fon of the Gerards of Ince,
was Sir William Gerard, Knt. defcended ; who was Recorder of
Chefter, Mafter of the Requefts, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
&c temp. Eliz.
Thomas Gerard, of Bryn, the eldeft fon and heir of Sir Peter,
before-mentioned, 17 Rich. II. being then a Knight, ferved in
parliament for Lancafhire, and left iflue,
Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt. who left iflue a fon of his own name,
and another fon, John Gerard. The laft Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt.
left iflue Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt. but he dying without iflue,
Sir
GERARD of Bryn. 33
Sir Thomas Gerard, of Kingflcy, became his heir, who was
greac grand Ton to Peter Gerard, of Kingflcy, before mentioned,
who was living temp. Hen. IV. and marrying ifabel, daughter
to Thomas Strangeways, Efq; had iffue John, who died 10
Henry VI. father to Peter, who deceafed 4~Henry VII. father
to Sir Thomas Gerard, lait named, aged fourteen years, anno
18 Henry VU.
Which Sir Thomas marrying Dowfe, daughter to Sir Tho-
mas Afsheton, of Afsheton-Underline, in Lancafhire, Knt. had
iffue by her, Peter, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Stanley, of Hooton, Knt. and heir to her mother Marga-
ret, daughter and heir to Sir John Bromley, of Bromley, in
Staffordshire, Knt. but died btfore his father, A. D. 1492,
€ Hen. VII. -The faid Peter left ifiue, Sir Thomas Gerard, and
four daughters ; Joan, wife to Richard Done, of Utkington, in
Cheshire ; Label, married to Richard Langton, (tiled Baron of
Walton and Newton, in Lancafhire ; the third daughter mar-
ried William Ratclifr, of Wimberfly; and the fourth, John
Southworth, of Samlefbury, Efqrs.
This Sir Thomas, by Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Ed-
mund TrafFord, of TrafFord, in Lancafhire, Knt. widow nrft to
» Longford, fecendly, to Sir John Port, of Etwal, in Der-
byfhire, Knt. had iffue by her, Thomas, his fon and heir, and
four daughters, Margaret, wife to Peter Legh, of Lyme, in
Chefhire ; Catharine, wife to Thomas Hoghton, of Hoghton
Tower ; Elizabeth, wife of Richard Bokh, of Bold ; and •,
wife to Richard Afsheton, of Middleton, in Lancaihire, Efqrs.
Thomas, fon and heir of the la ft Sir Thomas, was Knight of
the Shire~~Tor Lancashire, 8 and 9 Eliz. He married Jane,
daughter of Sir Peter Legh, of Lyme, and was High Sheriff,
1548. They left ifTue, Catharine, married to William Tar-
bock, Efq; and Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt. who was High She-
riff of Lancafhire, 1553, rn<^ I55% : ^c marri£d Elizabeth,
cldcft daughter of Sir John Port, of Etwal, in Derbyfhire, Knt.
(and Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir to her mother's in-
heritance, being daughter of Sir Thomas Gifford, of Chilling-
ton, in Stafford fhire, Knt. and Dorothy his wife, daughter and
coheir of Sir John Montgomery, Knt.) which Sir John Port
was fon of John Port, Efq; and Jane his wife, daughter of John
Fitzherbert, of Etwal, in Derbyfhire, Efq; and relicl: of John
Pole, of Radburn, in the fame county, Efq; George, Earl of
Huntingdon, married Dorothy, the fecond daughter ; and Sir
Thomas Stanhope, (anceftor to the prefent Earl ^f Chefter-
field,) Margaret, the third daughter, coheireffes to the faid Sir
John Port. Sir Thomas Gerard left iffue three daughters, Mary,
wife to John Jennifon, of Walworth, in Durham, Efq; Do-
Vo l, I. D roiby.
34 GERARD of Bryn.
rothy, married to Edmund Peckham, Efq; fon of Sir George ;
and Martha, married to Michael Jennifon, Efq; brother to
John ; alfo two fons, Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt. and John Ge-
rard.
SirThorras Gerard, Knt. the eldeft fon, was created a Ba-
ronet at the firft inftitution of that honour, anno 1611, 9 Jac,
I. He married three wives ; 1. Cecily, daughter of Sir Walter
Maney, of Staplehurft, in Kent, Knt. 2. Mary, daughter of
James Hawes, of London, and widow of Sir Robert Lee, of
London, Knt. and, 3. Mary, daughter of William Dormer,
Efq j and widow of Browne, Efq; By the two laft he
had no iffue ; but by the firft he had Sir Thomas, his fucceftbr,
and a daughter Frances, married to Ralph Standi{h,vof Standifn^
in Lancashire, Efq; but died without iffue.
Sir Thomas, fucceftbr to the title and eftate, married, in his
father's life-time, Frances, daughter of Sir Richard Molineux,
of Sefton, in Lancafhire, Bart, and had ifTue fix fons ; 1. Sir
William. 2. Richard. 3. Gilbert. 4. Peter. 5. Thomas.
And 6. John : The four laft died unmarried. Alfo a daughter
Frances.
Richard Gerard, the fecond fon of Sir Thomas, was born in
October, 1613. This Gentleman, after having acquired im-
mortal glory in the field, in feveral very obftinate and doubtful
battles, in one of which he was fhot through the thigh, but
recovered, at laft died on the 5th of September, 1686, at Ince. *
He married two wives ; 1. Frances, daughter of Sir Ralph
Hanfly, of Tickhill-caftle, in the county of York, Knt. by
whom he had a fon, who died in his infancy. 2. Judith, daugh-
ter to Sir Nicholas Steward, of Patefhall, in the county of
Northampton,, Knt. by whom he had fix ions ; Thomas, and
Richard, hereafter mentioned ; William, Nicholas, John, and
Charles, which four laft all died unmarried before him ; and
three daughters, Frances died Abbefs of Ghaunt in Flanders ;
Anne, a Nun, at Liege, and Julima, died in her infancy.
1. Thomas Gerard, of Ince, and Afpul, his eldeft fon, left
five daughters and four fons ; (1. Richard, the eldeft ; 2. Wil-
liam, deceafed without iffue; 3. Thomas, and, 4. Carryl.)
2. Richard Gerard, who left iffue one fon, Richard, who was
father of three children, William, Mary, and Elizabeth.
Sir William Gerard, Bart, who fucceeded his father in title
and eftate, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Cuthbert Clif-
ton, of Lytham, Knt. Sir William had iffue four fons, Sir
William, his fucceflbr ; Thomas ; Cuthbert ; and John Gerard,
who married the heirefs of Ince, (the three laft died without
iffue) and one daughter, Frances, wife to Francis Howard, of
Corbv, in "Cumberland, Efq.
Sir
J
GERARD of Bryn. 3^
Sir ' William .Gerard , Bart, the eldeft fon, married firft, Anne",
daughter of Sir John Prcfton, Bart, by Jane his wife, daughter
and coheir of Jhomas Morgan, of Wefton, in Warwickmire,
Efq; and eldeft fitter of Sir Thomas Prefton, of the manor in
^umeis, in Lancashire, Bart, (whofe eldeft daughter and co-
heir Mary married William, Marquis of PowiT; and Anne,
the fecond daughter, was wife to Hugh, Lord Clifford) and
by her had iflue Sir William Gerard, Thomas, John, and Fran-
cis, which three laft died without [flue; and fix daughters,
Mary, Elizabeth, Anne, (who married Charles Waterton, of
Walton in the county of York, Efq;) Bridget, Frances, and
Winifred, who all died unmarried, except Anne. The fecond
M*t0 Slj:y;1,iam Gerard, was Marv, fifhr of Sir Edward
Moftyn, of 1 alacre, in Flintfhire, Bart, and widow of James
c!' T°i.n°0lVn Che{hire> E% by her he had no iffue.
, j*Y: llliam Gerard> Bart, his eldeft fon and fucceflbr, mar-
ried Mary, fecond daughter of John Cansfield, of Cansfield,
Efqj and Elizabeth his wife. Sir William had iffue, firft, three
daughters, Anne, Mary and Elizabeth, who both died unmar-
ried 5 and afterwards, three fons, Sir William, his fuccefTor ;
John, and 1 homas, who died an infant.
Sir William Gerard, Bart, who fucceeded his father in tide
and eftate, married Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Thomas Clif-
ton, of Lytham, in Lane afh ire, Efq; by whom he left iifiie three
ions, and one daughter; Sir William, his fucceiTor; Thomas,
iuccenor to his brother - Robert, and Marv.
SirWiIham Gerard, the eldeft fon, was the next Baronet,
but dying unmarried, he was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir Thomas, the prefent Baronet, who married Mifs Tafho-
rough.
Arms. Argent, a Saltire, Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion rampant, Ermine, crown'd, Or,
Motto. LnDieu eft mon Efter mice.
Seat. At Bryn, in Lancashire.
6. Shelley, of Michelgrove, SuiTex.
Created Baronet, May 22, j6ii.
'pHIS family is undoubtedly of great antiquity, and came
thoJhV u ^?:3?5*» the Conquerors of which,
though a younger branch, was Judge Shelley, who was fent by
K;ng Henry V II. to Cardinal Wolfey, to demand the furren-
*te 0* York-Plac£? near Weftminfter, (now Whitehall) be-
Ion gins
36 SHELLEY of MicKelgrove.
longing to the Archbiihoprick of York, into the King's hands*
After iome" altercation between the Judge and the Cardinal, the
was obliged to fubmit ; but charged the Judge to requeft
eftyfl that he would call to his moft gracious remem-
: i here was both a Heaven and a HelL
ally alfo, was Sir Thomas Shelley, one of the firft
gentlemen's /families of diftincl:ion that became a proteftant,
- iz. as were alfo Richard Shelley* and Henry Shelley.
descendant of the fame lineage, was Sir Richard Shelley,
>rd Prior of St. John of Jerufalem : He was Dominus natus;
therefore when in Spain, refined to be called Prior d'Inglaterra,
and ftiled himfelf Turcopolier for the Englifh nation 5 and had
his feat in the noufe of Peers.
This family removed from Huntingdonihire near 500 years
ago, and have ever fmce continued at Beckley, and Michelgrove,
in SufTex.
The firft mentioned in their pedigree, is John Shelley, who
had two fens ; 1. John ; 2. Thomas Shelley, whofe daughter
and heir, Alice* married Sir William Brampton, Knt.
John Shelley, the eldeft fon, by Margaret his wife, daughter
and heir of John Rolph, had three fons, who were all great men
in their time, and all of them received the honour of knighthood.
1. Sir John ; 2. Sir Thomas, who ferved as Knight of the Shire
for Bucks, 21 Rich. II. 3. Sir William Shelley, who had two
fons ; Richard, the eldeft, died without iftue ; Robert, the fe-
cond fon5 8 Henry V. married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir
of John Pettit, by whom he left iffue two fons, John, and
Thomas; which laft was of Hunfdon. But this line termina-
ted in an heir female, Alice, married to Thomas Randall, Efq.
John, the eldeft fon, was a Burgefs in Parliament for the town
of Rye in SufTex, 5, 8, and 9 Hen. V. and 1 Hen. VI. He
married Beatrix, daughter and heir to Sir John Hawkwood, Knt.
by whom he had one fon, John, who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and heir to John Michelgrove, of Michelgrove, in SufTex,
Efq; (by Mary his wife, daughter of William Sydney, of Penf-
hurft, in Kent, Efq;) by whom he had three fons ; 1. Richard,
of Patcham, in SufTex, who, by Mary, daughter of Sir Richard
Urdefwick, Knt. was anceftor to the Shelieys of Patcham. 2.
Sir William, v/ho continued the line. 3. Edward, who was of
Warminghurft-Park, in SufTex, and father of Henry Shelley,
of W^arrninghurft, Efq; who married Anne, daughter and heir
to Richard Sackvile, of Buckhurft, Efq; and was anceftor to thofe
of that place. He died Jan. 3, 1526.
Sir William Shelley married Alice, eldeft daughter of Sir
Henry Belknap, Knt. (and Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir
Richard
SHELLEY of Michelgrove. 37
Richard Knowles, Knt.) fitter and coheir of Sir Edw. Belknap,
Knt. by whom he had hTue, five ,fons ; l. John; 2. Sir
Richard ; 3. Sir James, who were both Knights of Malta ;
4. Edward, (lain at Mufcleburgh-Field, in Scotland; 5. Tho-
mas, of Maple-Durham, who, by Mary, daughter of Sir Roger
Copley, Knt. was father of Henry Shelley, of Maple-Durham,
Efq; who married Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir John Lut-
terell, Knt. and was anceftor to thofe of that place : Sir William
had alfo three daughters, of which, Elizabeth, was wife of Sir
Roger Copley, Knt. and Catharine, married to Henry Browne,
Efq; fon of Sir Matthew Browne, of Beechworth-Caftle, in
Surry, Knt.
John Shelley, of Michelgrove, Efq; the eldeft fon, married
Mary, daughter of Sir William Fitz-Williams, Knt. and Maud
his wife, daughter of Sir Richard Sackvile, of Buckhurir, Knt.
(who furviving him, married Sir Robert Guldeford, Knt.) by
whom he had two fons, and fix daughters; 1. William, who
married to his firft wife, Jane, daughter and heir of Lingen,
of Sutton, in Herefordfhire, Efq; and, fecondly, Mary, daughter
of Thomas Wriothefley, Earl of Southampton, relict of
Lifter, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Martin Lifter, Knt. but left no
iiTue. 2. John, of whom hereafter. He died 15 April, 39
Eliz. Of the daughters, 1. Elizabeth, was married to Sir
Thomas GifFord, Knt. 2. Eleanor, to Thomas Norton, Efq;
fon and heir to Sir John Norton, of Norwood, in Kent, Knt.
3. Margaret, to Edward Gage, Efq; 4. Mary, to Sir George
Cotton, of Warblington, in Southampton, Knt. 5. Bridget,
married to Sir Anthony Hungerford, of Downampney, in Wilts,
Knt. And, 6. Anne, wife to Sir Richard Shirley, of Wifton,
in SufTex, Knt. This John Shelley, Efq; the father of thefe
children, died Dec. 16, 4 Edw, VI. 1550.
John Shelley, Efq; fecond fon, heir to his brother, married
Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Lovell, of Eaft-Harling, in
Norfolk, Knt. (fon of Sir Francis Lovell, of Barton, Knt. and
Anne his wife, daughter of George Alhby, of— — , in Middle-
sex, Efq;) by whom he had two fons, John, and Henry, who
died unmarried ; alfo, one daughter, Elizabeth, married to Sir
Thomas Timperleigh, of Suffolk, Knt.
John Shelley, of Michelgrove, Efq; the eldeft fon and heir,
was advanced to the degree of a Baronet, at the firft erection
of that dignity, 9. James I. He married Jane, daughter of Sir
Thomas Rerefby, of Thribergh, in Yorkfhire, Knt. by whom
he had two fons ; Sir William,, who was knighted, and John
Shelley, Efq; who married Mary, daughter and heir of George
Bailey, Efq; and died without iiTue.
D 3 Sir
3,8 SHELLEY of IVJichelgrov
Sir William Shelley, Knt. his elcleil (on, married Chrifliana,
daughter of Sir James Vantelet, Knt,' and died 1635, in his la-
ther's life-time, leaving only one ion,
Sir Charles Shelley, Bart. fuc cello r to his grandfather, who,
by Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Weflon, of Walton upon
Thames, in Surry, Efq; (and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of
William Sheldon, of Honby, in LciceiTcrfhire, Efq; and relict
of Chriftopher Viilers, Earl of Angkfea,) the fourth ion of Ri-
chard Wefton, Earl of Portland, he had' four fons ; Benjamin,
and Charles, who died young; Sir John, his fuccefTor ; and
William, who died without iiTue ; alio two daughters, Eliza-
beth, and Chriftiana, who both died unmarried. His fecond
wife was Marv, daughter of Thomas Gifford, of Dunton-Wal-
cot, in Eflex, Efq; and relict of George, Lord Abergavenny,
by whom he had no ifiue ; he died about 1681, and was buried
at Roan, in France, and his Lady, who furvived him, died
1695. He was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft fur-
"Viving fon,
Sir John Shelley, Bart, who married to his firft wife Bridget,
only daughter of George, Lord Abergavenny, by whom he had
only one daughter, Frances, married to Richard, Lord Vifcount
Fitzwilliams, of Mount-Merion, in the kingdom of Ireland, by
whom fhe had feveral children ; Sir John's fecond wife was
Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir John Gage, of Firle, in Suf-
fex, Bart, (coheir with the Lady Vifcountefs Fauconberg.)
He died, April 25, 1703, leaving ifiue, by his fecond Lady, two
fons ; Sir John, his fuccefTor ; and Richard, who married Mrs.
Fleetwood., by whom he hath iiTue ; alfo three daughters, Mary,
married to the late Sir John Lawfon, of Brough, m Yorkfhire,
Bart. Elizabeth, to Edward Sheldon, of Wefl'on, in Warwick-
shire, Efq; and Catharine, to Matthews, of Ireland, Efq;
Sir John Shelley, the prefent Baronet, married firft, Catha-
rine, daughter of Sir Thomas Scawen, Knt. Alderman of Lon-
don, by whom he had iflue two daughters, Catharine, and
Mary; this Lady dying Sept. 1726, he married the Hon. Mrs.
Margaret Pelham, (by his fecond wife, the Lady Grace Holies,
fourth and youngeff. daughter to Gilbert, Earl of Clare,)
filler to his Grace, Thomas, the late Duke of Newcaftlc. T ms
Lady died Nov. 13, 1768, leaving ifiue one fon, the Right Hon.
Joh.i Shelley, Efq; Member in the laft and prefent Parliaments
for Newark, in Nottinghamfhire, one of his Majefty's Molt
Hon. Privy Council, Treafurer of his Majefty's Houfhold,
Keeper of the Records in the Tower, and Clerk of the Pipe in
the Exchequer ; and two daughters, 1. Henrietta, who, June
26, 1756, was married to the Right Hon. George Onflow, Efq;
Knight of the Shire in the lad and prefent Parliaments for the
county
BARRINGTON, of Barrington-Hall. 39
county of Surry, a Privy Counfellor, a Commiffioner of the
Treafury, Colonel of the fecorid battalion of the Surry militia,
and High Steward of Kingfton ; and 2. Elizabeth, married to
John Cannon, Efq;
Arms. Sable, a Fefs ingrailed, between three Periwincles,
(Whelks) Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, Or, and Sable, a Griffin's Head
erafed, Argent, beaked and ducally gorged, Or.
Seats. At Beckley, and Michelgrove, in SinTex.
7. Bakrington, of Barrington-Hall, Eflex.
Created Baronet, June 29, 1611.
MR. Camden, in bis Britannia, fays, f Barrington-Hall
1 (heretofore) the feat of that eminent family of the Bar-
* ringtons, who, in the time of King Stephen, were greatly en-
* riched with the eftate of the Lords Montfitchet ; and in the
* memory of our fathers, a match with the daughter and co-
* heir of Henry Pole, Lord Montacute, fon and heir to Mar-
c garet, Countefs of Salifbury, rendered them more illuftrious,
* by an alliance with the royal blood.'
The firft we find mentioned in the pedigree, in Chauncy's
Hertfordfhire, is, Sir Odynell Barrington, or Barentone, as the
name was anciently written, defcended from Barrington, that
ferved Queen Emme, wife of King Etheldred, father of Edward
the Confeflbr ; he was Baron of Wegon, and incurred the com-
mon fate of his country, becoming fubje£fc to the Normans ;
•which may be the reafon that none of the name, either as chief
Lords, or fub-tenants, in Eflex, are mentioned in Doomfday
Book ; yet Selden finds Radulfus de Barentona to be fworn
among others in the hundred of Trepeflau, in Cambridgefhire,
to take the Conqueror's furvey ; and the town and parifh of
Barrington, near Cambridge, is faid to take name from him.
Mr. Le Neve, (late Norroy King at Arms,) fays, the Bar-
ringtons are defcended from Barentone, a Saxon, who had the
cuftody of the foreft of Hatfield-Regis, temp. Will. I. as may
be gathered out of the old writings of the family; and that
Euftachius de Barentona, (fon of Barentone the Saxon) was
fervant to King Hen. I. and had granted him, by that King,
lands, and the cuftody of the foreft, and that he died in the time
of King Stephen.
Humphry, his fon and heir, married Grifilde, fifler to Sir
Ralph Marcy. Their fon, Humphrey de Barenton^ was under
nD 4 a§e
40 HARRINGTON, of Barrington-Hall.
aoe at his father's deceafe, and in ward to Kin? Hen. II. He
lived in the reigns of -Hen. II. Rich. I. and King John, and
was High Sheriff of Effex and Hertford (hi re, 9 Rich. I. (an
office in thofe da) s of great authority, \ and, by his wife Amicia,
the only daughte; of Sir William, third fon of Sir Jeffery de
Mandevile, bar] of Effex, Founder of the Abbey of Walden, he
had a fon, Sir Nicholas, who married, i. Mary, daughter of John
Bovile ; and aifo, 2. Maud, daughter of Sir Ralph Mortoft,
Km. He had no iiTue by the firft ; but by the latter a daugh-
ter, Margaret, married to Sir James Urn freville, and feveral
foes ; whereof Nicholas, the eldsii, fucceedcJ to the inheri-
tance, was knighted, and living temp. Hen. ill. and Edw. I.
and by Agnes, his wife, daughter and heir to Sir W hiiam Chet-
v/ynd, was father of another Sir Nicholas, John, and Philip ;
and four daughters, of which, Margaret, married Sir Martin,
Suchemer, Knt.
Sir Nicholas, living temp. Edw. II. and Edw. III. fon and
heir of the laft Sir Nicholas, married Alice, daughter and heir
of Sir Richard Belhoufe, Knt. From the faid Alice, proceeded
four fons, Nicholas, Thomas, Roger, and Sir Philip, who
married Marearet, daughter of Sir William Tev, of Eilex>
Knt. and was father of Nicholas Banington, of 'Raleigh-park,
in Effex, Efq;
Sifter and heir to John, was Thomazine, living temp. Henry
VI. who ..fir ft married William Lunsford, Efq; (from Lunsford,
of Lunsford, in Suffer;;) fecondly, William Sidney, of Penfhurft,
in Kent, Efq-, (from whom the Earls of> Lcicefter defcended ;)
and thirdly, the married John Hopton, Efq;
Nicholas Barenton, eldeft fon of the laft Sir Nicholas, and
brother to Sir Philip, was living temp. Edw. II. and III. having
to his wife Em me, daughter and coheir to Sir Robert Baard,
Knt. He had four fons ; Sir John, Humphry, Thomas, and
Philip ; and a daughter, Lettice, who died unmarried. The
iaid Nicholas was fueceeded by
. John, his eldeft fon ; which John was knighted, and married
Margaret, daughter and heir to Sir John Blomvile, Knt. He
rhad.twc fons, John, and Edward. John Barenton, the eldeft
fon, was alioiiil.d Banington, and the firft that was juftly fa
•called.; he was living temp. Hen. IV. and V. and by his wife
Alice, one of the daughters and heirs of Thomas Battle, younger
•fon of Sir John Battle, of Onger-paik, in EfTex, Knt. by Eli-
zabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Ennefield,
Knt/ had iiiue 1 nomas, Humphry, and Elizabeth, married to
John S ul yard.
Thomas, t°.e eldeft fon, was High Sheriff" of EiTcx and Hert-
ford, 30 fTnry VI. He married a fecond time to Anne, the
fecond
HARRINGTON, of Barrington-Hall. 41
fecond daughter, and one of the heirs of Sir John Holbeach,
Knt. and of his wife, the daughter and coheir of Sir John Roch-
ford, of Lincolnfhire, Knt. He lies buried with his wife Anne,
in Hatfield- church, Broad-oak: She dying the day after him,
this diftich was made on them :
He firji deceased ; Jhe fir a fizv hours try 4
To live without bitn, md & not, and dycL
Humphry Barringtcn, fon and heir to the laid Thomas, mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of * Bretton, of EfTex, and had iiTue
Nicholas, who took to wife, Anne, daughter of Thomas Darcy,
of Tolfhunt-Darcy, in Eflex, and left two fore, Richard, and
Sir Nicholas j which Richard was aged twenty years at his
father's death, 27 Sept. 21 Henry VII. but died without iffue.
The faid Nicholas had a wife, named Elizabeth, that furvived
him, (but whether fhe, and not Anne, was the daughter of
Thomas Darcy, is uncertain.)
Sir Nicholas, fon to Nicholas aforefaid, died about the year
152 1. Elizabeth, his wife, furvived him, who was daughter of
Sir John Brocket, of Brocket-hall, in Hertford (hi re, and after-
wards married William Boughton, of Lawford, in Warwick-
shire, Efq;
The faid John Barrington fucceeding to the inheritance^was
in ward to Thomas Bonham ; and living 25 Henry VIII. he
married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Bonham, fifter and heir
of Sir Walter Bonham, by Catharine his wife, fifter and heir to
the Lord Marney, Knight of the Garter : He had by her a fon,
Thomas, whom he left under age. He was High Sheriff of the
counties of Hertford and EiTex, 4 Eliz. and had two wives ;
1. Alice, daughter of Henry Parker, Lord Morley, by whom
he had only one daughter, Elizabeth ; and 2. Winifrid, younger!
daughter and coheir of Henry Pole, Lord Montagu, and relict
of Sir Thomas Haftings, Knt. Catharine, the elderl daughter
and coheir of the faid Henry, Lord Montagu, v/as married to
Francis, Earl of Huntingdon, eldeft brother to Sir Thomas
Flattings ; which Henry was Ion to Sir Richard Pole, Knight
of the Garter, by Margaret Plantagenet, his wife, Countefs
of Salifbury, filler and fole heir to Edward, Earl of Warwick,
and daughter to George, Duke of Clarence, younger brother
to King Edw. VI. And of this illuftrious marriage defcended
two fons ; Sir Francis Barrington, who was created Baronet ;
and Henry, a Gentleman-penfioner, who died without iflue.
As alio a daughter, Catharine, wife of William, fon and heir
to Sir Ralph Bourchier, of Beningborough, in Yorkfhire, Knt.
Francis, his fon and heir, ferved as Knight of the Shire for
EfTex, in the Parliament held at Weltminfter, 43 Eliz. and on
the
42 BARRINGTON, of Barnngton-Halj.
the apceffipn of- King James I. to the Englifh Crovyn, yras
knighted at Theobalds, 7 May, A.'D. 1603 ; and,, by the Jam
Prince, farther advanced to the degree of a Baronet, at the £i;it
inftitution of that dignity, A. D. 1.61 1. He married Joan9
daughter to Sir Henry Cromwell., alias WiHrams, of Hinching-
brook, in Huntingdonfhire,. Knt. filler of Sir Oliver Crom-
well, Knt. and had iffue four fons, and five daughters: 1. Sir
Thomas. 2. Robert, of Hatfield-Broadoak, who married Do-
rothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Eden, oj£ Sudbury, in Sufblk,
£nt. the widow of Barret, Efq; brother, of Sir Edward ;
by whom he left pofterity, which ended in a daughter, Joan,
married to Mr. Gyles, of the Six-clerks Office in Chancery.
3. Francis Barrington, of London, who, by a daughter of Mr-
Richard Doucet, had a fon, Francis. And 4. John, a Captain,
who died in Germany. The daughters were, Elizabeth., mar-
ried firft to Sir James Altham, of Marks-hall, in Effex, &mt,
and afterwards to Sir William Malham, of High-Layer, in
EfTex* Bart. 2. Mary, to Sir Gilbert Gerard, of Flapiberds,,
on Harrow the Hill, Bart. 3. Winifrid, wife of Sir William,
Meux, of Kingfton, in the Ifte of Wight, I£nt. 4. Ruth, wife
of Sir George Lamplugh, of Cumberland, Knt. And 5. Joan,
married to Sir Richard Everard, of Much-Waltham, in Effex,
$art. Sir Francis, died 3 July, 4 Char. I. and was fiicceeded
by his eldeft fon, Sir Thomas, who received the honour of
knighthood in his father's life-time.
Which Sir Thomas Barrington, Knt. and Bart, married firft,
Frances, daughter and coheir to John Gobert, of Coyentry,
Efq; by whom he had a daughter, Lucy, firft married to WiUiam
Cheyney, of Chefham-Boys, in Bucks, Efq; and fecondly, to Sir
Toby Tyrrel, of Thornton, in Bucks, Bart, and two fons ; Sir
John, who fucceeded him, and Sir Gobert Barrington, of Tofts,
in Little Badow, in Effex, Knt. who married firft, Lucy, daugh-
ter of Sir Richard Wifeman, of TorrePs-Hall, in Effex, Knt.
by whom he had fix fons ; Thomas, Francis, Richard, Robert,
John, and Theophilus; the four laft died young; alfo fix
daughters. Thomas, the eldeft fon, called Col. Barrington,
died without iffue, whereupon the eftate went to his brother,
Francis Barrington, of Tofts, Efq; He married the daughter of
Mr. Samuel Shute, of London, who was Sheriff of the faid city,
168 1, by whom he had no iflue, and left his eftate to his wife's
brother, John Shute, Efq; who, by Act of Parliament, changed
his name to Barrington, and was created Lord Barrington, of
Newcaftle, in the county of Dublin, and Vifcount Barrington,
of Ardglafs, in the county of Down, in Ireland, 7 Geo. I. and
died Dec. 1734; being father of the prcfept Lord Vifcount
Barrington. Sir Gobert, married to his feco&d Lady, Elizabeth,
relia
BARRINGTON of Barrington-Hall. 43
felid: of Hugh Lawton, Efq; by whom he had no ifTue. He
died about 1695; and fhe departed this life, 1702-3, aged
eighty-four.
Sir Thomas had to his fecond Lady, Judith, daughter to Sir
Rowland Lytton, of Knebworth, in Hertfordfriire, Knt. and
widow of Sir George Smith, of Annables, in the fame county*
Knt. which Judith died, without ifiue, 1657, aged ftxty-fivc
years j and Sir Thomas, 1644., and was fucceeded by his eldeft
ion,
Sir John Barrington, Knt. and Bart, who married Dorothy,
daughter to Sir William Lytton, of Knebworth, in Hertford-
shire, Knt. (fhe furvived him, and died Oct. 27, 1703,) bjy
whom he had five fons ; 1. Thomas. 2. Francis, who died un-
married. 3. John, who married Elizabeth, daughter to Edward
Hawkins, of Bifhop-Stratford, Gent, and had ifTue, Sir John,
his (on and heir, father of the prefent Baronet. 4. Francis,
who died unmarried ; and 5. William, who married Sarah,
daughter and heir of Richard Young, of London, Merchant?
but died without iflue ; fhe furviving him, afterwards married
Wynne, Efq; Alfo nine daughters, of which Winifrid,
was wife to Richard Wifeman, Efq; fon to Sir Richard Wife-
man, of Torell's-hall, in Eflex, Knt. and Lucy, wife to John
Walter, of Chepftow, in Monmouthfhire, Efq;
Thomas Barrington, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir John, married
the Lady Anne, daughter and coheir to Robert Rich, Earl of
Warwick, and had by her three fons ; Sir John, Sir Charles,
and Richard, who died unmarried ; and two daughters ; Mary,
who died unmarried, Oct. 1727, and Anne, wife to Mr.
Charles Shales, Goldfmith to her late Majefty Queen Anne, and
King George I. and II. She died Nov. 17, 1729, (and he, Oct.
5, 1734,) leaving two fons, viz. Richard, and John (Shales) Bar-
rington, of Hatrield-Broadoak, Efq; The faid Thomas dying
in his father's life-ti ie, Jan. 1681, (his relict, afterwards mar-
ried Sir Richard Francklyn, of Ryflip, in Middlefex, Bart.)
whereupon, the dignity and eftate defcended to his eldeft fon,
John, as heir to his grandfather ; which Sir John, dying
unmarried, of the fmall-pox, 1691, was fucceeded by his
brother,
c^r Charles Barrington, Bart, who was feveral times elected in
Parliament one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of
EHjx, and was made by Queen Anne, Vice-Admiral of the
iaid county. He died January 29, 17 14- 15. He married firft,
Bridget, fole daughter to Sir John Mu 11 foil, of Broxburn, in
Kertfordfliire, Bart, (by Judith, his wife, daughter to Sir
Thomas Pelham, Bart, great-grandfather to Thomas, late
Duke of Ncwcaftle,) and after her deceafe, Anna-Maria, daugh-
ter
44 BARRINGTON of Barrington-HalT.
ter to William, Earl Fitz-William, of the kingdom of Ireland,,
who was feated at Milton, near Peterborough ; fhe was only
filler to John, the late Earl, and died July, 17 17, without ifiue.
The title defcended to
Sir John, fon and heir of John Harrington, Efq; third fon of
Sir John Barrington, Bart, grandfather to the late Sir Charles.;
whidh Sir John Barrington, Bart, married Sufan, daughter to
George Draper,, of Hitchin, in Hertfordfhire, Gent, and left
Hue three fons ; Sir. John, Charles, and Fitzwilliam, married,,
1. the fole daughter and heir of Captain Thomas Mead,
2. to Mifs Jane Hall, by whom he has five children now living,
John, FitzwHliarrfs, Ann, Winifred, and Jane j and two
daughters ; Sufan, married to Barrington Flacke, of Linton, m
Cambridgeshire, Lfq; and Sarah.
Sir John, dying Auguft, 1717, was fucceeded in dignity and
eilate by his eldeft fon,
Sir John Barrington, the prefent Baronet, who was a Member
in the feventh Parliament of Great Britain for Newton, in the
Ifle of Wight, for which place he was again chofen for the,
ninth and every fucceeding Parliament. He married Mary,
daughter of Patricius Roberts, Efq; (by Elizabeth, elded daugh-
ter of John Weflon, of Ockham, in the county of Surry, Efq;,}
by whom he had no iffue. His Lady died June 17, 1752.
Arms. Argent, three Chevroneil-s, Gules, a Label of as many
Points, Azure.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Hermit's Buft, with a Cowl*
veiled, Paly, Argent and Gules..
Motto. lTW durant ma Vie,
o
Seat. At Swaynfton, in the Ifle of Wight, Hampfhire.
8, Musgrave, of Hartley- Caftie, WeftmorelancL
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1»
THIS family is of great antiquity and reputation, and came-
into England with William the Conqueror : Their name
implies fome ofEce or command, which they might have upon
the marches, or mofies towards Scotland. Camden, in his Bri-
tannia, fpeaking of the two villages called Mufgrave, in Weft-
morel and, fays, 4 which gave name to the warlike family of the
* Mu {graves/
The firft of that name that we find mentioned, is, Sir Adam
de Mufgrave, Knt. temp. John, about the year 1204. Thor
mas, his fon, who lived before 25 Hen. I'll, left ifTue^ Thomas*
wh.«fe
MUSGRAVE of Hartley-Caftle. 45
who was one of the Executors of Robert de Vipont, that pow-
erful Baron, and was Sheriff of Weftmoreland, 44 Henry III.
He died 49 Hen. III. leaving Thomas, his fon and heir, who
was living 6 Edw. I. and 4 Edw. II.
Thomas de Maigrave, his fon and heir, was returned to
fervc in Parliament for the county of Weftmoreland, 14, 15,
17, 18, and 20 Edward ill. Upon the invafion in the North,
made by David Bruce, King of Scotland, he joined with the
Barons in thofe parts, and was one of the Commanders in the.
van of that army, which gave him battle near Durham, utterly
routing his forces, and taking the King priibner. He was, for
his fignal knowledge in national affairs, fummoned by Writ,
amongft the Barons of this kingdom, from 24 to 47 Edw. 111.
inclusive. He married three wives ; 1. Margaret, daughter and
coheir of William Roos, of Yotton. 2. Mary, daughter of
John Vaux, relict of Thomas Holland, Earl of Huntingdon.
3. Ifabel, widow to Robert, fon of Robert, Lord Clifford, and
daughter to Thomas, Lord Berkley, by whom he had a daugh-
ter, married to Henry Wharton ; and two fons ; Thomas and
William. He died, 1384.
Thomas, his fon and heir, was a Knight, and returned to
ferve in Parliament, as one of the Knights of the Shire for the
county of York, 37 and 43 Edw. III. was Sheriff of Cumber-
land, 16 Rich. II. and Knight of the Shire for Weftmoreland,
1 Hen. IV. He died 10 Henry IV". 1409 : When Hartley-
Caftle, with Mufgrave, the ancient inheritance, devolved on
Sir Richard Mufgrave, Knt. his fon, who left iffue, Thomas
Mufgrave, Efq; who married , daughter of the Lord Dacre,
and died Jan. 3, 1447, 25 Hen. VI. leaving iffue S4ir Richard,
who was married to Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Betham,
Knt. He died the 9th of Nov. 1464, leaving iffue, Sir Thomas
Mufgrave, Knt. who married Joan, daughter and coheir of Sir
William de Stapleton, of Edenhall, in Cumberland, Knt. He
died 9 Edw. IV. (His brothers were, John, who died unmarried,
and Henry, who married Mary, the other daughter and coheir
of Sir William de Stapleton, of Edenhall, Knt. His filters*
were, Margaret, wife to Thomas Elderton ; Mary, of Thoma-
lin Warcop ; Agnes, of Robert Warcop ; Eleanor, wife of
Rowland Thornborough ; Elizabeth, of Thomas A Gart ; and
Ifabel, of Thomas Middleton.) This Sir Thomas left iffue
two daughters ; Margaret, married to John Sandford, and Ifa-
bel, to John Crakehthorp, of Newbrig, Efqrs. alfo four fons ;
Sir Richard, Sir John, Nicholas, and William ; from whom
four branches of the Mufgraves were defcended, viz. thofe of
Edenhall; of Mnfgrave-hall, or Fairbank 3 of Haytor. 3 and of
Crookdakc,
Sir
ifi MUSGRAVEof Hartley-Caftle.
Sir John Mufgrave, fecond fon,> was knighted at the battle of
Kewark upon Trent, by King Henry VII, and was Sheriff of
Cumberland, 7 Henry VII. He married twice; 1. Joane,
daughter of John Grackenthorp ; and, 2. Margaret, filler to
the Lord Dudley, and had pofterity by both wives.
The third fon, Nicholas Mufgrave, was of Hayton-Caftle,
who married Margaret, daughter and coheir of William Filiol.
And, William Mufgrave, the fourth fon, was of Crookdake,
in Cumberland : He married, firft, Felix, daughter and coheir
of William Filiol, and fecondly, Margaret, daughter of Thorn-
ton, and relict of Middleton, and was progenitor to the Muf-
graves of that place.
Sir Richard Mufgrave, eld eft fon and heir to Sir Thomas,
took to wife Joane, daughter to Thomas, Lord Clifford, and
had iflue three daughters ; Margaret, wife to John Heron, of
Chipchafe ; Maryj to John Martindale, Efq; and Jane, who
died unmarried. He had alfo as many fons \ Edward, Thomas,
and John.
Edward, the eldeft fon, in the life-time of his father, was
written of. Caterlane, in Cumberland, and with John Craken,-
thorp, 5 Hen. VIII. was Sheriff of Cumberland. 1 1 Hen. VIIL
he was again in that poft alone ; as likewife 19 Hen. VIIL be-
ing then, or before knighted. He married to his firft wife, Alice,
daughter of Thomas Radcliff, Efqj his fecond wife was Joan,
daughter and coheir of Sir Chriftopher Ward", of Gryndall, in
Yprkihire, Knt. Standard-bearer to King Henry VIIL at the
fi'ege 'of Bulloign. He had iflue by the laft wife, Elizabeth,
married to John Latimer, Efq; Joan, and Magdalen ; and three
fons ; 1. Sir William, Sbenff of Cumberland, 24 and 33
Henry VIIL who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas
Curwen, of Workington, in Cumberland Knt. (and Agnes his
wife, daughter of Sir Walter Strickland, of Sifay, Knt.) and
was father of Sir Richard Mufgrave, Knt. which Sir Richard
dying Sept. 10, 1555, 1 Philip and Mary, left ilfue, by Agnes
Jb is \yife, daughter to Thomas Lord Wharton, a fon, Thomas,
who died 3 March, 7 Eliz. 1565, getat. 13; and only one daugh-
ter, Eleanor, married to Sir Robert Bowes, of Afkc, in York-
shire, Knt. whereupon the chief heir male remaining was Si-
mon, fecond fon of Sir Edward, hit mentioned.
Which Simon was Sheriff of Cumberland, 11 Eliz. and the
next year, for his courage and fidelity to the Crown of England,
had the honour of Knighthood conferred on him at Carliile, by
the Earl of Suffolk. He married Julian, daughter to William
Eiieker, of Elleker, in Yorkshire, Efq; (and Agnes his wife,
daughter of Sir Robert Afk, of Aughton, in Yorkshire, Knt.) and
was father to X- Chriftopher, 2. Thomas^ who married Urfub,
daughter
M U S G R A V E of Hartley-Caftlc. 47
daughter and coheir of Carnaby, Efq; and was anceftor to
the.Mu&r'ives of Bewcaftle. 3. Sir Richard, of Norton-Conyers,
in Yorkmirc, wno married Jane, daughter of John Dalfton, of
Cumberland, Efq; and 4. John, married to Ifabel, daughter of
Thomas Mufgrave, of Hayton-Caftle, in Cumberland, Efq-, and
was anceiior to thofe of Caterlane.
Chriftopher Mufgrave, Efq; fucceeded his father, and married
Joan, daughter to Sir Henry Curwen, of Workington, in Cum-
berland, Knt. (and Mary his wife, daughter of Sir Nicholas Fair-
fax, of Giiling, Knt. and Joan his wife, daughter of Sir Guy
Palmes, Knt. Serjeant at Law.) He died in the life-time of fys
father, and left iffue only one fon,
Sir Richard Mufgrave, who was fucceflbr to his grandfather :
He was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King James
I. and afterwards was advanced to the degree of a Baronet, in
the ninth year of that King's reign. He died at Naples, 6 Nov.
13 James I. leaving ifiue, by Frances his wife., daughter to Philip,
Lord Wharton,
Sir Philip Mufgrave, Bart, his fon and heir, aged then kven
years. He married Julian, youngeft daughter to Sir Richard
Hutton, of Goldfbrough, in Yorkiliire, Knt. One of the Judges of
the Common -Pleas. He was returned one of the Knights of the
Shire for the county of Weftmoreland, in the Parliament which
met April 3, 1640, and again for the fame place, in that which
met the November following. In April, 1642, difliking the vio-
lent proceedings of that Parliament, he withdrew from the Houfe
of" Commons, and returned to it no more till after the Reflora<-
tion. Sir Philip was a great military genius, and diftinguifhed
himfelf in feveral battles in the Civil Wars. In 1648, taking
Carlifle from the rebels by fur/prize, he was appointed Governor
thereof. He departed this life at his feat at Edenhall, Feb. 7,
1677-8, aged feventy years, in great honour and efteem, for a
wife, loyal, and brave man. His Lady died fomc years before
him.
He had by this Lady fix fons, Sir Richard, Philip, (who died
at Charenton, in France,) Sir Chriftopher, William, Simon,
(who was unfortunately drowned,) and Thomas, Dean of Car-
lifle, and Prebendary of Durham, who married firft, Mary, daugh-
ter of Sir Thomas Harrifon, of Allerthorp, in the county of York,
Knt. (by Margaret, daughter qf the Lord Darcy, of Hornby-
Caftle, in Yorkfhire, Knt.) by whom he had one daughter, Mar-
garet : His fecond wife was Anne, daughter of Sir John Cradock,
of Richmond, in the fame county, Knt. by whom he left no iffue.
He died March 28, 1686, aged forty-feven. Sir Philip's only
daughter, Frances, was married to Edwar<t Hutchinfon, of Wick-
ha/n- Abbey, in Yorkfhire, Efq;
Sir
48 MUSGRAVEof Hardey-Caftle.
Sir Richard Mufgrave, Bart, eldeft Ton and heir to Sir Philip,
fucceeded him in title and eftate ; he married Margaret, daughter
of Sir Thomas Harrifon, of Allerthorp, in Yorkfnire, I£nt. and
left only one daughter, Mary, married to Thomas Davyfon, of
Blackfton, in Durham, Efq; whereupon*
Sir Chriftopher Mufgrave, Knt. .brother to Sir Richard, and
third fon to Sir Philip, fucceeded in the dignity and eftate-. He.
was twice married ; his firft Lady was Mary, daughter and co-
heir of Sir Andrew Cogan, of Greenwich, Bart, by whom he had
two fens and one daughter, viz. Philip Mufgrave, Efq; hereafter
mentioned, Mary, and Chriftopher. This Lady died in child-
bed, at Carlifle-Caftle, July? 1664, in the twenty-eighth year of
her age. His fecend Lady was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Francklyn, of Willefdon, in Middlefex, Knt. bv whom he had
i\x for.s ; John; Richard, who died young 3 Jofeph, who fcrved
as a Reprefentative in Parliament for Cockci mouth, 1713, and
died unmarried, 1757; Simon, who died in the Eaft Indies ;
Thomas, who died unmarried, 1756; and George, who died,
1751, leaving two fons, Jofeph, of Kypier, in the county of Dur-
ham, and George, one of the Reprefentatives in the prefenr Par-
liament for the city of Carlifle. Sir Chriftopher had likewife fix
daughters; Elizabeth, married to John WLyneve, of Brettenham,
in Suffolk, Efq; Dorothy, married to James Hanley, of Brentford,
in Middlefex, Efq; Mary, Frances, Ann, and Barbara, who all
died unmarried. Sir Chriftopher reprefented the city of Carlifle
in Parliament, in the reigns of King Charles II. King James II.
King William III. and Queen Anne, and died at London, of an
apoplexy, July 29, 1704. He was always fpoken of as a loyal
Subject, an able Statefman, and a fingulaf Patriot.
Philip, elded fon of Sir Chriftopher, was a Gentleman of great
hopes, and had all the advantages of education, both at home and
abroad. Pie married, Nov. 12, 1685, Mary, elded: daughter to
George Lcgg, Lord Dartmouth, then Mailer-General of the
Ordnance, and died July 2, 1689, much lamented by all who
knew him. He left a fon and a daughter; Chriftopher, (after-
wards Sir Chriftopher,) and Barbara, married to Thomas Howard,
of Corby-Caftie, in Cumberland, Efq;
Chriftopher Mufgrave, Efq; youngeft fon of Sir Chriftopher,
by his firft Lady, was born at Carlifle, and bred to the Law ; and
upon the death of his > l.ler brother, fucceeded him as Clerk of the
Council : He ferved the city of Carlifle as their Reprefentative in
Parliament, in the reign of Qu'eeh Anne, and was principal Offi-
cer of the Ordnance.
Sir Chriftopher Mufgrave, Bart, only fon and heir of Philip,
on his '■randfather's death, fucceeded to the eftate and dignity.
A.v foon as he had paiTbd through his education at Eton, and
' • Chrift-
MUSGRAVE of Hartley-CafHe. 49
church, Oxon, and was come of age, his uncle, Chriftopher,
uy leave of the late Queen, reiigned to him the place of a Clerk
of her Majefty's moit Hon. Privy Council, which his father
had enjoyed. but few years. He ferved in Parliament for the
city of Carlifle, in the laft Parliament of Queen Anne, and fot
the county of Cumberland, 8 George I. and, by his Majefty
King George I. was continued in his poft : He married, June
21, 171 1, Julia, daughter to Sir John Chardin, Knt. by whom
he left ifTue, four fons, Sir Philip, his fuceeflbr ; Chriftopher,
D. D. now Vicar of Barking, in Eflex ; Plans, late i icut. Col.
bf the 66th regiment of foot ; and Chardin, D. D. late Provoft
of Oriel-college, Oxford, who married Mary, daughter of Bar-
tholomew Tipping;, of Woolley-park, Berks, Efq; by whom he
had an infant daughter ; and feven daughters, Mary, firft mar-
ried to Hugh Lumley, of Ballymaloe* in the county of Cork,
Ireland, Efq; fecondly, to — Pigot, Efq; of the fame king-
dom ; Julia, married to Edward Hafell, of Dalemaine, in Cum-
berland, Efq; Barbara* firft married to John Hogg, of Cammo,
in Scotland, Efq; and* fecondly, to the Hon. John Idle, late
Chief Baron of his Majefty's Exchequer in Scotland ; Anne*
married to Henry Aglionby, of Nunners, in Cumberland, Efqj
Elizabeth, firft married to Edward Spragge, of Greenwich, Efq;
and fince to John Johnfon, of the fame place, Efq; Charlotte,
who died unmarried, 1760 ; and Dorothy, married to the Rev.
William Wroughton, Rector of Welburn, Lincolnfhire. Sir
Chriftppher died Jan. 3, 1736.
Sir Philip, his eldeft fon, fucceeded him in his title and
eftate, and is the prefent Baronet, who, after having received a
liberal education at Eton, Oriel-college, in Oxford, and in
foreign parts, was, in 1741, elected one of the Knights of the
Shire for Weftmorland ; and* in 1742, married Jane, daughter
of John Turton, Efq; of Orgreave, in Stafrbrdlhire, by whom
he has two fons, John Chardin, born Jan. 15* 1757* and
Chriftopher, born May 29, 1759 : His eldeft daughter, Jane,
was married, 1761, to Jofeph Mufgrave, of Kypier, in the
county of Durham, Efq; before mentioned, and died Nov. 29,
1762, leaving a daughter, who did not long furvive her. His
five remaining daughters are, Elizabeth, married, 1768, to
Heneage Legge, of Idlicot, Warwickfhire, Efq; Charlotte,
Dorothy, Henrietta, and Frances. In 1746, his uncle, Sir
John Chardin* Bart, prefentcd him with Kempton-park, Mid-
dlefex, where he has fince refided.
Arms. Azure, fix Annulets, three, two, one, Or; allud-
ing to the Arms of the Lords Vipont ; which were the fame in
fubftance, both in charge and pofition alike, and pnly different;
in tin&ure.
Vol. L E Crest.
50 C O P E, of Hanwell, Oxfordfhire.
Crest. Out of a Wreath, two Arms counter!/ embowed,
armed, and gauntled, proper, exhibiting an Annulet, Or.
Motto. Sans changer.
Seats. At Edenhall, in Cumberland, and Kernpton-park,
Middlefex.
9. Cope, of Hanwell, Oxfordfhire.
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1.
HP HIS ancient family defcends from John Cope, Efq; a very
**• eminent perfon in the reigns of K. Rich. II. and Hen. IV.
He was elected one of the Knights of the Shire for Northamp-
ton, in all the Parliaments from the firft to the ninth year of
K. Hen. IV. and dying 2 Hen. V. was fucceeded by John
Cope, Efq; his fon and heir, who had ifFue, Alexander Cope,
of Denfhanger, Efq; father to William Cope, Efq; who was
in great efteem and favour with K. Hen. VII. He died April
7, 15 13, in the fifth year of the reign of King Henry VIII.
He married two wives, and had iffue by both of them.
By his firft wife, he had itfue, Stephen Cope, Efq; Serjeant
of the Poultry to the Houfhold of King Henry VIII. who mar-
ried Anne, daughter and coheir of William Saunders, of Ox-
fordfhire, from whom the family at Bedharnpton, in Hamp-
fhire, descended, that extinguifhed in daughters. And by his
fecond wife, Jane, daughter of John Spencer, of Hodnell, in
Warwickfhire, Efq; fifter and heir of Thomas Spencer, of
Hodnell, Efq; that died without ifl'ue, (and heir to her mother,
Anne, fifter and coheir to Sir Richard Empfon, Knt.) he had
three fons ; Anthony, hereafter mentioned ; William, who died
unmarried, and John, who was knighted, and feated at Copes-
Afhby, in Northamptonfhire, before called Canons-Afhby.
Sir John Cope, Knt. married three wives ; 1. Bridget, daugh-
ter of Edward Raleigh, of Farnborowgh, in Warwickfhire, Efq;
2\ Margery, daughter of Mallory ; 3. Margaret, daugh-
ter, and coheir of Sir Edmund Tame, Knt. By the two laft he
had no ifFue ; but by the firft, three fons, and two daughters ;
1. Erafmus, who married Mary, daughter of John Heneage, of
Towfe, in Lincolnfliire, Efq; by whom he had one fon, Edward,
and <Mtd. in the life- time of his father. 2. George, who mar-
ried Dorothy, daughter and coheir of Thomas Spencer, of Ever-
con, Northamptonfhire, Efq; (fhe furviving him, married fe-
condly, Gabriel Pulteney, of Mifterton, in Leicefterfhire, Efq;)
and 3. Anthony. The daughters were, Elizabeth, married to
- . . John
COPE, of Han well. 51
John Dryden, Efq; and Joane, married to Stephen Boyle, of.
Kentifh-Town, in Middlefcx, but died without ifTue. Sir John
died in the fifth year of Queen Mary.
Edward, grandfon of Sir John, having received the honour of
knighthood, died in the eighteenth year of King James I. He
married firft, Elizabeth, eldefr. daughter of Sir Chriitopher Yel-
verton, of Eafton-Mauduit, in Northamptonshire, Knt. one of
the Judges of the King's Bench ; and fecondly, Catharine, daugh-
ter of Sir Edward Afton, of Tixhall, in Staffordmire, Knt. relict
firft. of Stephen Slaney, of London, Efq; and fecondly, of Sir
William Chetwynd, of Ingeftree, in StarTbrdihire, Knt. This
laft Lady died in 1646.
Anthony, eldeft fon and heir of William Cope, Efq; was bred
in Oriel college, and having excellent parts, improved and cul-
tivated by a learned education, was foon diflinguifhed among his
neighbours, and efteemed by the mod learned men of that age,
both at home and abroad. His appetite after knowledge was not
confined to his own country only, but by travelling into France,
Germany, Italy, and other parts of Europe, vifiting the univerfi-
ties, he fought the acquaintance of the moil confiderable perfons
abroad famed for learning, contracted an intimacy with many of
them, and wrote feveral things whilft beyond the feas, as well as
at home. He was Vice Chamberlain to Queen Catharine, wife
of Henry VIII. and had the honour of being made one of the
Knights of the Carpet, in 1 Edw. VI. was High Sheriff of Ox-
fordshire and Berks, 2 Edw. VI. and was buried in the chancel
of the church of Hanwell, four years after, anno 1551, leaving
by Jane his wife, daughter of Matthew Crew, of Pynne, a ['on
named Edward, heir to his eft-ate ; and a daughter, Anne, wife
to Sir Kenelm Digby, of Stoke-Dry, in Rutlandfhire, Knt.
Which Edward, marrying Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Walter Mohun, of Wollaiton, in Northamptonmire, Efq; (who
furvived him, and afterwards married George Carleton, of Walton
upon Thames, in Surry, Efq; fecond fon of John Carleton, of
Baldwin-Brightwell, in Oxfordmire, Efq;) had iflue, befides
daughters, two Tons, Anthony and Walter, who was of Ken-
fingtcn, and knighted, and was Matter of the Court of Wards
in the reign of King James I. and one of the Chamberlains of
the Exchequer, by patent, dated 1 July, 6 James I. His daugh-
ter and heir, Ifabel, married Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, (great
grandfather to Edward, Earl of Warwick and Holland.) My
Lord Clarendon, fpeaking of this Earl of Holland, fays, " He was
a great favourite of the Duke of Buckingham's ; he firfl preferred
him to a wife, the daughter and heir of Cope, by whom he had
a good fortune ; and amongft other things, the manor and feat of
Kenfmgton; of which he was fhortly after made Baron."
E 2 Anthony
52 C O PE, of Han well.
Anthony Cope, Efq; (eldeft brother to this Sir Walter) fucceeded
his father in the eftate at Hanwcll ; was High Sheriff of Ox ford-
fhire in the twenty-fourth and thirty-third years of Queen Eliza-
beth ; received from her the honour of knighthood ; and, in his
own country, was one of the fuperior rank in all publick em-
ployments, and (crved for the borough of Banbury in five feveral
Parliaments during her reign. He had, by many worthy adts,
acquired much reputation, and the efteem of all that knew him ;
and no doubt, his character and intereft in the country induced
King James to appoint him his firft High Sheriff of Oxfordshire,
after his acceflion to the Crown. That Prince likewife knighted
his eldeft fon, William, among; the firft he conferred that honour
upon ; and when he erected the degree of Baronets, advanced
this Sir Anthony to that dignity, (by letters patents, bearing date
29 June, 161 1.) He kept an hofpitable houfe in the old Englifh
way, and integrity and virtue (hone in all he did. Defiring re-
tirement in the latter part of his life, he recommended to his
countrymen his eldeft fon, Sir William Cope, for their Knight
of the Shire in Parliament, and they manifefted their love, by
chufing him in the three laft Parliaments of King James I. He
died, full of honour, in the fixty-fixth year of his age, 1615, and
was buried in the chancel of the church of Hanwell.
This Sir Anthony Cope, Bart, by Frances his firft wife, daugh-
ter of Sir Rowland Lytton, of Knebworth, in Hertfordfhire, Knt.
(by Anne, his fecond wife, daughter of George Carleton, of
Brightwell, in Oxfordfhire, Efq;) had three daughters ; Anne,
married to Sir John Leigh, Knt. (anceftor to the prefent Lord
Leigh, of Stonley;) Elizabeth, to Sir Richard Cecil, Knt. (from
whom the prefent Earl of Exeter is defcended;) and Mary, to
Henry Champernown, of Dartington, in Devonfhire, Efq; Alfo
feven-fons; four of which lived to mens eftate;' Sir William,
Anthony, Richard, and John.
Anthony and Richard went into Ireland, and left families in
that kingdom ; the former had three fons, Henry, Anthony, and
John ; Richard, the fecond fon, who was of Wicklow, (and by
Anne, his wife, lifter to Sir William Walter, of Wimbleton, in
Surry, Knt.) had iiTue, amongft others, 1. Walter Cope, of
Wicklow, Efq; (who married two wives, daughter of the
Bifbop of Kilmore, and daughter of Henry, Lord Blany*
Baron of Monaghan, and left iiTue, Walter Cope) Efq; his fon
and heir.) 2. Richard, who manied Elizabeth, daughter of John
Pate, of Leicefterfnire. 3. Anthony. 4. William Cope, of
Icombe, in Gloucefterfhire, Efq; who married Lady Elizabeth,
(laughter of Francis, Earl of Weftmorland, relidt of Sir John
Cope, Bart, hereafter mentioned, and had iiTue two fons, Henry
and William, and two daughters ; Elizabeth, married to Tho-
mas
COPE, of Hanwell. 53
mas Whitney, Efq; fon and heir .of Sir Robert Whitney, of
Herefordfhire, Knt. and Rachael, who died unmarried.
Sir Anthony Cope, Bart, married to his fecond Lady, Anne,
daughter of Sir William Pafton, of Pafton, in Norfolk, Knt. re-
lic!:, firft of Sir George Chaworth, of Wiverton, in Nottingham-
fhire, Knt. and afterwards of Sir Nicholas L'Eftrange, of Hun-
ilanton, in Norfolk, Knt,
Sir William Cope, Knt. and Bart, (eldeft fon and heir of Sir
Anthony,) was elccled, in the firft Parliament called by King
James I. a Burgefs for Banbury, and for the county of Oxon one
of the Knights of the Shire in three other Parliaments, viz. 12,
18, and 21 of that reign, and was High Sheriff of Oxfordfhire,
17 Jac. I. He died the 2d day of Auguft, 1637, and was buried
the 22d of the fame month, in the chancel of the church of Han-
well. He left iflue two fons, Sir John, his fucceffor, and Jona-
than ; and three daughters, Frances, who married Robert, fon
and heir of Sir Robert Lee, of Billeflee, in Warwickmire, Knt.
Mary, and Urfula, who died unmarried.
Jonathan, fecond fon, married Anna, daughter of Sir Hatton
Fermor, of Eafton, in Northamptonftiire, Knt. was feated at
Rawton-Abbey, in Staffordfhire, and left iffue, Jonathan, his
fon and heir, father to the late Sir Jonathan Cope, who was
created a Baronet by her Majefty Queen Anne, of whom in its
proper place.
Sir John Cope, Bart, (eldeft fon of Sir William) married firft,.
Mary, daughter of Sir John Walter, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of
the Exchequer, who died, leaving him an only daughter, Anne :
He afterwards married Lady Elizabeth, daughter to Francis, Earl
of Weftmorland, and had iflue three fons; Sir Anthony, Wil-
liam, who died young, and Sir John : Alfo two daughters ;
Mary, who died an infant, and Elizabeth, married to Thomas
Eftcourt, of Shipton-Eftcourt, in Gloucefterihire, Efq; Lady
Elizabeth furviving her hufband, Sir John, afterwards married
William Cope, of Icomb, in Gloucefterfliire, Efq; before men-
tioned.
Sir Anthony Cope, Bart, eldeft fon of Sir John, married Mary,
daughter of Dutton, Lord Gerrard, of Gerrard's-Bromiey, in
Staffordfhire, and had iflue a daughter, Mary, and three fons ;
John, Anthony, and Henry, who all died young.
This Sir Anthony was bred in Oriel College, Oxford, and ferved
for Banbury, at the Reftoration of King Charles II. and the next
year, in the firft Parliament called by that Prince, was chofen
Knight of the Shire for the county of Oxford. In which Parlia-
ment he fat till he died, anno 1675, when, for want of iffue male,
the title and eftate devolved on his brother,
E 3 Sir
54 COP E, of Harwell.
Sir John Cope, Bart, who, on the death of his brother, was
chofen in his room, Knight of the S-.ue for the county of Ox-
ford, and was likewife elected for the fame county in two other
Parliaments, in the r Grilles II. and alfo in the firft
year of King William and Quee?. • ) :y, and in the tenth of
William III. for Banbury, fje k to wife, Anne, daughter of
Mr. Philip booth, by whom he had ifiiie a daughter, Elizabeth,
who j and after her feven fens fucceflively, viz. I.
\ 2, Anthony, who married Anne, daugh-
:c"s, formerly ResStor of Pea*
in Is' ( aire, and Prebendary of Sarum, and filter
to the late V^rHjarn Spinkes, E(q; by whom he has no iflue j 3.
C 4. Gailen, who left iflue a fon ; 5. Daniel } 6. Albian ;
1 7. i .iam, who died June 7, 1706. The three laft died
i d.
$ii John Cope, his eld-cft fon, was knighted by King William,
at Kenfmgton, January 1695-6. In the fourth of Queen Anne,
he ferved in Parliament for the borough of Plympton, and was
elected in feveral Parliaments fince, in the reigns of Queen Anne,
and King George I. for the borough of Ta,viftock, in Devon-
fhire ; and in the firft Parliament called by his late Majefty, he
was elected one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of
Southampton, and was afterwards Member for Limington, in the
fa id county.
Sir John married, in 1696, Alice, daughter of Sir Humphry
Monnoux, of Wotton, in Bedfordfhire, Bart, by whom he had
iflue two fons, Monnoux, his fucceflbr, and John, who was Gen-
tleman U flier to King George II. alfo a daughter, Anne, married
to William Bethell, of Rife, in the county of York, Efq; by
whom he had two fons, Hugh, and William. This Lady died
in Feb. 1728, and Sir John, Dec. 8, 1 749. He was fucceeded
by his eldeft fon,
Sir Monnoux Cope, who was Member in feveral Parliaments
for Banbury, in Oxfordfhire. He married Penelope, only daugh-
ter of the Hon. Henry Mordaunt, Efq; Lieutenant-General of
his Majefty 's forces, (next brother to Charles, late Earl of Peter-
borough,) by iiis fecond wife Penelope, only child of William
Tipping, of Ewelm, in the county of Oxford, Efq; by whom he
bad two fons, William, who died young, and John Mordaunt,
his fucceiFor. His Lady died Dec. 1737, and Sir Monnoux,
June 24, 1763, aged fixty-feven, and was fucceeded by
Sir John Mordaunt Cope, his only furviving fon, and the pre-
fent Baronet,
Arms. Argent, on a Chevron, Azure, between three Rofes,
Qujes, dipt proper, as many Flcurs de Lisa Or.
Crest,
G R E S L E Y, of Drakelow. 55
CrCst. On a Wreath, a Fleur de Lis, Or, a Dragon's Head
ifluing from the top thereof, GuJes.
Motto. Mquo adefle Anbno,
Seat. Bramfell, near Hertford -Bridge, in Hampfhire.
10. Gresley, of Drakelow, Derbyfhire.
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 i.
THE original of this family, (denominated from Grefeley, in
Derbyfhire,) anciently written Grefele, Grefelei, Greflea,
Grefly, &c. I find to be derived from Malahulcius, uncle to the
famous Rollo, fometime Duke of Normandy, and progenitor to
William the Conqueror. From which Malahulcius defcended
Roger de Toeny, Standard-Bearer of Normandy, whofe younger
fons, Robert, and Nigell, accompanied William the Conqueror
into England; and the former, at the time of the general furvey,
(14 Will. I.) poflefled near an hundred and fifty Lordfhips,
whereof Stafford, being his refidence, he thence furnamed himfelf,
and was anceftor to the noble race of the Staffords ; of whom
Humphry was created Duke of Buckingham by King Henry VI.
with precedency before all Dukes, both in England and France,
the Blood-Royal excepted.
From Robert, grandfon of Nigill, by a younger branch, def-
cended the Grefleys that had fummons to Parliament among the
Barons of the realm, whereof Thomas de Greflei, having fum-
mons to Parliament from i till 4 Edward II. inclufive, died
without ifTue ; and Joan, his fitter, became his heir, who married
John, the fon of Roger Delawarr, and brought a fair inherit-
ance to that noble family, from whom the prefent Lord Delawarr
is defcended.
William de Greflei, of Drachelawe, eldeft fon and heir to the
aforefaid Robert, had ifTue Sir Geffery de Grefley, Lord of Mor-
ton, who was returned, with Robert de Frechville, Knights cf
the Shire for Derby, at the Parliament held at London, in 28
Edw. I. and in the fame year and the following, returned for the
fame county, with Ralph de Frechville, in the Parliaments held
at Lincoln. This Sir Geffery married Margaret, daughter of
Maud de Somerville, of Cofington, in Leicefterfhire, by whom
he had William, his fon and heir, who was afterwards a Knight,
and, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Bakepuiz, Lord of
Burton, left ifTue Geffery de Grefley, who, by Agnes his wife,
was father to Peter, who had to wife Joan, daughter of Robert,
Lord Stafford, of Eggington, in Derbyshire, and was fuooeeded in
E 4 his
5 6 G RES LEY, of Drakelow.
his eftate by Geffery, his fon and heir, who married Marga ret,
daughter of Sir John Gernon, of Lavington, and left iifue two
fons, Sir John, and Sir Nicholas Grefley j the former was High
Sheriff of Staffordihire, 4.6 Edw. III. and married Alice, daughter.
of Sir Roger Swynerton, of Swynerton, Knt. but died without
iliac male.
Sir Nicholas, his brother and heir, was living in 3 Rich. II.
and havino- married Thomazine, daughter and heir of Sir Tho-
mas G.waftenefs, or Wafteneys, Knt. Lord of Colton, in Stafford-
fhire, and the heir of that ancient family, a great addition was
made to his eflate, which defcended to Thomas, his fon and heir ;
though he had another fon, Roger, of Church-Grefley, who left
a daughter and heir, Margaret, married to William Babthorp, of
Ellton, in Leicefterfbire, Efqj
Which Thomas de Grefley, his fon and heir, was returned one
of the Knights for Dterbyfhire, in the Parliament held 2 Hen. IV.
and before that time had received the honour of Knighthood.
He was likewife elected for the faid Shire in the Parliaments
held in 2, and 5 Henry V. ferved High Sheriff of Staffordshire
in 1 Henry VI. and was returned among the Knights of the faid,
county in 12 Henrv VI. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir
Thomas Walfh, of Wanlip, in Leicefterfhire, Knt. and left ifi'ue
John, his fon and heir.
Which John married (in the life-time of his father) Margaret,
daughter of Sir Thomas Clavell, (or Clarell,) of Yorkshire, Knt.
by Matilda, daughter of Sir Nicholas Montgomery, Knt. and
had by her a daughter, Catharine, married to Sir William de
Peto, Knt. about the 4th of Henry VI, This Sir John Grefley,
was elected one of the Knights for Staffordshire, in the Parliament
held in 31 Henry VI. and one of the Knights for Derbymire, in
39 Henry VI. and was fucceeded by a fon of his own name,
John Grefley, who likewife ferved in Parliament in lj Edw. IV.
for Derbyfhire, and afterwards received the honour of Knight-
hood. He left illue, by Anne his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas
Stanley, of Elford, in Staffordshire, Knt. three daughters ; the
eldefr. married John Egerton, of Wrinehill ; the fecond to Tho-
mas Darell, of 'Croteney, and the third to Simon Mountford, of
Colem.il, £fqrs. alfo a fon, Thomas, heir to his eflate,
Which Thomas Grefley was likewife a Knight, and marrying
Anne, daughter to Sir Thomas Ferrers, of Tamworth-caftle, in_
Warwickshire, Knt. had iifue five fons ; William, John, a Prieft,
George, Robert, and James.
Which William received the honour of Knighthood, the 14th
of October, at Lifle. He married Benedict, daughter of Henry.
Vernon, of Haddon, in Derby (hire, Efq; but died without iifue,
(0 thai George, his brother, became heir to the eftate.
Which
— 1
GRESLEY, of Drakelow. 57
Which George Grefley was made Knight of the Bath at the
Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen, 25 Hen. VIII. and having
married firft, Margaret, daughter of John Mulfho, of Findon,
in Northamptonftiire, Efq; and fecondly, Catharine, daughter of
Edward, Lord Dudley, Knight of the Garter, had by the for-
mer only one fon, William, who fucceeded to the eftate; and a
daughter, Catharine, married to Edward Winter, of , in
Leicefterftiire, Efq; and by the latter, two fons, Edward and
Thomas, and a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Charles Somer-
fet, Efq.
William, the eldeft fon 3nd heir, was High Sheriff of Stafford-
fhire, in 4 Eliz. and afterwards received from that Queen the
honour of Knighthood. He had iffue, by Catharine his wife*
daughter of Sir Edward Afton, of Tixall, in Staffordfliire, Knt.
(anceftor to Lord Afton) three fons ; Thomas, his fucceffor in
the eftate, Haftings, and Simon ; and four daughters, Jane,
Mary, Elizabeth, and Grace -, which laft married Sir Thomas;
Wolfeley, Knt.
Which Thomas Grefley, Efq; refided at Drakelow, and like-
wife pofTefTed the eftate in Staffordftiire ; of which county he was
High Sheriff, in 25 Eliz. and in the thirty-third and forty-fifth of
that Queen's reign, High Sheriff of Derbyfhire. He was knighted
atWorkfop, in Nottinghamfhire (20th April, 1603) having met
King James in his journey from Scotland to take poffeffion of the
Englim Crown. He married firft, Catharine, daughter of Sir
Thomas Walfingham, of Scadbury, in Kent, Knt. (and Dorothy,
his wife, daughter of Sir John Guldeford, Knt. and Barbara his
wife, daughter of Thomas Weft, Lord Delawarr) and had
iffue, five fons and three daughters ; Henry, the eldeft fon, died
1583, aetat. 4 ; and George, his brother, fucceeded to the eftate.
3. John, who married Joane, daughter of Jafper More, of Larder,
in Salop. 4. William; and, 5. Walfingham. The three daugh-
ters of Sir Thomas, were, 1. Catharine, wife to Francis Dethick,
of Newhall, Efq; me afterwards married Sir Bartholomew Hales,
of Somerfield, Knt. and thirdly, Henry Gibbs, Efq. 2. Catha-
rine, married to Sir Richard Harpur, of Swerkfton, in Derby-
fhire, Knt. and 3. Dorothy, to Sir Alexander Barlow, of Barley-
Moor, in Salop, Knt. This Sir Thomas Grefley, Knt. had a
fecond wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Southwell, of Wood-
rifing, in Norfolk, Knt. relict of Henry, fon and heir of Sir Tho-»
mas Pafton, Knt. by whom he had no iffue.
George Grefley, Efq; eldeft furviving fon, refiding at Drakelow,
in Derbyfh! ?, (the ancient poffeflion of his anceftors, from the
Conqueft) was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, June 29,
161 1. He ferved in Parliament 3 Car. I. for Newcaftle-under-
linej in Staffordftiire, and having married Sufan, daughter to Sir
Humphry
58
GRESLEY, of Drakelow
Humphry Ferrers, of Tamwcrth-Caftlc, in Warwickfhire, Knt.
had ifiue two daughters, Elizabeth, who died >:nmarried, and Do-
rothy, married flril to Robert Mil ward, of Bradiey-Afh, Efq; and
feccndly, to Edward Wilimot, D. D. alfo one fon, Thomas
edey, Efq; who married Bridget, daughter to Sir Thomas Bur-
net, of Bramcot, in Warwickfhire, and Formark, in Derbyfhire,
Bart* and died in the life-time of his father, having had ten chil-
dren. I.Jane; 2. Henrv ; 3. George, who died infants; 4.
Sir Thomas, fuccefibr to his grandfather; 5. Frances, the wife
of John Whitehall, of Pipe-Ridware, in StafYordfhire, Efq; 6.
Bridget, married to Thorms Brome, of Fifherwick, in Stafford-
fhire, Efq; 7. Geoige. who married Jane, daughter of Thomas
Nelfon, of Northampton, and died without ifTue ; 8. Catharine,
wedded to Richard Dyot, of the city of Litchfield, Efq; 9. Eli-
zabeth, wife to Philip TrafFord, of Swithamly, in Staftbrdfhire ;
10. Mary, married to John Harpur, Rector of Morley, in Der-
byfhire, grandfon of Sir Richard Harpur, of Littleover, in Der-
byfhire, Knt.
Sir Thomas Grefley, Bart, who fucceeded his grandfather in
the eftate and title, married Frances, daughter and coheir of Gil-
bert Morewood, of London, and afterwards of Netherfeiie, in
Leicefterfhire, Efq; and had ifTue three fons and eleven daughters :
I. Frances, wife of William Inge, of Thorp-Conftantine, in
Staffbrdfhire, Efq; 2. Bridget; 3. Elizabeth, who died infants;
4. Dorothy, married to Thomas Ward ; 5. Mary, wedded to
Daniel Walfon, of Burton, in Staffbrdfhire, Efq; 6. Grace, mar-
ried to Robert Roby, of Donnington-Caftle, Leicefterfhire ; 7.
Sir William, his fuccefibr; 8. Anne; 9. Catharine, who died
infants; 10. Letitia ; 11. Thomas Grefley, of Netherfeiie, in
Leicefterfhire, Efq; (who took to wife, Elizabeth, daughter of
John Lee, of Ladyhole, in Derbyfhire, Gent, and heir to her
brother, and had ifTue, Lee Grefley, William, John, and Eliza-
beth ;) 12. Ifabel, who died unmarried; 13. Charles Grefley, of
Dunftall, in SfafFordfhire, Efq; (who, by Anne his wife, daughter
and coheir of John Bott, of Dunftall aforefaid, Gent, left only
three daughters, his coheirs, viz. Elizabeth, Frances, and Anne ;
Elizabeth married Thomas Bott, of Coventry, Gent, nephew to
John, before mentioned) ; 14. Sarah, married to Paul Balladon,
of Stapenhill, in Derbyfhire, Efq;
Sir William Grefley, Bart, (fon and heir of Sir Thomas) mar-
ried Barbara, daughter to John Walcot, of Walcct, in Salop, Efq;
and relict of Richard Okeley, of Okeley, in the faid county, Efq;
and had ifTue two fons, Sir Thomas, and William, (who died an
infant,) alfo a daughter, Bridget, married to Adam Ottley, of
Pichford, in Salop, Efq; and dying Oct. 17, 17 1 1, in the forty-
eighth year of his age, was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his
•nTy furviving fon> Sir
G RES LEY, of Drakelow. 59
Sir Thomas Grefley, who married, 17 19, firft, Dorothy,
daughter and coheir of Sir William Bowyer, of Kniperfley, in
the county of Stafford, Bart, by whom he had iflfue, {even fons,
and three daughters, who all died young, except Sir Thomas,
the late, and Sir Nigel, the prefent Baronet. This Lady dying
July 31, 1736, Sir^Thomas married, Gertrude, daughter and
coheir of John Grammer, Efq; of Pled wick, in Yorklhire, by
whom he had two children, Jeffery and Gertrude. The latter
died in her infancy.
Sir Thomas Grefley fucceeded his father ia 1746, and mar-
ried Wilmot, daughter of Mr. Hood, of Leicefter, by whom he
had only one daughter, who, after her father's de*th, became
pofTefTed of the Drakelow eftates. Sir Thomas died Dec. 23,
1753, and was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir Nigel Grefley, the prefent Baronet, who became pofTeflfed
of the Kniperfley eftate, which was his mother's. He married,
in the year 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Wynn,
of Chefliire, by whom he has one fon, Nigel Bowyer, and
(even daughters, Dorothy, who died an infant, Anne, Elizabeth,
Frances, Louifa-Jane, Harriott, and Mary-Suianna.
Arms. Vaire, Ermine and Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion paflfant Ermine, armed, lan-
gued and collared, Gules.
Motto. Meliore Fide quam Fortuna.
Seat. Kniperfley, in Staffordfhire.
11. Molineux, of Teverfal, Nottinghamfhire.
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1.
,\17rHEN William the Conqueror entered this kingdom,
1066, he was attended by many noble Normans, among
whom was William des Molines, no lefs famous for his virtue,
than for his noble extraction, as appears from the roll of Battle-
Abbey, in which lift his name ftands the eighteenth in order ;
and in the molt ancient written chronicles of the dutchy of
Normandy remaining of record, it is to be feen, that this Wil-
liam des Molines is let down and placed as a moft efpecial and
chief man in nearnefs and Angular credit with William the Con-
queror, at that time when he invaded and conquered England.
To this William des Moulines or Molins, Roger dePoytiers,
who was then pofFeiled of all that tract of land in Lancafhtre, be-
tween the rivers of Ribble and Mercy, by the gift of William
the Conqueror, gave, among other lands, by the confentof the
Conqueror, the manors of Sephton, Thorneton, Kerdon or
Kuerdon, ten carucates and an half of land, at the fervice of
half
60 MOLINEUX, of Teverfal.
half a Knight's fee, whereof he made Sephton his chief kat,:
wherein he was fucceeded by Vivian, his fon and heir.
The faid Vivian de IVJolines, (or Molans) by his wife Siwarda,
had ifliie, Adam, Dominus de Sefton, in Lancaihire, which
Adam married Annota, fole daughter and heir of Benedict de
Garnett, Lord of Speke, in Lancashire, and had iflue three fons ;
Robert, Gilbert, and Henry ; and a daughter, Siwarda, who be-
came the wife of Fitzannot.
Robert, the eldeft fon, married Beatrice, daughter and heir of
Robert de Villers, Lord of Little-Crofby, fon of Alan, fon of
Pagan de Villers, who entered England with William the Con-
queror, and was firft Lord of Crofby after the conqueft.
He was fucceeded by his fon Richard, who married Edith,
daughter of Aumary Pincerna, (/'. e. Butler) of Warrington ;
he had iflue, Adam, and Robert ; of which Robert, proceeded
Richard, father to another Robert, of Thorneton, progenitor to
{hofe of Mellingwood.
Roger, the yo.ungeft fon, had iflue, William, father to James,
who, having married Margaret, the daughter and heir of Wil-
liam de Aula, de Brentworth, left his eftate to his two daughters,.
his coheirs ; Julian, married to Richard de Windfor, Lord of
Stanwell, in Middlefex, from whom defcended the Earl of Ply-
mouth a and Loi^d Windfor; and Agnes, to Sir Robert Mark-
ham, Knt.
Sir William de Molineus, of Sefton, Knt. eldeft fon of Adam %
by Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Alan de Thornton, Knt.
had three fons, Sir Richard, William, and Simon.
Sir Richard, by Emme, his wife, daughter of Done, had
three fons, Sir William, Thomas, and Peter; a!fo a daughter*
Joan, a Nun at Leicefter.
Sir William Molyneux, the eldeft fon^ was dubbed Knight-
Banneret, in Gafcoigny, by Edmond, furnamed Crookeback,
Earl of Lancafter, fecond fon to Henry III. anno 14 Edw. I.
He married I label, daughter of Scarifbrick, and had iflue a fon,
Richard, and a daughter, Jane, married to Robert de Erneys. '
Sir Richard,, his. fon, aged feventeen at the death cf his
father, married Agatha, daughter and heir of Sir Roger Uler-l
ton, Knt. and had iflue, 1. Sir William; 2. Richard ; 3.. John ;
4, Thomas, who was flain in battle, temp. Rich. It. he mar-
ried the daughter and heir of Alexander de KennerdalL and left
ifllie, a daughter and heir, married to Ofbaldefton, of Ofbal-
defton. 5. Roger, of Raynhull, whole grand-daughter and heir-
was married to Lancafter.
Sir William de Molineux, the eldeft fon and heir, had two ;
vives ; the rirft was Joan, the daughter and heir of Jordan Ellally \
Forefter of Wvrefdale, by Alice his wife, one of th^ daughters
and
/
MOLINEUX, of Teverfal. fir
and coheirs of Thomas de Twenge. The fecond, was the Lady
Margaret, widow and relicl ofSlr Robert Holland, of Enkefton,
Knt. (brother to Sir Thomas Holland, Knight of the Garter)
and daughter and heir of Sir Alan Heyton, of Bufhell, Knt.
By the former he had feveral fons; i. Sir William ; 2. Sir
Thomas, of Kuerdale ; 3. Sir John Molineux, of Crofby, who
left three daughters, his heirs ; one married to Blundell, of
Crofby ; another, to Robert Erneys ; and the other, to Char-
nock, ofAfton. 4. Richard, Parfon of the church of Sefton*
alio Robert, Peter, and Simon.
William, the eldeft fon of the laft Sir William, was likewife
a Knight, and a perfon of great courage and accompliihments ;
he diftinguifhed himfelf at the battle of Navarre, in Spain, un-
der Edward the Black Prince, and was there made a Knight
Banneret, anno 1367. Under his command he ferved in all
thofe wars, as he did in thofe of France ; and in his return
homewards, died at Canterbury, 1372, and was there buried.
He left an heir to his eftate, by Jane his wife, daughter and
coheir to Sir Robert Holland, Knt. (by Margaret, daughter of
Sir Alan Heyton, Knt.) viz.
Sir Richard Molineux, Knt, who, 1 Henry IV. was found
coufln and next heir of Thomas Chatterton, of Ellall^ viz.
fon of Sir William Molineux, Knt. fon of William, fon of Joan,
daughter of Alice, fitter of Laderina, mother to Alan, father
of Alan, father of William, who was father to (the aforefaid)
Thomas Chatterton.
This Sir Richard was High Sheriff of the countv of Lanca-
lhire, for life ; and, with Sir Robert de Urfewiil, ferved as
Knights of that Shire in the Parliament held at Weftmintter,
20 Rich. II. and had for their expences, for thirty-four days at-
tendance, 13 1. 12s. He married Ellen, daughter of Sir Tho-
mas Urfewick, Knt. The faid Ellen was afterwards married
to Sir Thomas Savage, Knt. but by her firft hufband {he had
two daughters, Agnes, wife of Thomas Clifton, Efq; and
Anne, married to Richard Nevi!, of Leverfidge ; and three fons,
I. Richard ; 2. Adam, LL.D. who was e"iec~ted Dean of Sa-
lisbury, Oct. 24, 14.41, and fome time Clerk of the Council :
He was confecrated Bifhop of Chichefter, 1445, and prefently
after, had the keeping of the Privy-Seal committed to him, by
Henry VI. He was murdered at Portfinouth, June 9, 1449,
by mariners procured by Richard, Duke of York : And, 3.
Robert, who was found heir to his brother Adam, by the hi-
qulfit. pofl moitm. Which Robert married Margaret, daughter
of Sir Baldwin L'Eftrange, Knt. and left only a. daughter, his
ible heir, and wife of SirWilliamTroutbeck,Knt. whofe daugh-
ter and heir, Ellen, was married to Gilbert Talbot, of Grafton,
*% si
62 M 0 L I N E U X, of Teverfal.
Sir Richard, Ton and heir of the laft Sir Richard, eminently
diftinguifhed himfelf in the wars of France, at the battle of
Agincourt, and received the honour of Knighthood in the reign
of Henry V. He was in favour alfo with Henry VI. He was
flain at Blore-heath, in Staffbrdmire, together with the Lord
Audley, and divers others of no moan account, 38 Henry VI.
1460.
He had two wives, viz. 1. Joan, daughter and heir of Sir (
Gilbert Haydock, Knt. relief, of Sir Peter Leigh, of Lyme, in
Chefhire, Knt. and by her had feveral fons f"i. Richard, an-
ceftor to Lord Vifcount Molineux. 2. Thomas, of Haughton,
in Nottinghamshire, whofe pofterity we are now to treat of.
3. John, Rector of Sefton. 4. Henry. 5. Gilbert, who mar-
ried the Lady of Cheneys, in Bucks. 6. Edward. 7. Robert.
8. William. The daughters were, Catharine, wife of Sir Ro- ,
bert RatclifF, Knt. and afterwards, of John Stanhope, Efq; Eli-
zabeth, married to Sir Richard Southworth, Knt. and Joan, to
Robert Prefton, Efq.
By a fecond wife, Helen, daughter of Radcliff, of the
Tower, and reli£t of Sir William Harrington, he had two
daughters, Anne, married to Richard Nevil, of Leverfedge,/
and Margaret, to Sir Peter Leigh, of Bradley, Knt.
Sir Thomas Molineux, Knt. fecond fon of Sir Richard Mo-
lineux, Knt. was one of the Privy Council to King Edw. IV.
and behaving himfelf valiantly in the expedition into Scotland, v
anno 1482, was made a Knight Banneret, by Richard, Duke of
Gloucefter, at Berwick, and died 6 Hen. VII. He married
two wives ; nrff, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Markham,
of Cotham, in Nottinghamfhire, Knt. who bore him a fon,
Robert, of whom hereafter, and a daughter, Elizabeth, firft
married to John Becard, and fecondly to Stephen Hatfield, of
Willcughby, Efq; fecondly, Catharine, daughter of John Cot-
ton, of Ridware, in Staffordmhe, Efq; (by his fecond wife, a
daughter of Nicholas Fitzherhcrt, of Norbury, in Staffbrdmire,
Efq;) and relief of Thomas Poutrell, of Hailam, in Derby-
fhire, Efq; by whom he had two fons, Sir Edmund, one of the
Juftices of the Common-pleas, 4 Edw. VI. and Anthony, D. D.
Rector of Sefton and Walton, in Lancafhire, and Tring, in
Hertfordfhire, who departed this life, juftly and univerfally re-
gretted, anno quinio Iiegin<? Maries ; ana two daughters, Ellen,
married to John Bond, of Coventry, remarried to Laurence
Ireland, of Lidiat ; and Margaret, to Sir Hugh Wiiloughby,
of Rifley, in Derbyihire, Knt.
Sir Edmund Molineux, Knight of the Bath, elded fon by (
the fecond venter, being firft called to the degree of Serjeant at
Law, was made one of the J unices of the Common-pleas,
4 Edw.,
MOLINEUX, of Teverfal. 63
, 4 Edw. VI. and died the laft year of that reign. His Lady was
' Jane, daughter of John Cheyney, of Chefham-Boys, in the
county of Bucks, Efq; by whom he had feveral children; I.
John. 2. Thomas, who married Jane, daughter of Sir Richard
Molineux, of Sephton, Knt. 3. Edmund. 4. Anthony ; and
5. Chriftopher : Alfo two daughters ; Margaret, wife to Francis
Fletcher, Efq; (whofe fon, Francis, married Frances, daughter of
Francis Molineux, Efq;) and Dorothy, wife to Robert Purflow.
John Molineux, of Thorp, the eldeft fon, married Anne,
I daughter of George Lafcells, of Gatford, in Nottinghamfhire,
Efq; and had iflue Edmund Molineux, of Thorp, Efq; and Rut-
land Molineux, of Woodcotes, Efq; who married Mary, daughter
and heir of Cuthbert Bevercotes, of Bevercotes, in Nottingham-
fhire, Efq; Edmund married fir ft, , the daughter of John
Hearle, Efq; and had a daughter, Anne, who, it is prefumed,died
unmarried : His fecond wife was Bridget, daughter and coheir of
Robert Sapcotes, Efq; by whom he had Sir John Molineux, of
Thorp, Knt. Edmund, and Richard.
Robert, only fon of Sir Thomas, had, by Dorothy his wife,
daughter of Thomas PoutrelI% of Weft-Hallam, in Derbyfhire,
Efq; feveral fons ; Thomas, who died without iflue ; Richard,
William, (who left a daughter and heir, Dorothy, married firft to
George Cartwright, of Offington, in Nottirighamfhire, Efq; and
fecondly to William Dabridgecourt,) Robert, and Edmund; and
four daughters ; Anna, married to Veale ; Elizabeth, Catharine,
and Mary.
Richard, the eldeft furviving fon, married Margaret, daughter
of Edmund BufTy, of Hather, in Lincolnfhire, Efq; and had iflue
by her a fon and a daughter, Francis, and Mary, married to Da-
niel Difney.
Which Francis married Elizabeth, eldeft daughter and coheir
J of Thomas Greenhalgh, fon of Roger Greenhalgh, of Teverfal,
in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; He was High Sheriff of the county of
Nottingham, 24EI1Z. and had iflue five fons, Thomas, Gervafe,
John, Robert, and Richard ; and two daughters, Jane, married to
Francis Linley, of Skegby, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; and Frances,
to Francis Fletcher, of Stockbald, Efq;
Thomas, the eldeft fon, by his wife Alice, daughter and coheir
of Thomas Cranmer, of Aflacton, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq;
(great nephew to the famous Archbifhop Cranmer,) had iflue two
fons, John, and Thomas ; and a daughter, married to Sir An-
thony Thorold, of Marfton, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. the faid Alice
had for her fecond hulband Sir John Thorold, of Cawnton, in
Nottinghamfhire, Knt. This Thomas dying anno, 1597, was
fucceeded in the eftate by John, his eldeft fon.
Which
64 MOLINEUX of Teverfai.
Which John was Sheriff of Nottinghamfhire 7 and 9 Jac. 1,
and was knighted by K. James I. at Whitehall, Nov. 10, 1608,
and June 29, 161 1, was advanced to the degree of Baronet.
He married two wives ; firft, Ifabel, daughter of John Markham,
of Sedgbrook, in Lincolnshire, Efq; by whom he had Sir Francis;
his fucceflbr, and Thomas, who died without iflue ; Mary, mar-
ried to Michael Fawkes, of Farneley ; Elizabeth, to Gilbert Gre-
gory, of Barnbidin, both in Yorkfhire, Efqrs. Anne* and Eliza-
beth : Secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir James Harrington, of
Ridlirigton, in Rutlandfhire, Knt. widow of Sir Thomas Fol-'
Jamb, Knt. by whom he had a fon, Colonel Roger Molineux^
who married Jane, the eldefl daughter and coheir of Sir Robert
Monfon, of Carleton, in Lincolnfhire, Knt.
Sir Francis Molyneux, Bart, fon and heir of Sir John, married
Theodofia, daughter of Sir Edward Heron, of Crefiy-hall, in
Lincolnfhire, Knight of the Bath, by whom he had iflue, Sir John*
his fucceflbr, and Francis, of Mansfield, in Nottinghamfhire, who
married Grace, daughter of Conyers, Lord £)arcy, of Hornby-
caftle, Yorkfhire;, (relief of George Beft, of Middletoh, in York-
iQiire, Efq; and afterwards of Mofes Janes, Efq; by whom he had
iflue two fons ; Darcy Molineux, Efq; the eldeft took to wife
Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Ballet, of Doncafter, in Yorkfhire;
(arid left iflue two fons, William, and John.) Francis, fecond
fon, married Mary, daughter of Charles Tancred, of Whixfley$
in Yorkfhire, Efq; (and had four daughters, of whom Dorothy
married Lucius Henry, Lord Vifcount Falkland.) The daughters
of Sir Francis were, Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Cartwright, of Hex-
grave, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; Theodofia, married to Edward
Bunney, of Newland, in Yorkfhire, Efq; Anne, and Ifabel. Sir
Francis died Oct. 12, 1764.
Sir John Molineux, Bart." fuccefibr to his father, was born in
1623, and marrying Lucy, daughter of Alexander Rigby, of
Middleton, in Lancafhire, Efq; one of the Barons of the Exche-^
quer, and widow of Robert HefKeth, of RufFord, in the faid
county, Efq; had iflue three fons, Sir Francis, John, who died
unmarried, and Thomas, formerly a Turkey Merchant, but after-
wards of Prefton, in Lancafhire, who married Mary* daughter of
Gilbert Mundy, of Alleflree, in Derbyfhire, Efq; and dying May
25, 1727, left iflue one fon, Rigby Molyneux, Efq; who married
a daughter of Oliver Martin, of Lancafter, Efq; and one daughter*
Mary, married firft. to John Bufhell, M. D. and fecondly, to
Captain Griffiths. Sir John had likewife feveral daughters, of
whom, Mary married the Hon. Richard Leek, Efq; father of the
late Earl of Scarfdale 5 and Elizabeth, Edmund Jodrell, of Erdfleyj
in Cheihire, Efq;
Sir
MOLINE U X, of Teverfal. 65
Sir Francis Molineux,of Teverfal, fucceeded his father, anno
1691; he fcrved in Parliament as one of" the Knights ot the
Shire ior the county of Nottingham, in the reign of Queen
Anne ; and having married Diana, daughter of John How, of
Langar-caftlc, in Nottinghammire, Efq; and filter to the late
Scroop, Lord Vifcount How, had iflue feven fons ; i. Johm
3. Scroop. 4. Charles ; and 6. William, all deceafed. Fran-
cis, fecond fon, was one of the Vcrdurers of Sherwood Foreft :
He married Mary, daughter and coheir of -— — • Brewer, near
Briftol, Efq; and died at Winchefter, October, 1733, leaving
only two daughters, Diana and Mary. Sir Francis had three
daughters, Annabelia, who married John Plumptree, Efq; Lucy*
married to Charles Croke Lille, of Moyle's-Court, Efq; and
Diana.
Sir Charles, his fifth, but eldeft furviving fon, fucceeded to
the title. He ferved High Sheriff of the county of Notting-
ham, and died unmarried, July 28, 1764, when the title and
eftate defcended to his only furviving brother,
Sir William, the prefent Baronet, who is one of the Verdu-
rers of Sherwood Foreft. He married the only daughter and
heir of William Challand, of Welhaw, inNottinghaminire,Efqj
by whom he has had one fon* Francis, who was knighted, and
made Gentleman Uftier of the Black Rod, in 1765* Sir Wil-
liam has likewife two daughters, Anne, and Juliana, married ta
Henry Howard, Efq; a near relation of his Grace the Duke of
Norfolk.
Arms. Azure, a crofs Moline, quarter-pierced, Or.
Crest. Out of a Cap of Dignity, a Peacock's Tail, in her
Pride, Proper.
Seat. At Teverfal, in Nottinghammire.
12. Savile, of Thornhill, Yorkshire*
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1.
*1P HIS family is certainly of very great antiquity, and fome
*• have imagined them to be defcended from the family of
Savelli, in Italy, accounted one of the moft ancient in the world*
(Dr. Littleton, in his dictionary, on the ufage of changing the
letter b into y9 inftances, as from the Sabelli, of Rome, the Sa-
viles in England) whereof fome were Confuls before and after
our Saviour ; and Mr. Richardfon, in his preface to Sir John
Savile's Reports of Law-Cafes, temp. Eliz. mentionsj the Duke
Vol. I. F &
66 S A V I L E, of Thornhill.
<de Savilii to own, as his near relation, John, fecond fon of that
Sir John, when he made him a vifit in Italy.
That the name and family were very numerous in Yorkfhire,
and came laft from the province of Anjou, in France, (on the
frontiers whereof were two towns of this name) into England*
feveral pedigrees teitify.
i. Tne hrft we find mentioned, is Sir John Savile, of Savile-
Hall, in Yorkfhire, who married the daughter of Sir Simon de
Rockier, and had iiTue,
2. John, who married the daughter of Sir Roger Aldwark.
3. Henry, his fon, married the daughter and heir of John
Golcar, Efq.
4. Thomas, his fon, married the daughter and heir of Sir
Richard Tankerfley, Knt. by whom he had, hrft, Sir John Sa-
viie, Kn't. hereafter mentioned ; fecondly, Henry Savile, Efq;
■who married, about the year 1300, Ellen, daughter and heir of
Thc-vias Copley, of 'Copley, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and was an-
ccftor to the Savi-les, of Copley, of whom, in a lineal defcent,
-was John Savile, Elq; created Baronet, July 24, 1 662, who,
by Mary, daughter o- Clement Paiton, of Barningham, in Nor-
folk, Efq; Izfc one daughter, his fole heir, viz. Elizabeth-
Mary, married to the Lord Thomas Howard, father of the
Duke of Norfolk. And from a younger fon of the faid Henry,
/d-efcended Henry Savile, of Bradley, Efq; who, by Elizabeth,
daughter of Robert Ramfdcn, Gent, was -father of three fons ;
I. Sir John Savile, Baron of the Exchequer. 2. Sir Henry
Savile. 3. Thomas. Sir John Savile, the eideft fon, 'born at
Bradley-Hal], .in Stainland, in the parim of Halifax, 1545, be-
came a Commoner of Brazen-nofe college, in 1561, or 'there-
abouts. When Kins; James I. came to the Crown, he confer-
red on him, juft before his Coronation, the honour of Knight-
-bood, 23 July, 1603, being then one of the Judges that was
to attend that folemnity. He died at London, Eeb. 2, l6c6,
aged fixty-one. He married four wives : By his nrft wife, Jane,
daughter of Richard Garth, of Morden, in Surry, Efq; he had
one Ion, Sir Harry "S a vile, of Mettiley, in Yorkfhire, knighted
at the Coronation of King James I. and by the fame King cre-
ated a Baronet; hut his iflue male failing, that title became
'extinct. Sir John, by this Lady, had al'fo two daughters;
Elizabeth, married to Sir John Jackfon, of Hickleton, in York-
fkirc, ;Knt. and Jane, to Sir Henry Gooderick, of Ribftan, in
the fame county, Bart. Sir John married, fecondly, Elizabeth,
daughter Of Thomas Wentworth, of Elmfhall, in Yorkfnire,
Efq; relict of Richard Temped, of Bowling, Efq; by whom he
had one fon, John, (heir to Sir Henry, his half brother) an-
'ceftor to the Saviles, of Methley, (which ended in a daughter
and
SAVILE, of Thornhill. 67
raid heir, married to the Hon. John Finch, Efq; brother to the
Earl of Aylesford, who died Jan. 1739-40.) His third wife
was Dorothy, .daughter of the Lord Wentwortb, of the South,
relict of Sir William Widmerpool, and Sir Martin Forbifher,
Knts. and his fourth, Margery, daughter of Ambrofe Peate,
citizen of London, and relidt of Sir Jerom Wefton, Knt. By
the two laft he had no iffue.
The fecond fon of Henry Savile, of Bradley, Efq; aforefaid,
was the learned Sir Henry Savile, who was knighted by King
James I. September 22, 1601. He married Margaret, daugh-
ter of George Dacres, of Cheihunt, in Hertfordshire, Efq;
and had one fon, Henry, and a daughter, Elizabeth, married
to Sir John Sedley, of Aylesford, in Kent, Bart. About the
year 1604, his fon Henry dying, he beftowed great part of
his eftate in publifhing books, particularly St. Chryibffom's
works, in Greek, a noble edition of which he printed at Eton-
College, 16 1 3, in 8 vol. folio, to which he added his own
learned notes, in which he was aifi&ed by feveral learned men :
The expence of this edition, including what he paid to fome
learned men whom he employed abroad to obtain the bell copies
of St, Chryfcfiorn, coft him above 8.000I. In 1619, he founded
two Lectures j one in Geometry, and the other in Aftronomy,
in theUniverfity of Oxford, with a liberal falary to the Profef-
fors, named, in memory of him, Savilian Professors : He
was admired by all the learned men of that age, who give him
the highefr character. This worthy Knight and magazine of
learning, .died at Eton-College^ Feb. 19, 162 ir2.
Thomas Savile, the third and younger! fon, and younger
brother to the before -mentioned two great men, was born at
•Over-Bradley, near Halifax, and died, during the Proctorfhip
<->f the Univerilty of Oxford, at London, Jan. 12, 1592-3.
But to return -to the elder branch.
5. Sir John Savile, Knt. (fon and heir of Thomas, before -
.Mentioned,) -who married the daughter and heir of—— — Roch-
dale, Efq; and had iffue,
6. John, who, by the daughter of Sir Robert Latham, Knt.
had iffue,
7. Sir John, who took to wife, Jane, daughter of Matthew
de Bofco, alias Wood, and had iffue,
8. John, who married Margery,. daughter and coheir of Henry
Rifhworth, whofe fon,
9. Sir John Savile, Knt. was High Sheriff of Yorkshire,
3 and 11 Rich. II. and was twice chofen Knight of the Shire
tor the faid county, in the feventh and eighth of the fame King.
.He married Label, daughter and heir to Thomas Eland, of E-
Jaiad, in Yorkfhire, Efq; by wkom he had two ions, Sir John,
F 2 and
68 S A V I L E, of Thornhill.
and Henry, of whom hereafter. Sir John* his eldeft fon, mar^
ried Ifabel, daughter of Robert RatclifTe, Efq; and had one fon,
Sir John, who married Ifabei, daughter of Sir William Fitz-
williams, Knt. and died without iilue, and his fifter Ifabel be-
came his heir, who married Thomas D'Arcy, Efq; fecond fon to
Lord D'Arcy ; but the line was continued by his uncle Henry,
fecond fon of Sir John, by the daughter and heir of Thomas
Eland, Efq;
f o. Which Henry Savile, Efq; married Elizabeth, daughter
and fole heir of Simon Thornhill, of Thornhiil, Efq; fon and
heir of Sir Bryan Thornhill, Knt. a perfon of great note, temp.
Edw. III. having ferved in feveral Parliaments as Knight of the
Shire, and was deicended from Jordan de Thornhill. By this
match, the faid Henry became polIeHed of the manor of Thorn-
hill, and other great eftates, and Thornhiil became the York-
shire feat of the family, though fince demolifhed by the civil
wars.
ii. Sir Thomas, his fon and heir, was one of the Gentry of
the county of York returned by the CommifTioners, 12 Hen. VI.
and was Knight of the Shire for York, 20 Hen. VI. He mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Pilkington, Knt. and
had iiiue,
12. Sir John Savile, who was twice High Sheriff for the
county of York, 33 Hen. VI. and 1 Edw. IV. and Knight of
the Shire for the fame county, 29 Hen. VI. He married Alice,
•daughter of Sir William Gafcoigne, of Gawthorp, in Yorkfhire,
Knt. and had iilue three fons ; 1. Sir John, (whofe grandfon,
Sir Henry Savile, was made Knight of the Bath at the Corona-
tion of Anne of Bullen ; which Sir Henry married Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Sothill, of Sothill, Efq; and had ilTue one
fon, Edward, who married the daughter of Sir Richard Leigh,
of St. Alban's Knt. and died without iilue, 1562 ; and a daugh-
ter, Dorothy, wife to John Kay, of Woodfome, in Yorkfhire,
Efq; Sir Henry, by Margaret Barkfton, had a natural fon, Sir
Robert Savile, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Huf-
fey, of Honington, in Lincolnmire, Knt. relicl: of Matthew
Thimelby,Efq; and was anceffor to the Saviles, Earls of Suflex ;)
2. William, who died without iiiue ; and the third fon was,
13. Thomas Savile, of Lupfct, Efq; who married Margaret,
daughter of Thomas Balfortb, Efq; and had iilue, John, Tho-
mas, of Grantham, and George Savile, of Wakefield.
14. John, the eldeft fon, married Anne, daughter of William
Wyatt, Efq; and had iiTue,
15. Henry, of Lupfet, his only fon, who married Joan,
daughter and heir of William Vernon, of Barrowby, in Lin-
colnfhirc, Efq; relict of Sir Richard Bozom, Knt. was High
Sheriff
S A VILE, of Thornhill. 69
Sheriff of Yorkshire, 9 Eliz, Receiver-General for that county,
and one of the Hon. Council eftablifhed in the North ; and had
iffue three fons; 1. Sir George. 2. Francis, who married
Catharine, daughter and coheir of William, Lord Conyers.
3. Cordell Savile, who married Mary, daughter and heir of
William Welbcck, of Sutton, in Nottinghamlhire, Efq; And a
daughter, Bridget, married to Henry Nevil, of Grove, in Not-
tinghamfhire, hlq;
16. Sir George Savile, Knt. eldefl fon and heir, was created
a Baronet, 9 Jac. I. and High Sheriff of Yorkfliire, the eleventh
of the faid reign. He married two wives ; hilt, Mary, daugh-
ter of the Right Hon. George Talbot, the fixth Earl of Shrewf-
bury : Seco'ndly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Ayfcough,
of South-Kelfey, in Lincolnshire, Knt. widow of George Savile,
or Wakefield, Efq; By his firft Lady, he had iffue one fon, Sir
George Savile, Knt. who died before his father, in 161 8, and
by his firff. wife, Sarah, daughter and coheir to John Rede, of
Cotefbrook, in Northamptonshire, Efq; had no iffue ; but by
Anne, his fecond wife, daughter of SirW.Wentworth, of Went-
worth-Woodhoufe, in Yorkfhire, Bart, he left iffue, two fons^
Sir George Savile, Bart, who fucceeded his grandfather in the
title and eftate, but died unmarried •> and Sir William Savile,
Bart, fucceffor to his brother.
Which Sir William Saville, Bart, married Anne, daughter of
Thomas, Lord Coventry, Lord Keeper of the Great beal ; a
Lady remarkable for her zeal and attachment to the royal caufe,
i.om the fupport of which no. difficulties or dangers, nor even
the fears of death itfelf, could deter her. Her heroic and mar-
tial lpirit was equalled only by the piety and goodnefs of her
heart.
Sir William died, Jan. 24, 1643; but by his aforefaid Lady
had three fons, and three daughters ; 1. William, who died
young ; 2. Sir George, his fucceffor ; 3. Henry Savile, Efq; a
Gentleman of mining parts, and much in favour with King
Charles II. to whom he was Vice Chamberlain : He was. Re-
prefentative in Parliament for Newark, in Nottinghamlhire,
in the reign of King Charles II. and died without iffue.. The
daughters were, Anne, married to the Right Hon. Thomas,
Earl of Plymouth ; Margaret^ and
Sir George Savile, Bart, fucceffor to his father, wras, in con-
iideration of his father's loyalty to King Charles I. as alfo his
own merit, created Baron Savile, of Eland, and Vifcount Hal-,
lifax, and- afterwards, in 1682,. advanced to the titles of Earl,
and Marquis of Hallifax, and, in the fame year, conuituted
Lord Privy-feal. On King James's Accefiion to the Throne,.
he lent for him, and appointed him Prehdent of the Council.
F 3 Dying
7o SAVILE, of ThornhHl.
Dying in 1695, he left behind him a great character for' his
wifdom, integrity, and conduct, and many other excellent
qualifications. The reign of King Charles II. and King
James II. when the Councils often changed, proved the in-
tegrity of the Courtiers, and very few but went in too much,
either to the Prerogative of the Crown, or the Rights of the
People \ yet this noble Lord de'rrieancd hinlfclf fo well, that
he was looked upon by common fufrrage as a true Patriot, both
to his King and Country.
He married two wives; 1. Dorothy, daughter of Henry,
Earl of Sunderland, by whom he had three fons ; 1. Henn%
Lord Eland, who married Either, daughter and co-heir to
Charles de la Tour, Marquis of Gouvernet, in France, and
died in his father's life-time without ifiue. 2. William, the
next Marquis of Halifax ; and 3. George, (lain at the fiege of
Buda, 1688, unmarried ; alio one daughter, Anne, wife to
John, Lord Vaughan. His fecond Lady was Gertrude,
daughter of William Pierpoint, Efq; fecond fon of Robert,
Earl of Kingfton, by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth,
married to Philip, Earl of Chefterfield. William, Marquis of
Hallifax, his eldeft furviving fon, married two wives ; 1, Eli-
zabeth, daughter and heir to Sir Samuel Gi'imfton, of Gor-
hambury, in Heriford{hire, Bart, by whom he had one daugh-
ter, Anne, who was firft wife to Lord Bruce ; his fecond
wife was, Lady Mary, only daughter of Daniel, Earl of Not-
tingham, by his firir wife, the Lady Eftex Rich, one of the
daughters and coheirs of Robert, Earl of Warwick and Hol-
land) by whom he left only two daughters, his coheirs, viz,
1. Lady Dorothy, married to the Earl of Burlington ; 1. Lady
Mary, married to the Earl of Thanet. His relict afterwards
married John, Duke of Roxburgh, and had iiTue, the Marquis
of Beaumont., who married ElFex, daughter of Sir Roger
Moflyn, Bart. This William, Marquis of Hallifax, died
Aug. 31, 1700 ; when, for want of iilue-inale, the Peerage
became extinct.
But Sir George Savile, the firft Baronet, (the fifteenth in
defcent from Sir John Savile, of SaviiC-hali) by his fecond wife,
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Avfcough, of South Kel-
fey, in Lincolnfhirc, Knt. relict of George Savile, of Wake-
field, Efqy had ifiue three fons ; i. Sir John ; 2. Richard, who
died without ifiue ; and 3. Henry Savile, of Bowling, Efq; and
iour daughters ; of which, Mary, married John Archer, of
Grav's-lnn, Efq; Sir John Savile, of Lupiet, in Yorkshire, the
eiereft ion, married two wives ; i. Elizabeth, daughter to John
Armitagv, of Kirklees, Efq; by whom he had only a daughter,
married to William Huillef, of Cleavfcland, Efq* ' His fecoiid,
S AVILE, of Thornhill. 71
wife was Anne, daughter of Sir John Soame, Knt. by whom
he had two Tons, Sir John and Thomas, who died without
iffue ; and alio two daughters ; Mary, wife of Jennifon,
of Newcaftle, Efq; and Anne, of John Harris, of London, Efq;
The line of Sir George Savile, Bart, from whence defcended
the Marquis of Hallifax, being extincl, Sir John Savile, fen
of Sir John Savile, of Lupiet, aforementioned, by Anne,
daughter of Sir John Soame, Knt. and grand fon of Sir George,
the firft Baronet, inherited the title of Baronet, in 1700, on
the Marquis's death j but dying unmarried, 1 704, the title
defcended to Sir George Savile, Bart, in the following manner.
17. Henry Savile, of Bowling, in Yorklhire, Efq; third fon
of the firft Sir George Savile, Bart, by his fecond wife, and
brother to Sir John Savile, of Lupfet, before-mentioned, mar-
ried Anne, daughter of Robert Crewfe, of London, mer-
chant, by whom he had five fons, and three daughters ; George,
John, Henry, Robert, and Edward ; all whom died without
iffue, except John. Of the daughters, Elizabeth, married the
Count Monfelto ; Anne, Sir Robert Forbes, of Scotland ; and
Mary.
18. John, only furviving fon of Henry Savile, of Bowling,
Efq; was rector of Thornhill, in Yorkfhire ; he married firlt,
Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Tully, by whom he had no iffue -y
and fecondly, Barbara, daughter of Thomas Jennifon, of New-
caftle upon Tyne, Efq; (who died, June, 1734) by whom he
had iffue, Sir George Savile, his fucceiTor, (furviving heir-'
male to the nrft Sir George Savile, Knt. and Bart.) and two
daughters, Anne, who married Sir Nicholas Cole, of Branf-
peth, in Durham, Bart, deceafed ; and Gertrude.
19. Sir George Savile, the next heir, reprefented the
county of York, in the firft Parliament of King George II.
being elected on Sir Thomas Went worth's being created Lord
Malton. He married, 1722, Mary, daughter of John Pratt,
of the city of Dublin, Efq; by Honoretta, his wife, (laughter
of Sir John Brooke, of Ellinthorpe, in Yorkfhire, Bart, by
whom he had iffue, one fon, George, the prefent Baronet ;
and two daughters, Arabella, married to Hewett, Efq; and
died, Sept. 1767 ; and Barbara, married to the prefent Earl of
Scarborough. Sir George died, Sept. 16, 1743, and was fuc-
ceeded by his only fon,
20. Sir George Savile, (the twentieth in a lineal descent from
Sir John Savile, of Savile-hall, Knt.) who is unmarried. He
is Vice Prefident of the Society of Arts and Sciences ; alfo
of the Weftminfter Infirmary, and Mac;dalen-houfe ; Colonel
of the firft Battalion of Yorkfhire Weil-Riding Militia;
¥ 4 Knight
•;j2 WODEHOUS E, of Kimberley.
Knight of the Shire in the laft and prefent Parliaments far the
county of York ; and Fellow of the Royal Society.
Arms. Argent, on a Bend Sable, three Owls of the Field.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Owl, as in the Arms,
Motto. Be fail.
SiiAT. At Rufford, in Nottinghamfhire,
13. Wodehoitse, of Kimberley, Norfolk.
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1,
'T^HERE have been feveral families of ancient extraction
A of this furname, that have been denominated according to,
the cuftom of former ages, from their poffeflions ; the pedi-
grees of this family deduce them from Bertram, of Wodehoufe -
Tower, in Yorkihire ; but hardly any accounts are to be de-
pended on. Mr. Wotton, however, is of opinion, that they
were furnamed Wodehoufe, from a tenement and lands now in
\Vindham, called Wodehoufe, lying in Silfield, Norfolk. That
they were Gentlemen of good rank in the time of King John,.
Pcacham informs us, which appeared to him by many ancient
grants and evidences of the family, which he had (ten, and
from which the pedigree was collected ; but the following ac-
count of this ancient family is the only one which ftands fup-
porccd on fufBcient authority^
1. Sir Conftantine de Wodehoufe, who married Ifabel, daugh-
ter and heir of Boretort, in the beginning of Hen, I. who waa
fucceeded by his fon and heir,
2. Sir George de Wodehoufe, who flouriflicd in the time of
Hen. I. whom he accompanied into Normandy, and was at the
burning of Baieux, and taking of Caen caftle. He married
Winifrede, daughter and heir of Lacy, by whom he had,
3. Sir Henry, his fon and heir, who married Beatrix, daugh-
ter of the Lord Say,
4. Sir Richard, his fon and heir, married an Aipajl* and
lived in Kin^ John's time.
. 5. Sir William Wodehoufe, his fon and heir, lived at Flit-
cham, in Norfolk : He married Petronilla, daughter and heir
oi Clervaux, anci died about 1267, 52 Hen, 111.
6. Francis W'odehoufe, Efq; fon of Sir William, married the
daughter and coheir of Sir John Peeche, and was fucceeded by,
7. Sir Bertram de Wodehoufe, his fon ar.d heir, who married
XI uriel, daughter and heir of Hamo> Lord Felton, by whom
he had th:gc fons ; I. Sir William. 2. Robert de Wodehoufe.
3- J<*a
WODEHOUSE, of Kimberley. 73
3, John de Wodehoufe, who was Lord Chancellor at the time
»f his death, in J339.
S. Sir William de Wodehoufe, eldefl: Ton and heir, was a man
of great valour, and, as fuch, was retained by the Black Prince,
whom he attended into Spain, 4oEdw. III. In 1374, he was
Sheriff of London, with Richard Lions ; he married the daugh-
ter and heir of Humphry Luttrell.
9. Sir Richard de Wodehoufe, fon of Sir William, was of
Rydon, in Norfolk, who married Alice, daughter and coheir
of Sir John Northwood, of Northwood-Barningham, in Nor-
folk, Knt. and was fucceeded by his fon,
10. Sir Thomas de Wodehoufe, who married Alice, fifter and
heir of John Eilmond, or Emond, of Cranworth, fon of Roger
Emond, of Cranworth, Efq; who married Maud, daughter and
heir of Sir Baldwin Botourt, of Cranworth, Knt.
11. Sir Edward de Wodehpufe, fon of Sir Thomas, married
a daughter and coheir of Erpingham. I have not met with any
account of his fons or daughters, befides,
1 2. Sir John Wodehoufe, Knt. who was a younger fon, and
in favour with Hen. IV. by whom he was knighted ; he mar-
ried Margaret, daughter and fole heir of Sir Thomas Faftolf,
of Kimberley, Knt. In 1404, he was ConftabJe of Rifing*
Caftle, and had four fons ; 1. John, 2. Giles de Wodehoufe,
living 1436. 3. Thomas, who died 145 1 ; and 4. Jerome de
Wodehoufe. He married Anne, daughter and coheir of Ri-
chard Inning, Efq.
13. John Wodehoufe, Efq; eldeft fon and heir, in his father's
life-time, was Gentleman of the Privy-chamber to K. Hen, IV.
and in 1400, married Alice, daughter and heir of Furneaux.
On the deceafe of Henry IV. his fon King Henry V. chofe him
Efquire of his own body ; in 1414, he was admitted one of the
Chamberlains of the Exchequer for life. In 1 41 5, he attended
the King's perfon to the battle of Agincourt, in France, where
he won great renown, by his valiant prowefs. For his gallant
behaviour the King granted him an annuity of ten marks a year,
out of his manor of Thetford, and made him Steward of all the
dominion of the dutchy of Lancafter, in Norfolk, and Cam-
bridgefhire, with a falary of 10 1. per annum ; and, as a perpe-
tual augmentation of honour, afligned him the Creft of a Hand,
iiTuing from the Clouds, holding a Club, and this Motto,
Frappe forte. Strike Jircng, and the Savage, or wild man,. hold-
ing a Club, which was the ancient creft of the family, was now
omitted, and two of them placed as fupporters to the arms,
which had a further augmentation of honour added in the fhield,
viz. on the Chevron, Gutte de fang, as they are borne to this
day, He ferved no lefs than four times in Parliament for the
county
74 ' WODE BOUSE, of Kimberley,
county of Norfolk, viz. in 1409, u Henry IV. with Johri
Winter, Efq; in 2 Henry V. with John Inglefthorp, Efq; in
1414, with Sir Edmund Oldhall, with whom he ferved again
in 1416: He continued in favour with the Princes he ferved,
during his whole life, and died at Rydon, in 1430.
14. Henry de Wodehoufe, Efq; was twenty-four years old at
his father's death. King Henry V. was his godfather, by whom
he was recommended to Henry VI. At his father's death he
lived at Bocking-Afl), in Suffolk, and dying the next year
without iffue, his eftate went to his brother John.
15. John Wodehoufe, Efq; his brother, fucceeded him, who,
when the Commiffioners were appointed, 12 Hen. VI. to fum-
mon all perfons of beft note, and tender them an oath for tire
keeping the peace, and obferving the King's laws, for them-
felves and retainers, was returned as one of the principal Gen-
tlemen of Norfolk ; and becaufe he would not take the honour
of Knighthood, was fined aceordinglv ; he married Conftance,
eldeft daughter and coheir of Thomas Gcddynge, of Ickling-
ham, in Suffolk, Efq; relict, firft, of Henry Pooley, Efq; and
after that, of John Aleyne, Efq; one of the Barons of the Ex-
chequer, by whom he had one ion, Sir Edward, and a daugh-
ter, Alice, married to William Clippefby, of Clippefby, in Eleg,
in Norfolk, Efq; I find him fometimes called, John Wode-
houfe, of London, Efq; where he alio had a houfe ; he died at
Kimberley, in 1465.
16. Sir Edward Wodehoufe, his fon and heir, was knighted
at Grafton-Field, near Tewfkbury. I find him alive in 1473,
but cannot fay exactly when he died. He married two wives,
firft, the daughter of Sir John Tirrel, by whom he had no if-
fue ; fecondly, Jane, daughter and heir of Edmund Swathyng,
of Letton, Efq; by whom he had iffue, three fons ; 1. Sir Tho-
mas ; 2. John; 3. Bertram Wodehoufe, a Prieft ; alfo one
daughter, Eleanor, married firft to Edmund Haftings ; fecond-
ly, to John Bozun, of Wimngfet, and thirdly, to Creffi-
ner, Eiqrs. die died in 1487,
17. Sir Thomas Wodehoufe, Knt. his fon and heir, was.
v reated Knight of the Bath, at the marriage of Prince Arthur;
eldell fon to Kfng Henry VIII. with the Infanta of Spain, and
was lent Ambaffador into France, where he married a Lady of
Pieardy, for his firft wife, but by her had no iffue : For his-
fecond wife, he had Thomazine, daughter of Sir Roger Towne-
lend, of Raynham, in Norfolk, Knt. by whom he had iffue three
fons and two daughters ; 1. Sir Roger. 2. John, of Breccles,
¥A'(]\ who married Anne, daughter of William Spelman, Efq;
who furvivcd him, and afterwards married > Deihy, and
tHtfd !<<;<*. ■*. Edward Wodehoufe, who embraced a religious
.
WODEHOUSE, of Kimberley; 75
life. The daughters were, Catharine, married to Srr Thomas
Lovell, of Berton-Bendiih, in Norfolk, Knt. and Elizabeth, to
Thomas Wingfield, of Eafton, in Suffolk, Efq; Sir Thomas,
died in 1487, and was fucceeded by his eldeft. fon,
18. Sir Roger Wodehoufe, Knt. tvho-, by reafon of his fmall
ftature, was called Little Sir Roger ; he was knighted by
Edw. VL in 1548, and is often called Knight of the Carpet.
He had two wives ; firft, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Si*
Robert RatclifF, Knt. and fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John
Dfiify, of Befthofpe, in Norfolk, Efq* by the firft he had four
fons and four daughters ; 1. Thomas. 2. Sir William, who was
Vice Admiral of the Englifli fleet, being knighted for his valiant
a£ts done in the battle of MufTelburgh, and after his return, be-
came a man of much repute in his country ; in t and 2 Philip anc!
Mary, he was elected Knight of the Shire, with Nicholas Le-
ftrange ; and 4 and 5 Philip and Mary, with Sir Henry Beding-
field ; he ferved alfo for the county, anno 1 Eliz. with Nicho-
las Leftrans;e, aforefaid ; and again, in the fifth of that Queen,
with Sir Edward Warner, Knt. 3. George ; and 4. John
Wodehoufe, buried at Kimberley, March 18, 1579. The
daughters were, 1. Amy, married to Ralph Shelton, Efq;
fecond fon of Sir John. 2. Afine, who firft married Sir Tho^
mas Ragland, Knt. and fecondly, Chriftopher Coningfby, Efq^
who was killed at MufTelburgh- field, only fon of Sir William
Coningfby, of Walington, in Norfolk, Knt. and grandfon to
Sir Humphry Coningfby, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice. 3. Jane,
married firft to Levens, and fecondly to W. Mafon ; and
4. Elizabeth, married to William Moor, and was buried at
Kimberley, 1563. By his fecond Lady (who furvived him) he
had only one" daughter, Urfula, married to the eldeft (on of Sir
Thomas Cotton, of , in Kent. Knt. Sir Roger was bu-
ried in Kimberley church, Eeb. 10, 1560.
19. Thomas Wodehoufe, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Roger, in
i Philip and Marj>-, was High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk,
which office he ferved again, in 5 Eliz. and in 4 and 5 Philip
and Mary, and 1 Eliz. he was Burgefs in Parliament for the
Borough of Yarmouth, in Norfolk. He married Margaret,
daughter of Sir John Shelton, of Shelton, Knt. who furvived
him, and was created Lady Wodehoufe, bv whom he had five
fons and three daughters ; 1. Sir Roger, fuccclfor to his grand-
father. 2. Henry, born Jan. 3, 1546 ; he was (as all his an-
ceftors for many generations always were) JuiHce of the Peace,
and twice Member for the county of Norfolk, viz. in 14 and
3r Eliz. 3. Loy. 4. John; and 5, Thomas, who all died
without ifllie. The daughters were, t. Anne, who married
Richard Stocks, (or Stokes,) of JBonham, Archdeacon of Nor-
folk.
76 WODEHOUSE.of Kimberfey.
folk. 2. Elizabeth, married to Thomas Jones, of Lynir, Efq^
and 3. Mary, who married Gough, Efq; a Gentleman o£
Ireland.
20. Sir Roger Wodehoufe, Knt. eldeft Ton of Thomas, ferv-
ed in Parliament for the Borough of Aldborough, in Suffolk,. 15
Eliz. 1570, and was knighted by that Queen, at Sir Edward
Clare's houfe, at Blickling, in Norfolk, Auguft, 1578. He
ferved for Thetford in Parliament, 28 EUz. and married Mary,,
daughter of John Corbet, of Sprowfton, in Norfolk, Efq; fifter
to Sir Miles Corbet, Knt. who furvived him, and married George
Kemp, of Tottenham, in Middiefex, Efq; who in has will„
dated 1606, calls her Mary, Lady Wodehoufe. Sir Roger died
in 1588, and was buried at Kimberley,. the 4th of April. He
had two fons ; Sir Philip, his fuccefTor, Matthew* and a daugh-
ter, Catharine, that died young*
21. Sir Philip Wodehoufe, Knt. ferved Queen Elizabeth both
by fea and land, in Spain and Portugal, was at the conqueft of
Cales, in Spain, and for his valour ihewn there, was knighted
by Robert, Earl of Effex, and Charles, Earl of Nottingham, the
Queen's Generals : On the Acceffion of James L to the Crown
of England, he went with Thomas, his eldeft fon, to meet that
King in his way from Scotland to London, and at Sir George
Fermor's houfe, in Northamptonihire, his Majefty conferred the
honour of Knighthood on Thomas, his fon, then but eighteen
years of age; and on the firft erection of Baronets, Sir Philip,
was advanced to that title, anno 161 1. In 28 Eliz. he was
elected Burgefs in Parliament for Caftle-Rifmg, was at the camp,
at Tilbury, was Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Norfolk,
and dying at Kimberley, was there buried, CXt. 30, 1623 : His.
wife was Grizell, daughter of William Yelverton, of Rcugham*
in Norfolk, Efq; widow of Hamon Leftrange, of Hunftanton,
Efq; to whom he was married, at Kimberky, Dec. 22, 1582 *
£he died Aug. 4, 1635. By her be had fix fons and two daugh-
ters ; 1. Sir Thomas. 2. P.oger Wodehoufe, Efq; buried at
Kimberley, May 22, i°34- 3- Philip.. 4. John. 5. John,.
6. Miles, who all died young. The daughters were, Elizabeth,,
married to Humphry Guybon, of Lynn, Efq; and Margaret,
that died young.
22. Sir Thomas Wodehoufe, Knt. and Bart, was knighted
hy King James, as aforeCaid, and was Gentleman to Prince
Henry, was twice Member of Parliament for Thetford, in King
Charles the Ift's time, viz. in 1639, and 1640 : He married
Blanch, daughter of John, Baron of Hunfdon, lifter to Henry,..
Lord Hunfdon, Vifcount Rochford, and Earl of Dover, by
whom he had ifTue two fons, Sir Philip, his fuccefibr, and Johnv
>vho died young; and five daughters; 1. Mercy, who died
young
W O D E H O U S E, of Kimberley. 77
youttg. i'. Mary, married to Sir Mumphry Monnoux, of Wot-
ion, id Bedfordftiire, Bart. 3. Anne, married to Robert Suck-
ling, of Wouon, in Norfolk, Efq; 4. Jane, wife to Sir Hugh
Windham, Knt. Serjeant at Law ; and 5. Elizabeth, married
to Sir Dewner Strutt, of Litrie-Warlcy, in EiTex, Bart. She died
Nov. 6, 165 1. S*.r Thomas died in 1658.
23. Sir Philip Wodehoufe, Bart, was one of the BurgefTes
for Thetford, in that Parliament that reilored King Charles II.
anno 1660: He was baptized at Kimberley, July 24, 1608,
and was a man of good learning, ready wit, and exceeding fkil-
ful in mufic. He married Lucy, daughter of Sir Thomas Cot-
ton, of Connington, in Huntingdonfhire, Bart, (by Margaret,
his firft wife, daughter of the Lord William Howard, of
Naworth-caftle, in Cumberland, third fon of Thomas, Duke of
Norfolk,) and died at Kimberley, and was buried there, May 6,
*68i. He had kTue by his Lady, three fons and two daugh-
ters ; 1. Sir Thomas ; 2. Edmond, of Eaft-Lexham, in Nor-
folk, who married, firft, Mercy, daughter of Sir Philip Parker,
of Arwarton, in Suffolk, Knt. relicl: of William Guybbon, oi
Thursford, Efq; by whom he had two fons ; Philip, buried at
Kimberley, Aug. 8, 1703; and John, who died without iflue,
and was buried at Lexharn : Alfo two daughters ; Lucy, mar-
ried to Lewis Monnoux, of Sandv, in Bedfordfhire, Efq; and
Mercy, that died without iflue. The faid Edmond married to
his fecond wife, Anne, daughter of John Anguifh, of Great-
Melton, Efq; by whom he had no iflue : He died Sept. 5, 1727,
aged eighty-eight, and was buried at Kimberley j 3. John
Wodehoufe, of Feltwell, Efq; who married Anne, daughter
Sir Denner Strutt, of Little-Warley, Bart, relief of William
Samwell, of Wotton, in Norfolk, Efq; and died in 1718, and
his wife in 1720, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth.
The two daughters of Sir Philip were, Blanch, married to
Sir Jacob Aftley, of Ivlelton-Conftable, in Norfolk, Bart, and
Margaret, the wife of Thomas Savage, of Elmley-Caftle, in
Worcefterfhire, Efq.
. .• . Sir Thomas Wodehoufe was knighted by K. Charles II.
: \<v. 2, 1666, and died of the fnjall-pox, at Kimberley, 167 1.
He married Aane, daughter and coheir of Sir William Arm::;; »
of Ofgodby, in Lincolnfhire, .Bart, who furvived him, anci re-
married Thomas, Lord Crew, of Stene, by whom (he bad four
daughters ; Jemima, married to Henry de Grey, Duke of Kerrt ;
Armyn, toThoma-3 Cartwright,of Avnho, in Northamptonfh):.:,
Efq; Cathariae, to Sir John Harpur, of Calic?, in Derbyihir:,
Bait, and Elizabeth, to Charles Earl of Arran, and Lord But-
ler, of Wefton, brother of James, Duke of Qhnorid. After
Lord Crew's death, fhe married, a third time, to Arthur
'Herbv
^8 WODEHOU.SE, of Kimberlej-.
(Herbert) Ear] of Tcrrington. Sir Thomas, by Anne afore-
Jiiid, had only one fon, Sir John -, and a daughter, Anne, mar-
ried to Sir Nicholas Leitrange, of Hunftantoh, in Norfolk,
Bart.
25. Sir John Wodehoufej only fon and heir of Sir Thomas*
who fucceeded his grandfather in title and eftate, was born at
Kimbci.ley4 March 23., 1669. J-n 1695, he was elected Bur-
gefs in Parliament for the borough of Tbetford, in Norfolk,
of which place he w'as afterwards Recorder. He ferved again
for the borough of T bet ford, in 1701, and 1705 ; and in the
at»h 4>f Queen Anne, was elected Knight of the Shire with Sir
Jacob Atftley, Ba-rt. for the county of Norfolk. He married,
iirft, Elizabeth, filter of John, Lord Bingley, by whom he had
no i£ue. His fecond Lady was Mary, only daughter of Wil-
liam, Lord Lemnfter, (.by his fecond wife, Catharine, daughter
to John, Lord P;&ulet, and half-firfter to John, Earl Paulet)
and half-fiiler to the prefent Earl of Pomfret ; {lie left iiTue
three fons and one daughter. William Wodehcufe, Efq; the
eldest -fon, married Frances, daughter .of Allan, Lord Bathurfr,
and was .ekefed one of the Members for the county of Nor-
folk, but died of the -fmall-.poj:, .at London, 1733, without if--
.fue. His widow was re-married to James Whitflied, of Ire-
land, E.fq. Armine W-odehoufe, Efq.; fecond fon, of whom
iberea-fter. Thomas, the third fon, died unmarried. Sophia,
Sir John's only daughter, married Sir Charles Mordaunt, of
MaifmghaiTi, in -Norfolk, ,.and Walton, in Warwickfhire, Bart,
and died, April, 1738, leaving illue two fons and a daughter,
John., Charles, and iVia-ry.' Sir John Wodehoufe died Aug. 9,
175.4, and was .fucceeded by his eldeft furviving ion,
26. c>ir Armine, who has been live times, in the late and
.prefent .reign, ekefed jtviiight of the Shire for the county of
>JTcM;fo|k.; and in the year 17518., was appointed Colonel of the
Eailern Battalion of the Militia for the faid county. He mar-
ried Laetitia, eldeft daughter and,<:oheirof Sir Edmund Bacon,
of Garboluifham, in Norfolk, Bart. By this <Lady, wbo died
in March 1759, he had ifiuefour fons ; 1. Edmund, who died,
April, 175:5. 2. John, born April, 1741, married, March, 176$,
to Sophia, only child of the Hon. Charles Berkeley, of Brutow-
Abbcy, in the county of Somerkt, brother to the prefent Lord
Berkeley, of Stretton. 3. Philip, born .in May, 1-745, rRector'
of Barnham-rBroom, and Vicar of Kimber.ley, in Norfqlk,t; and
.4. Thomas, born in February, j 747, now of Lincoln's-Inn..
Arms. S.able, a Chevron, Or, Quite 4e fang, between three
- C in q uef 0 i i s , E r m i n e .
Crest. A dexter Hand iiiuing out of Clouds, proper, hold-
ing a Club, with this Motto ahgut it, Frappe fort, and under
Uie Aon.s, Jg'imcwt. ' Supporters,,
HARRINGTON, of Redlington. 79
Supporters : Two Savages, or wild Men., proper, wreath-
ed about the Head and Waift with Oak-leaves,Vert, each with
a Club over their Shoulder, Vert.
Seats : At Kimberley, and Downham-Lodge, in Norfolk.
14. Harrington, of Redlington, Ruthndfhire.
Created Baronet, June 29, 1611.
"HpHIS family, which was anciently written Haverine;ton? is
* denominated from their poiTeflion, a Lordfiiip of that name
■in Cumberland ; though their chief place of refidence was, from
Edward I. at Aldingham in Lancafhire, a Manor given to Ro-
bert de Haverington, or Harrington, on his marriage to Agnes,
fitter and heir to William de Cancefield, Lord of that Manor.
By this marriage were, John, of whom hereafter; and Ro-
bert, married to the daughter and heir of Banifter, £y
whom he had Sir Nicholas, father of three fons 3 1. Sir Wil-
liam, Knight of the Garter, from whom feveral families of this
name derive their defcent ; 2. James, whole male line failed
temp. Henry VIII. and, 3. Sir Nicholas, a nceftoj to the Har-
ringtons of Heyton, in the county of Lancafter.
John, the eldeft fon of 'Robert and Agnes, before mentioned,
attended Edward I. in the 34th year of his reign, in his expe-
dition into Scotland, and received the 'honour of being made
'Knight of the Bath with Prince Edward, afterwards Edw. II.
Robert., his fon, died before his father, but left iilue by his
wife, Elizabeth, daughter.and coheir of John de Multon, Baron
W Egremond, three fons, viz. John, Robert, and Simon.
John, the .eldeft fon, fucceeded to the Barony of Harrington
oh the death of his grandfather, and died 37 .Edward III. but
his male iflue failed temp. Henry VI.
Simon, the third fon of the above-named Robert, was an-
ceftor to the Harringtons of Bifhton.
But John, the fecond fon of the laid Robert, was founder of.
the line now to be treated of. He was a. Knight, and died -22
Rich. II. leaving Sir John Harrington, Knt. his fon and herr,
who married Agnes, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Fleet, of
Fleet, in Lincolnshire, Knt. and was poflefled of that inherits
ance, which he left to his fon, John, who had iilue John, vfho
married Catharine, daughter of Sir Thomas Colepeper, of
Exton, in .Rutlandflure, and became poffeffed thereof in her
*i|fct.
Robert,
So Harrington, of RedUngton.
Robert, the Ton and heir, was Sheriff of Rutlandfhire, in the?
7th and 13th of Henry VII. and father of John, who was Sheriff
of that county, 13 Henry VIII. and left two fons, Sir John, and
Robert, from whom the Harringtons of South Witham are des-
cended.
Sir John, the eldeft fon, was High Sheriff of Rutland, 12, 25,
and 32 of Henry VIII. and again in 6 Edw. VI. He married
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Robert Moton, of Peckleton, in
the county of Leicefter, and had by her four fons, James, Ed-
mund, Robert, and John.
Sir James, his elded fon, was Sheriff of Rutland the latter part
of 6 Edw. VI. his father dying in that office, and again in the
3d, 8th, 20th, and 28th of Elizabeth, and died in 1591, leaving
iffue, (by Lucy, daughter of Sir William Sidney, Knt.) three
fons, viz.
Sir John, his eldeft fon, who was Sheriff of his county in the
36th, 40th, and 44th, of Elizabeth, and was created a Baron,
by the title of Lord Harrington, of Exon, 1 James I. He was
fucceeded in that dignity by his only furviving fon, John, Lord
Harrington, who dying without male ifTue, the title became ex-
tinct in this family.
Henry, fecond fon of Sir James Harrington, married Cicely,
daughter and heir of John Agar, Efq; of the King's Privy Coun-
cil in Ireland, and of Elmfthorpe, in Leicefterfhire, and had two
fons ; Sir John, who left an only daughter, Sarah, married to
John, Lord Fetchvile ; and Jacob.
Sir James, the third fon of the before-mentioned Sir James,
was of Redland, in Rutlandshire, and High Sheriff of the county,
35 Eliz. He was created a Baronet, June 29, 161 1, upon the
firft inftitution of that Order. He married Frances, daughter and
coheir of John Sapcoat, of Elton, in Bedfordfhire, Efq; by whom
he had three fons $ 1. Sir Edward, of whom hereafter. 2. Sir
Sapcoat, who married, firft, Jane, daughter of Sir William Sam-
well, of Upton, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. by whom he had the
famous James Harrington, Groom of the Bedchamber to King
Charles I. and Author of the Oceana, but died without iffue,
1677. Sir Sapcoat's fecond wife, was Jane, daughter of Sir John
Woodward, Knt. by whom he had feveral children. 3. John*
who died without iffue.
Sir Edward, eldeft fon and heir of Sir James, received the
honour of Knighthood in his father's life-time : He was likewife
High Sheriff of the county of Rutland, 19 James I. and 12
Charles I. and married Margaret, daughter and heir of John
D'Oyly, of Merton, in Oxfordfhire, Efq; by whom he had that
feat and eftate. He had iflue pne fon, his fucceffor, and one
daughter,
MORDAUNT, of Maffingham. 8 1
slaughter, Bridget, married to the great Sir Edward Gore, of
New Place, in Hertford fh ire, Knt.
Sir James, who married Catharine, daughter and coheir of Sir
Edmund Wright, Knt. Lord Mayor of London, bv whom he had
a numerous iffue, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Richard, who married Margaret, daughter of William Lane, of
Cowley, in Middlefex, Efq; Their fon,
Sir James, is the prefent Baronet, and married to Catharine,
daughter of William Boucher, of the Middle-Temple, Efq; by
whom he has one fon, James, who is the only furviving iffue of Sir
James Harrington, of Exton, by Lucy, daughter of Sir William,
Sidney, and aunt to the great Sir Philip.
Arms. Sable, a Fret, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion's Head erafed, Or, collared,
Gules, and buckled of the firft.
Motto. Nodofirmo.
15. Mordaunt, of Maffingham, Norfolk.
Created Baronet, June 29, 1611.
TT appears from the records of this family, collected in the reign
-"- of King Charles II. and printed at the charge of Henry, Earl
of Peterborough, that Ofbert le Mordaunt, a Norman Knight,
was poiTefTed of Radwell, in Bedfordfhire, by the gift of his bro-
ther, which he had of William the Conqueror, for his fervices>
and the fervice of his father, in the conqueft of this kingdom.
This Sir Ofbert le Mordaunt, for he was a Knight, had iffue
two fons, Ofmund, and Baldwin. This Ofmund had iffue, Eu-
ftace le Mordaunt, who married Alicia, eldeft daughter and co-
heir of William de Alneto, modernly called Dauney.
William Mordaunt, his fon and heir, married Amicia, daugh-
ter of William Olney, of Olney, in Bucks, and was fucceeded
therein by a fon of his own name. Which William had iffue,
by Rofe his wife, daughter of Sir Ralph Wake, Knt. Robert, his
fon and heir, mentioned in charters, in 16 Edw. II. and 7 and
29 Edw. III. was Knight of the Shire for the county of Bedford,
in the Parliament held at Weftminfter, in 15 Edw. III. He mar-
ried Joan, daughter of Thomas Frowick, and had iffue, Edmund
le Mordaunt, who married Helen, daughter and coheir of Ralph
Brook, (from whofe other daughter and coheir, Agnes, the Earl
of Cardigan is defcended. And the faid Ralph Brook was the fon
of Laurence Brook, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Ralph Perrot, and of Caflandra his wife, daughter and heir of
Vol. I. G Giles
82 M O R D A U N T, of Maffingham.
Giles deArgenten.) From which match proceeded Robert le
Mordaunt, his Ton and heir.
This Robert le Mordaunt is mentioned in deeds, in 49 Ed. III.
and 14 Rich. IT. and having married Agnes, daughter and heir of
John Strange, of Ampton-Tynworth, in Suffolk, by Elizabeth his
wife, daughter and heir of William Butler, of Walden, in Eflex,
had iiTue, a ion of his own name, who fucceeded him.
Which Robert, in 9 Henry V. was one of the Knights for the
county of Bedford, in the Parliament which met at Weftminfter ;
and by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Holdenby, of Hol-
denby, in Northamptonshire, (who remarried to Thomas Tan-
feld, of Geyton, in Northarnptondiire, Efq;) was father of Wil-
liam Mordaunt, Efq;
This William was living in 1 1 Edw. IV. and married Marga-
ret, daughter of John Pecke, of Cople, in Bedfordfhire, by whom
he had, among other children, John, Serjeant at Law, Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancafter, 2nd one of the Privy-Council, temp.
Henry VII. anceftor to the Earl of Peterborough ; and William ;
as alfo a daughter, Joan, wife of Sir Giles Strangeways, of Mel-
bury, in the county of Dorfet, Knt.
William, the fecond fon, covenanted 14 Feb. 10 Hen. VII. to
marry Anne, fecond daughter and coheir of Thomas Huntingdon,
of HempuVd, in Efiex, Efq; which was confummated on the 5th
of June following. His ions, Chriftopher, and George, died
without iiTue ; Edmund, married Agnes, daughter of the Lord
Rich.
But Robert Mordaunt was his eldeft fon, who, by Barbara,
daughter and heir of John Strange, of Little Maffingham, in
Norfolk, Efq; had Philip, who married Mary, daughter of
Calthorp, Efq; and died in his father's life-time, leaving iiTue,
John, James, Robert, Henry, and Edward. John fucceeded his
grandfather, and died 16 Eliz. His brother James was his heir,
who dyina; without iffue, the eftate came to Robert, who dying
alfo without iiiue, the eftate came to Henry, whofe fon and heir
was L'Estrange Mordaunt, created Baronet, 9 James L
who, by his firit wife, Margaret de Antwerpia, had Robert, his
fucceiTor, Henrv, Jane, Anne, and Elizabeth. Sir L'Eftrange
married, fecondly, Frances, daughter of Robert Check, of Deb-
nam, in Suffolk, Efq; relicl: of Thomas Sotherton, of Nor-
wich, Efq;
Sir Robert was knighted in the life-time of his father, and
fucceeded him in the title and eftate : He died, Auguft 23, 1638,
leaving, by Amy his wife, daughter of Sir Auftin Southerton, in
Norfolk, Knt. three for.s ; 1. Sir Charles, his fuccefibr. 2. Ro-
bert, of Hcfpertoiij in Warwicklhire, who, by Elizabeth, daugh-
_ ter
MORDAUNT, of Maffingham. 83
ter of Mr. Roufe, of Utrecht, in Holland, had a daughter, Eliza-
beth, married to Robert Throckmorton, Efq; fon of Clement
Throckmorton;, of Hafely, in Warwickshire, Efq; and a fon,
John-Lewis Mordaunt, who married the daughter of Har-
rington, of Lincolnshire, Efq; relief, of Sir William Thorold, of
Haugh, in Lincolnshire, Bart. 3. William, of Scovis-town, in
Pembrokefhire, who married the daughter and heir of Butler, of
Scovis-town, and left ifTue. Of Sir Robert's daughters, Amy,
married Eftcourt, and Anne, Pickering, Efqrs.
Sir Charles, the elded fon, fucceeded to the Baronetfhip, and
married Catharine, daughter of Sir Lyonel Talmach, of Helming-
ham, in Suffolk, Bart, by whom he had four foris ; Sir Charles,
his fuccefibr ; Talmach, who died in the life-time of his father ;
Sir John, and Henry, who died young: Alfo three daughters y
Catharine, Elizabeth, and Amy, who died unmarried. Sir Charles
died at London, July 10, 1648. His widow afterwards married
Sir Charles Lee, of Billeflee, in Warwickshire, Knt.
Sir Charles, his eldeft. fon and fuccelTor, married Elizabeth*
daughter and coheir of Mr. Nicholas Johnfon, of London, and
niece to Sir William Turner, Knt. Lord Mayor of London, and
died without ifTue. His widow afterwards married Francis Go-
dolphin, of Colfton, in Wilts, Efq;
Talmach, the next brother, dying before his father, Sir John,
his brother, fucceeded in the title and eftate.
Which Sir John Mordaunt, Bart, refiding at Walton, in War-
wickshire, was chofen one of the Knights of the Shirr for that
county, in feveral Parliaments, in the reigns of King William and
Queen Anne. He married, fir ft, Anne, daughter of William
Rifley, of the Friery in Bedford, Efq; by whom he had only one
daughter, Penelope, who died young. Sir John afterwards mar-
ried Penelope, daughter of Sir George Warburton, of Arley, in
Cheshire, Bart, and left ifTue two fons, Sir Charles, his fucceffor,
and John ; and two daughters, Penelope, married to Jofcph Heme,
Efq; and Catharine, who married Dr. Dobfon, Warden of Win-
chefter-College. He died Sept. 6, 1721, and was fucceeded in
dignity and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir Charles Mordaunt, the prefent Baronet, who is one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Warwick. He married,
in 1720, one of the daughters of John Conyers, of Walthamftow,
in Eflex, Efq; who died March, 1725-6, by whom he had ifTue,
one daughter : He married, to his fecond Lady, in 1730, Sophia,
only daughter of Sir John Wodehoufe, of Kimberley, in Norfolk,
Bart, who died in April, 1738, leaving ifTue two fons and a daugh-
ter ; John, Charles, and Mary, all unmarried.
Arms. Argent, between three Eftoiles, fable.
G 2 Crest.
84 WORSLEY, of Apuldercombe.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Negro's Head, coupcel at the Shoul-
ders, proper, wreathed about the Temples with Ribbands, ter-
minating in a double Beau-knot, Or and Azure.
Seat^ At Walton-D'Eivile, in Warwickfhire, and Maf-
fiftgham, in Norfolk.
16. Worsley, of Apuldercombe, Hampshire.
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1.
QIR Ellas tie Workcfiey, or Workedeley, as he was then
*■' called, took his name from his Lordfhip of the fame name,
in Lancafhire. He is mentioned in the chronicles of the holy
wars, to have made an expedition to Paleftine, where it is wrote,
that he fought many battles for the love of Chriftians, and dying
at Rhodes, he lies there buried. He left Rjchard, his ion and
heir, who dying temp. Hen. I. left Roger de Workedeley, Lord
of Workedeley. This Roger, dying temp. Hen. II. left Ri-
chard, his heir, who left Geoffrey, Lord of Workefley, father
of Richard, temp. Hen. III. who dying 27 Edw. I. left Henry,
his heir, father to Richard, Lord of Workefley, which Richard
was father to Jordan de Workefley ; which Jordan was the elder
brother, by a ftrft wife, and Henry was from a fecond wife,.
This Jordan lived in the beginning; of the reign of Edward III.
From Henry are ilefcended the family of Woriley, who are now
feated at Hovrngham, in Yorkfhire.
Jordan leftGeofFry, his (on and heir, who was made a Knight,
and is faid, in the Glaftonbury Chronicle, together with Sir
John Harlefton, Captain of Cherburg, in France, to have ob-
tained a glorious victory over the French. He left Ralph, his
fon and heir, who married the daughter and heir of Pemberton,
which Ralph left Hugh, his fon and heir, who married Anne',
daughter of Ralph Str.ndifh, of StandiuH, in Lancafhire, Efqj
and left William, his eldeft fon, and Sir James, his fecond fon,
who married Anne, the only furviving daughter and fole heir
of Sir John Lye, of Leigh, in Dorfetfhire, Knt. by Agnes, one
of the daughters and coheirs of John Hacket, of Knighton, in
the IHe of Wight, Efq; He had by her two fons, Richard and
John, hereafter mentioned. He died in 153B. This Richard
married Urfula, daughter of John St. Barb, Efq; by whom he
had two fons, John and George, who were both unfortunately
blown up by gunpowder, at Apuldercombe, in the Porter's
I/oda;e. their mother bein^; then newly remarried to the famous
•Sir i'V&acis W.alfmgham, Knt.
Where-
W O R S L E Y, of Apuldercombe. 85
Whereupon, anno 1567, John, younger Ton of Sir James*
•fucceeded to his nephews : He married Jane, daughter of Ri-
chard Meaux, of Kingfton, in the Iile of Wight, Efq; and
dying 1580, left two Cons, under age ; John, the younger, died
in his minority, and the wardfhip of Thomas, heir to John,
was committed to Sir Francis Waltmgham, under vvhofe tuition
he was fo well educated, that he became an honour to his coun-
try. He married Barbara, daughter of William St. John, of
Farley, in Southampton, Efq; and dying 1604, left Richard,
his heir, and John, his feconi fon ; which John, by Cicely,
daughter of Sir Edward Richards, of Yaverland, Knt. v/as fa-
ther to Sir Edward Worfley, Knt. who loyally, and with great
hazard of his life, attempted the delivering of King Charles I.
from his imprifonment, in the Ifle of Wight, and from him de-
fcend the Worfleys, of Gatecomb.
Richard, fon and heir of Thomas, was created a Baronet,
by Letters Patent, 9 Jac. I. He married Frances, daughter of
Sir Henry Nevill, of Biliingbare, in Berks, Knt. and dying
1622, left iiTue by her, four fons and three daughters; 1. Sir
Henry, his fucceftbr ; 2. Richard; 3. Thomas; 4. John: Ri-
chard and John both died unmarried. Thomas married Sarah,
daughter of Roe, in Salop, from whom the Worfleys, of
Pitford, are defcended. Anne, the eldeft daughter, married to
Sir John Leigh, of Bury, in Suffolk, Knt. and died without
ifTue. Elizabeth, married to Sir John Meaux, of Kingiion,
Bart. 3. Dorothy, died unmarried.
Sir Henry Worfley, Bart, fucceeding his father, married
Bridget, daughter of Sir Henry Wallop, of Fairley- Wallop, in
Southampton, Knt. and dying, Sept. 11, 1666, left iliue three
fons and fix daughters; 1. Henry, who died young; 2. Sir
Robert, knighted at Whitehall, Dec. 29, 1664, who fucceeded
his father ; 3. Sir James Worfley, of Pilewell, knighted at
"Whitehall, April 19, 1669, who marrying Mary, daughter of
Sir Nicholas Stuart, of Hartley-Maadk, in Southampton, Bart,
left iiTue three fons and one daughter ; 1 . James Worfley, of
Pilewell, Efq; late one of the Reprefentatives for the borough
of Newton, in the Ifle of Wight, which borough he had the
honour of reprefenting in nine Parliaments : He married Ra-
chel, daughter of Thomas Merrick, Efq; by whom he had fe-
vcral children, but all died very young, except Thomas, of
whom hereafter ; 2. Charles, who was a Bencher of the Mid-
dle-Temple, and died unmarried, Aug. 1739 ; 3. Stuart Wor-
fley, who alio died without iiTue. The daughter of Sir James,
was Sandys, married to Peter Bettefworth, of Brockenhurft, in
Southampton, Efq; by whom he had two fons, Peter and James,
who both died without iflue. Of the daughters of Sir Henry,
G 3 one
86 WORSLEY, of Apuldercombe.
one was married to John Williams, of L,uel, in Dorfetfhire,
Efq; and Jane, married to Sir George JBrown, of Wolverton,
in Southampton, Knt. the reft died unmarried.
Sir Robert Worfley, Knt. and Bart, fucceeded his father, Sir
Henry, and married Mary, daughter of James Herbert, of
Kingfey, in Bucks, Efq; fecond Ton of Philip, Eari of Pem-
broke ; and dying 1675, left iflue Sir Robert, his fucceflbr, and
Henry, who, 13 Anne, was fent Envoy to the Court of Portu-
gal, and was continued in the fame character by King Geo. I.
by whom he was made Plenipotentiary at the fame Court, and
was afterwards Governor of Barbadoes ; he ferved in feveral
Parliaments for the borough of Newton, in the Ifle of Wight,
and died unmarried, March 1739-40. Sir Robert had alfo a
daughter, Jane, who was married to Sir Nathaniel Napier, of
Critchell, in Dorfetfhire, Bart, and died without hTue.
Sir Robert Worfley, Bart, fucceeded his father Sir Robert,
and married Frances, only daughter of Thomas Lord Vifcount
Weymouth. He had iflue by her, four fons and five daugh-
ters^ Frances married John Lord Carteret, afterwards Earl of
Cranville, by whom (he had one fon, Robert, the prefent Earl
of Granville, and four daughters ; Grace, the eldeft, married
to Lionel, the prefent Earl of Dyfert ; Louifa, married to the
late Lord Vifcount Weymouth ; Georgina Carolina, now
Countcfs Cowper, nrft married to the Hon. John Spencer, fa-t
ther to the prefent Earl Spencer 3 Frances, married to the late
Marquis of Tweedale ; Thynne Worfley, Efq; fon of Sir Ror
bert, married Henrietta, daughter of — — Withers, Efq; of
Hall, in the county of Southampton, and died foon after, with-
out ifiue, The other fons and daughters of Sir Robert died
young and unmarried. Sir Robert Worfley died at his houfe in
New Burlington-ftreet, July 29, 1747.
On the death of Sir Robert, Sir James Worfley, Bart, fon of
Sir James, who was knighted 1666, fucceeded to the title;
and, on the death of Sir James, in 1756,
His fon, Sir Thomas Worfley, Bart, fucceeded him. He
married, in his father's life-time, Lady Elizabeth Boyle, only
daughter of the Earl of Orrery, afterwards Earl of Cork, fby
his nrft wife, Lady Harriot Hamilton) by whom he had one fon,
Richard, the prefent Baronet, and one daughter, Henrietta.
Sir Thomas died in 1768, and was fucceeded by his only fon,
Sir Richard Worfley, Bart, who was born Feb. 13, 175?, and
is unman ied. Sir James Worfley, Knt. was the prefent Sir Ri-
chard's great grandfather, and brother to. Sir Robert Worfley ^
Bart, father of the late Sir Robert.
Arms. Quarterly, 1. Argent, a, Chevron between three
Falcons, clofe, Sable. 2. Or, oil a Crofs, engrailed, Gules^
a Wolf's
FLEETWOOD, of Calwiche. 87
a Wolfs Head of the firft. 3. Argent, on a Chief, crenelle,
Sable, three Plates. 4. Argent, three Pikes, hauriant, Argent,
Accompanied with eight Crofs Crofs'.ets, fitchy, Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wolf's Head erafed, Or.
Motto. Ut furfwn de fuper.
Seats. At Apuldercombe, in the Iile of Wight; and at Pile-
well, in Southampton.
17. Fleetwood, of Calwiche, Staffordthire.
Created Baronet, June 29, 1611.
'TTHIS family, which had been feated in Lancafhire for many
* 2ges, came, about the beginning of the lafl century, to refide
in the county of Stafford.
John Fleetwood, was father of Henry and Anne, married to
John Ethalfton, of Riblefton. Henry, the only fon and heir, was
living 3 Henry VI. whofe fon, Edward, living 13 Edward IV.
married Elizabeth, daughter of PvOger Holland, Efq; and was fa-
ther of,
William Fleetwood, of Hefkith, in Lancafhire, Efq; who mar-
Helen, daughter of Robert Standifh, Efq; by whom he had four
fons j 1. John; 2. Thomas; 3. Robert; and 4. Edmund, a
Monk, at Sion in Middlefex ; and two daughters, Agnes, mar-
ried to John Jellibrand, of Chorley ; and Janet, to John Black-
ledge, of Leyland, both in Lancafhire. Of the fons, John, the
eldeft, will be mentioned hereafter : And as feveral confiderable
men defcended from the younger fons, we fhall here infert fome
particulars concerning them. Thomas, the fecond fon, was Maf-
ter of the Mint ; he married two, wives; 1. Barbara, daughter
and heir of , by whom he had a fon, Evrerard, who, by Joan,
daughter of Cheney, left ifTue ; and a daughter, Margaret,
married to Peter Dormer, Efq; father of Sir Fleetwood Dormer,
of Shipton-Lee, in Bucks, Knt. The fecond wife of Thomas,
was Bridget, daughter of Sir John Spring, of Lavenham, in Suf-
folk, Knt. (who afterwards married Sir Robert Wingfield, of
Letheringham, in Suffolk, Knt.) by whom he had, 1. Sir Wil-
liam Fleetwood, of Cranford, in Middlefex, Knt. 2. Edward;
3. Michael ; 4. Henry ; 5. Sir George Fleetwood, of the Vache,
in Chalfunt St. Giles's, in Bucks, Knt. who, by Catharine, daugh-
ter of Henry Denny, of Chefhunt, in Hertfordfhire, Efq; (and
Honora, his wife, daughter of William, Lord Grey, of Wilton,)
and fiftcr to Sir Edward Denny, Earl of Norwich, had a nume-
rous ifTue ; James, his feventh fon, was bred a Divine, was, in
the quality of Chaplain> at Edghill fight, and, from his behaviour
G 4 there5
fc8 F L E E T WOOD, of Calwiche.
there, received fignal favours from the King. In July, 1675, he
was appointed Bifhop of Worcefter; and died July 17, 1683,
aged eighty-one. Of the daughters of Thomas, Mafter of the
Mint, Bridget, the eldeft, married Laurence Aihburnham, Efqj
father of Sir Denny Afhburnham, of Bromham, in SufTex, Bart.
and Joyce, was wife, fir ft to Sir Hewit Ofborne, Knt. (anceftor
to the Duke of Leeds,) and fecondly, to Sir Peter Frechville, of
Stavely, in Derbyfhire, Knt.
Sir William Fleetwood, of Cranford, Knt. eldeft lbn of Tho-
mas, Mafter of the Mint, married Joan, fifter to the Lord Clif-
ton, by whom he had Miles Fleetwood, £fq; Receiver of the
Court of Wards; and Sir William Fleetwood, Cup-Bearer to
King James I. and King Charles I. and Comptroller of Wood-
ftock-park, who married two wives ; by his firft wife, he had Sir
Miles Fleetwood, of Aldwinkle, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. and
Colonel William Fleetwood ; and by his fecond wife, the daugh-
ter of Harvey, he had feveral fons ; of which, Charles
Fleetwood, Efq; was the eldeft, and commonly called Lord Fleet-
wood ; he was General and Commander in Chief to Richard
Cromwell, the Protector, and married, to his firft wife, the daugh-
ter of Oliver Cromwell, the Proteclor, and widow of General
Ireton, by whom he had no iflue. This General Fleetwood
married, to his fecend wife, Frances, daughter of Solomon Smith,
of Norfolk, Efq; and left iflue, Smith Fleetwood, of Feltwell, in
Norfolk, Efq; who married Mary, daughter of Sir John Hartopp,
Bart, and had two fons, Smith Fleetwood, and Charles Fleet-
wood, Efq is.
George Fleetwood, another Ton of Sir William, Receiver of
the Court of Wards, and brother to Sir William, the Cup-
Bearer, went into Sweden, was a famous General there, and
was created a Barcn, and was father of Guftavus, Lord Fleet-
wood, in Sweden.
Robert, the third fon of William, by the daughter of Standifh,
was father of Sir William Fleetwood, Knt. an eminent Lawyer
of the Middle Temple, Recorder of London, aud Serjeant at Law,
temp. Eliz. Pie was a learned man, and a good Antiquary, and
dying, 1593) left two fons ; Sir William, and Sir Thomas, who
was Attorney-General to Prince Henry, eldeft fon of K. James I.
Alio two daughters, Cordelia, married to Sir David Foulis, of
Ingleby, in Yorkshire, Bart, and Elizabeth, to Sir Thomas Cha-
loner, Knt. Tutor to Prince Henry.
But to return from this digreflion to the eldeft branch.
John Fleetwood, Efq; the eldeft fon of William, by the daugh-
ter of Standifh, having married Jane, daughter and coheir of
Thomas Langton, Efq; Baron of -Walton, and Lord of the Fee
antl Majjoi of Newton* had iflue three fons and feveral daughters.
Thomas,
FLEETWOOD, of Calwiche. 89
Thomas, the eldeft fon, by Mary, daughter of Sir Richard
Shirburne, of Shirburne, in Lancafhire, Knt. (and Maud, his
wife, daughter of Sir Richard Bold, of Bold, Knt. and Margery,
his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, of Beaufey, both in the
county of Lancaster, Knts.) left iiTue, Richard, his fon and heir,
and William, who married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Edward
Cokaine, of Afhbome, in Derbyfhire, Knt.
Which Richard, the eldeft fon, was the firft that refided in
Staffbrdfhire, and was feated at Calwiche : He was advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet, 9 Jac. I. and married Anne, daughter
of Sir John Perfhall, of Horfley, in that county, Bart, by whom
he had five fons ; 1. Sir Thomas, his fucceffor ; 2. Richard, who
died without iflue ; 3. William, living 1663; 4. Robert, who
married a daughter of Mr. Colman of Cank, in StafFordfhire ; and
1 r-r~\ y— » •
5. Henry, who married Ag;atha, daughter of Thomas Gifford, of
Plardick, in StafFordfhire, and died 1689, and his wife, Agatha,
1692. The daughters of Sir Richard were, Mary, who died
without ifTue ; Elizabeth, married to Broughton ; and Dorothy,
to Barnesfield.
Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Bart, the elded fon, fucceeded his
father in title and eftate, and marrying Gertrude, daughter of
Rowland Eyre, of Haftbp, in Derbyfhire, Efq; had iflue, 1. Sir
Richard, his fuccefTor ; 2. Thomas, (who had two wives ; by the
firft, Elizabeth, daughter of Coyney, Efq; he had, Sir Tho-
mas, hereafter mentioned ; and by his fecond wife, two other
fons, William, who died a batchelor, and Sir John, hereafter men-
tioned ;) 3. Rowland, of Preftwood, in Ellafton parifh, in Staf-
fordfhire, who died without ifTue, and left his eftate to his nephew,
Sir John, hereafter mentioned ; 4. William, who married a
daughter of the Baron of Kinderton, and relic?c of Pigot, of
Salop, Efq; alfo one daughter, Anne, married to Edward Tildefley,
of the Lodge, in Lancafhire, Efq;
Sir Richard the eldeft fon, fucceeded to the title and eftate, and
by Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Golding, of Colfton-BaiTet, in
Nottinghamfhire, Bart, had three fons; 1. Thomas, who died
in his father's life-time, and by the daughter and heir of Chrifto-
pher Bannifter, of Bank, in Lancafhire, Efq; was father of one
daughter, wife to Thomas Legh, Efq; younger brother to Peter
Legh, of Lyme, in Chefhire, Efq; 2. Rowland ; and 3. Edward,
who both died unmarried : Alfo five daughters.
Sir Richard Fleetwood, Bart, leaving no ifTue-male, the title
devolved on his nephew, Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Bart, fon of his
brother Thomas, by Elizabeth, daughter of Coyney, Efq;
his firft wife.
Which Sir Thomas Fleetwood, Bart, married Magdalen,
daughter of Thomas Berrington, of Moat-Hall, in Salop, Efq;
and
If,
90 TWISDEN, of Eafl-Pcckham.
and dying without ifTue, Dec. 1739, was fucceeded by his ha!;
brother,
Sir John Fleetwood, who married Philippa, daughter of Wil-
liam Berrington, Efq; of Shrewfbury, niece to his brother's
Lady, and had ifTue,
Sir Thomas Fleetwood, the prefent Baronet, who fucceeded
to the title and eftate on the death cf his father, which hap-
pened in 1 74 1. Sir Thomas is a Bachelor.
Arms. Party per Pale, Nebule, Or and Azure, fix Mart-
lets counterchanged.
Crest. A Wolf trippant, regardant, Or, wounded in the
Shoulder, proper.
Seat. At Martin-Sands, in Chefhire.
' 18. Tvvisden, of Eaft-Peckham, Kent,
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1.
THAT this family is denominated from a place called Twif-
den, a Manor in or near Gouderft, in Kent, feveral au-
thorities evince.
Adam de Twifden, was living at Twifden, 21 Edw. I. and
dying without ifTue, John, his brother and heir, fucceeded to
the eftate ; and by Chriftiana, his wife, had ifTue, Thomas da
Twifden, who was father to John de Twifden, who married
Chriftiana, daughter of ■ -■. Rogers, and had iffue, Roger,, his
fon and heir.
Which Roger Twifden, Efq; married Elizabeth, the daugh-
ter and heir of Thomas Cheimington, of Chelmington, in
Great-Chart, in Kent, Efq,
Their fon Roger was fifty years old, 18 Henry VL as ap-
pears by an inquifition ; and by Anne, his wife, one of the
daughters and coheirs of John Baker, of Cold ham, in Folke-
icon in Kent, had ifTue a ion, Thomas, who fucceeded him in
his eftate.
Which Thomas Twifden, Efq; married Bennetta, daughter
of Richard Lewkenor, of SuiTex, Efq; relief of William Barnes,,
and afterwards, wife of Vincent Finch ^ he had iffue by her
two fons, William, and Roger Twifden.
William, the eldeft, married Margaret, daughter of — -
Culpeper, of Wakehurft, in SuiTex, Efq* and dying without
ilTue, Roger, his brother and heir, fucceeded to the eftate.
Which Roger Twifden, Efq; wedded Jane, daughter of
Chriftopher Cooper, of Stone, and widow of — — Sharp, of
Chart,
T W I S D E N, of Eaft-Peckham, 9 1
Chart, in Kent, and had iilue by her three ions, William,
Chriftopher, and Thomas, who died 1590.
William Twifden, of Chelmington, Efq; married Elizabeth,
daughter and coheir of Thomas Roydon, of Roydon-hall, in
Eait-Pecfcham, in Kent, Efqj his wife furviving him, was af-
terwards married to Cuthbert Vaughan, Effli and iaftly to Sir
Thomas Qolding, Knt. She died, Aug. jg, 1595, aged fe-
venty-three, and lpft two children by her firit hufband, viz. a
daughter, Margaret, married to Richard Dering, of Pluckley,
in Kent, Efq; apd a fon,
Roger Twifden, of Roydon-hall, Efqj who was a Captain of
3, troop of Kentifh Gentlemen, at the camp forrned at Tilbury,
to oppofe the hoftile irruptions of the Spaniards, in. the year
1588, and High Sheriff of Kent, 41 of Queen Elizabeth, and
having married Anne, eldeft daughter of Sir Thomas Wyat, of
Allingtori-Caftle, in Kent, Knt. (who was beheaded in Queen
Mary's time, 1553) had iflue four daughters ; Jane, married to
Sir William Monins, of Waldeifhare, in Kent, Bart. Eliza-
beth, wife of Adam Afhburnham, of Brpmham, in Suffex;
Margaret, of Henry Fane, of Hadlome, in Kent ; and Eennctta,
of— — Bathurft, of the fame county, Efqrs. Alfd two fons,
William, and Thomas, who married the daughter of Thomas
Paget.
William Twifden, Efqj eldeft fon and heir, fucceeded to the
eftate at Roydon-hall, and was knighted by King James, at the
Charter-houfe, the nth of May 1603, being among thofe that
conducted him to London, when he came firit from Scotland, to
take polTeflion of the Englim, crown ; and that king afterwards
advanced him to the dignity of a Baronet, in 161 1. He had a
learned education, and was well read in the Hebrew and Greek
languages, which inclined him to the purchafmg many valua-
ble manufcripts and books ; for being of a fober difpofition, he
knew the value of the improvement of the mind ; and having
excellent parts, he determined to make himfelf ufeful to his
country, both in his ftudies, and the choice ( i his company ; he
fet a good example to the age he lived in, and many were edi-
fied by his converfation. The collections he made, were like-
wife of ufe to the publick, both in defence of the reformed
Proteftant Religion, and the ancient conftitutions of the king-
dom. He lived to the fixty-third year of his age, when he died,
much lamented, Jan. 8, 1627-8 ; and Anne, his Lady, who fur-
vived him, followed, Nov. 14, 1638, aged fixty-four. She was
daughter of Sir Moyle Finch, of Eaftwell, in Kent, Knt. and
Bart, and her mother, who was the fole daughter of Sir Thomas
Heneage, Knt. (Treafurer of th^ Chamber, Vice-Chamberlain
of the Houfhold, Chancellor of the Duchyjcs of Lancafter, and
one
92 T W I S D E N, of Eaft-Peckharo.
one of the Privy-Counfellors to Queen Elizabeth) was a Lady
of fuch excellent endowments, that King James I. advanced her
to the dignity of Vifcountefs of Maidftone ; and K. Charles I.
to a higher title, creating her Countefs of Winchelfea ; which
honours were limited to the heirs of her body j and the Earls of
Winchelfea and Nottingham, and Aylesford, defeend from her.
Sir William Twyiclen had i fl Lie by her, five fons and two
daughters, that lived to maturity.
1. Sir Roger, his fuccefibr.
2. Sir Thomas, who, on the Reftoration of Kinp- Charles IK
was made one of the Juftices of the King's-Bcnch ; and was
advanced to the dignity of a Baronet"; of whom, and his de-
fendants, mention will be made in the proper place.
3. William, who died unmarried, July 30, 1641, agei
thirty-fix.
4. John, who was a Fellow of the College of Phyficians, at
London ; having lived unmarried to a great age, (eighty-one)
died Sept. 13, 1688.
5. Francis, who alfo deceafed unmarried, aged fixty-three.
Elizabeth Twifden, eldeft daughter, was married to Sir Hugh
Cholmley, of Whitby, in Yorkihire, Bart, and Anne, youngeft
daughter, was wife to Sir Chriftopher Yelverton, of Eafton-
Mauduit, in Northamptonshire, Bart, anceftor to the Earl of
SuiTex.
Sir Roger Twifden, Bart, (eldeft fon of Sir William) was
thirty-one years old at his father's death. He died in the
feventy-fifth year of his age, June 7, 1672, in the general
efteem of all that knew him, as an excellent fcholar, and for
fan&ity, innocency, and other Chriftian virtues. Ifabella, his
wife, youngeft daughter and coheir of Sir Nicholas Saunders,.
of Ewell, in Surry, Knt. (a Lady of fingular patience and pru-,
dence) died before him in the year 1655, aged fifty-two, leav-
ing ifiue three fons, and three daughters.
1. Sir William, who fucceeded to the title and eftatc.
2. Roger, educated in the profeffion of the law, who died
unmarrred, Feb. 20, 1676, aged thirty-five.
3. Charles, who travelled to Turkey, the Holy-land, Egypt,
and feveral courts of Europe ; and died unmarried, in the forty-
fifth year of his age, 1690.
Anne, eldeft daughter, was married to John Porter, of Lam-
berhurft, in Kent, Efq; who died without iifue foon after his
marriage.
Ifibella, fecond daughter, died unmarried, 1726.
Frances, youngeft daughter, was married to Sir Peter Killi-
grew, of Arnewick, in Cornwall, Knt. 2nd Bart, and died,
17 1 1.
Sir
T W I S D E N, of Eaft-Peckham. 93
Sir William Twifden, Bart, (deleft fon of Sir Roger) was
born in the year 1635 ; and ferVed in f:veral Parliaments ; and
'in the fir ft of King James II. was ele&ed one of the Knights
of the Shire for Kent. He died at London, Nov. 27, 1697.
His Lady, Frances, daughter and heir of Jofias Crofs, Efq; fur-
vived him, and was a worthy example of love to her hufband,
tendernefs for her children, and Chriftian refignation, in pa-
tiently bearing the lofs of feveral of them, taken off in the
flower of their age, in defence of their country. They had
nine fohs and three daughters ; of wham, thofe that furvived to
maturity, were as follow : Roger, their eldeft fon, was born in
1666, but died in the year 1685. SirThomas, fucceeded to the
title and eftate. Sir William, his fucccfibr. Charles, who died
1698, aged twenty. Heneage, a captain of foot in Sir Richard
Temple's regiment, and being aid-de-camp to the Duke of
Argyle, was mortally wounded in the battle of Biaregnies,
1709, in the twenty- ninth year of his age. John, eighth fon,
was a lieutenant in Sir Cloudfley Shovel's fhip, and was caft
away with him, in the twenty-fourth year of his age, 1707.
Jofias, you ngeit ion, was a captain of foot, and received a
mortal wound by a mufquet {hot, in Flanders, 1708, aged
twenty-three. Anne, eldeft daughter of Sir William, died un-
married. Frances, unmarried, and Ifabella, married to Richard
Lybbe, of Hardwick, in Oxfordfhire, Efq.
Sir Thomas Twifden, Bart, (fecond, but eldeft furviving fon
of Sir William,) was twenty-one years of age at his father's de-
ceafe. He married [in the year 17 10) Catharine, daughter and
fole heir of Sir Francis Withens, Knt, one of the Judges of the
King's-bench, and dying the 10th of October, 1712, left only-
two, daughters, viz. Frances, married to George Ogle, Efq;
nephew to the late Sir George Markham, Bart, and Catharine,
married to George Cooke, Efq; (His widow afterwards married
Brigadier-general Jocelyn, youngeft fon of Sir Robert Jocelyn,
of Hyde-hall, in Hertfordfhire, Bart, and died, April, 1730 ;)
whereupon the title and eftate defcended to his brother,
his fucceftbr, Thomas, and Philip ; and had daughters, Jenny,
and Harriet, who both died unmarried ; and Elizabeth.
Sir William, his eldeft fon, who married the daughter of
Jervis, Efq; fucceeded his father; and dying July 14',
1767, left iftue three fons and one daughter. He was fucceed-
ed by his eldeft fon,
William, the prefent Baronet, a minor, at Wcftminfter
School.
Arm?.
94 H A L E S, of Woodchurfch.
Arms* Gyrony of four* Argent and Gules ; a Saltire, be*
tvveen four Crofs Crofslets, all countetchang'd.
Crest. On aWreathj a Cockatrice fejeant, Gules, winged,
&c. Or,
Seat. At Eaft-Peckham, in Kent*
19. Hales, of Woodchurch, Kent*
Created Baronet, June 29, 161 1.
HP H E town of Hales, in the county of Norfolk, in all like-
* lihood, gave name to this antient family ; for, Roger de
Hales, (19 Henry II.) gave a tenement, which he was pofleiTed
of in the fa id town, to" the abbey of Bungey, in that county ;
and another Ro^er de Hales, 18 Edward I. was returned bv the
Sheriff of Norfolk, as a Knight, or Freeman, on the Jury, in a
caufe between the King, the Bifhop of Norwich, and Robert
Tatefhale, &c. whom I take to be the fame perfon, whofe
daughter, Alice, was Co beautiful, as to captivate, Thomas, of
Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, and Marfhal, one of the younger
fons to King Edward I. from which marriage proceeded Mar-
garet, who was created Duchefs of Norfolk for life, 21 Richard
II. from whom, by the Lord Segrave, her hufbanJ, the illu-
ftrious houfe of the Howards defcend, enjoying the Lh kedbmof
Norfolk, and the hereditary Earl-marfhaHhij> of England.
Nicholas Hales, of Hales -place, had ifiue. Sir Robert Hales,
who was Knight-prior of the Hofpital of St. John of Jerufalem,
and Admiral of the North parts of England, in the reign of
King Edward III. and was conftituted 1 reafurer of England,
1 Feb. 4 Rich. II. but in the fame year, had the hard fate, in.
the beginning of the infurr reel ion tinder Wat Tyler, (called
afterwards Jack Straw) to be dragged from his habitation, and
fuller death on Tower-hill, and his houfe at Hybury, built like
another paradife, was utterly destroyed in that popular fury.
Sir Nicholas de Plales, Knt. brother and heir to this Sir Ro-
bert, left ifilie, Thomas de Hales, of Hales-place, who had
three fons j i.John, 2. Thomas, (from whom defcended the
Hales, of Warwickfhire,) 3. Henry, whole fon, George, was
©f Ledenham, in Kent, and was father to Edward Hales, of
Rumford, in EiTex.
John, the eldeff fon, was fucceeded by Henry, his fon and
heir, who took to wife Julian, daughter and heir of Richard
Capel, of Lenden, in Tenderden', Efq; and had iffue two fons,
John, h'.reafter mentioned, and Thomas, who was father of
Sir
HALES, of Woodchurch. 9$
Sir Chriftopher Hales, a noted Lawyer in the reign of King
Henry Vlii. having been Solicitor-general, Attorney-general,
and Mafter of the Rolls to the faid King.
John, eldeft fon and heir of Henry Hales, of Hales-place, had
iffue a fon of his own name, John Hales, who, I October, 1523,
was conftituted Third Baron of the Exchequer ; and May 14,
1529, 20 Hen. VIII. Second Baron of the Exchequer. He
married Ifabel, daughter and coheir of Stephen Harris, and had
ifTue four fons, and a daughter, Mildred, married to John Honey-
wood, of Seen, near Hithe, in Kent, Efq; Of the fons, James,
the eldeft-, will be mentioned hereafter : 2. Thomas, of Tha-
nington, in Kent, anceftor to the Hales, of Beakfbourne, of
whom, in its proper place : 3. Edward, anceftor to the branch,
we are now treating of; and 4. William, of Nackington.
Sir James, the eldeft fon, was made, on the coronation of
King Edward VI. one of the forty Knights, after he was
crowned, the ceremonies of the Bath being omitted, for want
of time. In the third year of that reign, he was conftituted
one of the Juftices of the Common-pleas, and was the only
Judge that refufed (the reft bein^ frighted at the frowns of. the
Duke of Northumberland) to fubferibe the King's will for diiln-
hcriting the Ladies, Mary, and Elizabeth, as againft both law
and confeience ; yet, in the next reign, by the influence of
Stephen Gardner, Bilhop of Wincheftdr, and Lord Chancellor,
he was committed to priibn, and. hardly ufed for urging the ob-
fervation of fome laws of King Edward VI. and (o threatned
by his Keeper, that he endeavoured to have killed himfelf; and
"though the Queen, in confideration of his fidelity to her inter-
efts, ordered his releafe, yet he afterwards grew melancholy,
and in that change drowned himfelf, near his houfe in Kent,
1555. He left jfiue, by his wife, , daughter and heir of
Thomas Hales, of Henley, upon Thames, in Oxford, Efq;
two fons, and a daughter.
Humphrey, his eldeft fon, was father to Sir James Hales,
knighted by Queen Elizabeth, at Cobham-hall, in Sept. 1573;
t>ut this line is extinct.
Edward, third fon of Baron Hales, by Margaret, his wife,
daughter to John Honywood, of Seen, in Kent, Efq; had ifTue
two daughters, Jane, wife of Sir Thomas Honywood, of Elm-
fted, in Kent, Knt. and Elizabeth, married to William Auftin,
of Tenterden, Efq; likewife three fons, John, and Edward,
who left no ifTue, 3. William, who was fucceiTor both to his
father, and brothers, in the eftate at Tenterden ; and having
married Elizabeth, daughter to Paul Johnfon, of Fordvvich, in
Kent, Efq; had two daughters, Mary, wife to Simon Smith,
of Boughton-Monchelfey, in Kent, and Elizabeth, to Robert
Ken rick,
9 6 H A L E S, of Woodchurch-
Kenrick, of King's-Sutton, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; and one
fon, Edward.
Which Edward, married Deborah, daughter and heir of
Martin Hariackenden, of Woodchurch, in Kent, Efq; and
having received the honour of Knighthood, was advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet, 1611. He ferved in feveral Parliaments,
and being ftrictly devoted to the liberty of the fubjecl:, took part
with thcfe that raifed the rebellion againft Charles I. He died
141 Oct. 1654, aged fevemy-eight. He had iflue by the aforefaid
Deborah, four fons ; 1. John, 2. Edward, of Chilton, in Kent,
(w.hofe fon, Ed ward,. by .the daughter of John Evelyn, of Dept-
ford, in Kent, Efq; left iflue,) 3. Samuel, and 4. Thomas, who
died without lilue. Sir Edward, having buried his firft wife,-
married a fecond, Martha, daughter of Sir Matthew Carew, Knu
and relict, of Sir James Cromer, of Tunftall, in Kent, Knt.
whereby he added a fine eftate to his family.
John, his eldeft fon, having married Chriftian, one of the
daughters and coheirs of the aforefaid- Sir James Cromer, of
Tunftal, in Kent, Knt. died in the life-time of his father, and
left iflue,
Sir Edward Hales, Bart, who, in his younger years, rifqued
his perfon and fortune, in endeavouring the refcue of King
Charles I. from his imprifonment in the Ifle of Wight, and from
the hands of thofe men that brought him to the icaffbld ; but
having contracted a debt of near 8co,oool. in order to maintain
a body of troops he had raifed for the fervice of the King, and
failing in all his enterprizes, he was at laft obliged to abandon
his country. He died in France, fome years after the Reftora-
tion, and left iflue by his Lady, one of the daughters and co-
heirs of Thomas, Lord Wotton, of Boughton-Malherbe, in
Kent, Sir Edward, his fuccefibr, John, of the Inner Temple,
who died unmarried ; Charles, and Thomas, who alfo died un-
married.
Sir Edward Hales, Bart, (fon and heir of Sir Edward) was in
much favour with King James II. under whom he had a regi-
giment of foot, was one of his Privy-council, and one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, and Deputy Governor of the Cinque
Ports, and Lieutenant Governor of the Tower of London. At
the Revolution, he was confined for a year and an half in the
Tower 3 and on his releafe, went to France, was at La Hogue,
♦.) embark for England, when Admiral" Ruflel burnt the French
fliips ; and, in consideration of his fervices, wras created Earl of
Tenterden, in Kent, by the late King James, whilft he was in
that kingdom ; he died in France, in 1695. He married
Frances* daughter of Sir Francis Windibank, of Oxfordshire,
JviH. who died 1693, and had ifTue five fons, and feven daughr
ters.
HALES, of Woodchurch. 97
ters. Of the Tons, only Sir John furvived ; Edward, the eldcft,
was killed at the battle of the Boyn, fighting for King James IL
Charles, Robert,, and James, lived to men's eftate, and died un-
married. Of the daughters,
Anne, died unmarried.
Mary, married Bauwens, Efq; Judge of the Admiralty,
at Oftend.
Frances, married the Right Honourable, Peter, Earl of Fin-
gall, in the kingdom of Ireland.
Jane, Elizabeth, and Catharine, died unmarried. And,
Clare, wedded Mr. Hulley, of the kingdom of Ireland.
Sir John Hales, his fucceflbr, married two wives ; firft, He-
len, daughter of Sir Richard Sealing, of the kingdom of Ire-
land, Secretary to the Queen Dowager of King Charles II. and
fecondly, another Helen, daughter of Dudley Bagnall, of
Newry, in the kingdom of Ireland, Efq; By the former, he had
two fons ; 1. Edward, who married Mrs. Bulftrode, relicl: of
Capt. Bulftrode, and grand-daughter of Sir Richard Bulftrode,
Knt. (who died at St. Germains, in France, Oct. 171 1, aged
one hundred and two,) by whom he left the prefent Sir Edward,
about fourteen years of age, heir to the title and eftate ; and
2. John, who died a batchelor ; and a daughter, Frances,
married to George-Henry, late Earl of Litchfield, and is now
living his widow. By his fecond Lady, he hath had ifTue
three fons ; James, killed in Italy, 1735, being an Officer
in the Emperor's fervice ; Alexander, and Philip. This Lady
Hales died at Luckly, near Oakingham, in Berks, November
On the death of Sir John, Sir Edward, his grandfon, fucceed-
ed to the title, and married Mabella, daughter and heir of Sir
John Webb, Bart, by whom he had one fon, and a daughter,
Elizabeth, who died 1767.
Arms. Gules, three Arrows, Or, feathered and bearded,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a dexter Arm, bended at the Elbow,
and armed, proper, garnimed, Or, and bound about with a rib-
band, Gules, holding an Arrow, as in the Arms.
Seats. At St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, at Tunftall, and
WooJchurch, all in Kent.
Vol. I. H 2a, Wyvill3
* W Y V I L L, of Conftable-Burton.
viLL, of Conflable-Burton, Yorkfhire.
rested Baronet, Nov. 25, 161 1 *.
Th i S family has teen of knightly degree ever fince the
Conqueit, and is of Norman extraction, of the name of
Vienviile, which family is now in being in France; and the
prefect Sir Marmaduke Wyvill is the twenty-fifth in a lineal
defcent from,
1. Sir Humphry D'Wyvill, of Walworth and Slingfby-caftle,
Knt. v ho came into England with William the Conqueror, on
the Norman Invafion, as appears from Stow, Speed, and all the
old chronicles, wherein the Battle-Abbey lift is preferved.
2. Sir .John D'Wyvill, Knt. his fon, living in the time of
William Rufus, married a daughter of Sir John Eulthorpe, Knt,
whole fon,
3. Oliver D'Wyvill, Efq; lived in the reigns of King Ste-
phen and Henry II. He married Grace, the daughter of Sir
John Vefcey, Knt. and was father of,
4. Sir John D'Wyvill, Knt. living in the reign of K.John ;
he married a daughter of Sir Adam Bruce, Knt.
5. Sir .Robert D'Wyvill, Knt. bis fon, fucceeded him, in the
reign of Henry III. and married Margaret, daughter of John
Deleneyre, Efq; Lord of Blanfby. About this time lived John
D'Wyvill, cf this family, who was one of the Barons of the
Exchequer, and one of the Juftices of the Common-Pleas.
6. Sir Marmaduke D'Wyvill, Knt. fon and heir of Sir Ro-
bert, married a daughter of Sir John Elton, Knt. in the reign,
of Edward I.
7. Robert D'Wyvill, Efq; fucceeded his father, Sirlvfarma-
duke, and was returned, anno 1294, 23 Edward L one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Leicefter ; alio John
D'Wyvill, Efq; of the fame lineage. In the reign of Edw. 11 .
there wTas another Robert D'Wyvill, a branch of the fame fa-
mily, who was appointed Keeper of the Great Seal, anno 1326.
He was alfo a gieat Favourite with Edward III. being made
Bifhop of Bath and Wells, at the earneft recommendation of
that King to the Pope, and was afterwards tranilated to Salis-
bury, of which he was Bifhop forty-five years. He died
Sept. 4, 1375.
8. Sir Thomas Wyvill, Knt. married to Ifabella, daughter
of John Mowbeay, Efq.
* From examination of the original patent, the date whereof has hi-
therto been erroneoufly printed, (by Dugdale, and in other catalogue*
of Baronets,) Nov. 25 r 1612.
9. Sir
WYVILL, of Conflable-Burton. 99
$. Sir Thomas Wyvill, Knt. fon of Robert, temp. Rich. II.
married Dorcas, daughter of Sir Randulf Bulmer, Knt.
10. Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Knt. fucceeded his father, Sir
Thomas, in the fame reign, and married Barbara, daughter of
Sir Randulf Gowle, Knt.
11. Robert Wyvill, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Marmadulce,
temp. Hen. V. married Jane, daughter of Edmund Darrel, Efq.
12. Sir Richard Wyvill, Knt. his fon, having, in the year
146 1, taken part with Henry VI. againft the Houfe of York,
was flain at the battle of Towton, in Yorkfhire, and his eftate
forfeited to Edward IV.
13. Chriftopher Wyvill, Efq; fon of Sir Richard, married,
in the reign of Edward V. a daughter of Richard LafTeis, Efq.
14. Robert Wyvill, Efq; his fon, in the reign of Richard III.
married Joan, the daughter and heir of John Pigot, Efq.
15. Robert Wyvill, Efq; his fon and heir, fucceeded him in
his elf ate, temp. Henry Vli. and married Anne, daugluer of Sir
John Norton, Knt.
16. Marmaduke Wyvill, Efq; fon and heir of Robert, in the
reign of Henry VIII. married, i. Agnes, the daughter and
heir of Sir Ralph Fitz-Randolph, of Spenithorne, Knt. Lord
of Middleham, by Elizabeth, his wife, one of the daughters
and coheirs of Ralph, Lord Scrope, of Mafllim. This Mar-
maduke Wyvill, Efq; was elected one of the BurgefTes for Ripe-
pon, in Yorkfhire, in the Parliament that met at Weftminfter,
Oct. 5, in the firft year of Queen Mary's reign, anno 1553,
and afterwards received the honour of Knighthood. He mar-
ried to his fecond wife, the widow of Sir Roger Bellingham,
Knt. and his third was Dorothy, daughter of —, and relict
Sir William St. Quintin, Knt.
17. Chriftopher Wyvill, Efq; his fon and heir, by his flrft
wire, (temp. Queen Mary) married Margaret, daughter of the
Hon. John Scrope, Efq; younger fon of Henry, Lord Scrope?
of Bolton, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Henry Peircy,
Earl of Northumberland, from whom were defcended the
Scropes, Earls of Sunderland.
18. Marmaduke, his fon and heir, was elected a Burgefs for
Richmond, in Yorkfhire, in feveral Parliaments in the reign of
Queen Elizabeth, who conferred the honour of Knighthood on
him. He was afterwards created a Baronet by King James I.
by Patent, dated Nov. 25, 161 1. He married Magdalen* daugh-
ter of Sir Chriftopher Danby, of Thorpe- Park, in Yorkfhire,
Knt. and died 161 3. Of his children that married, were, Mag-
dalen, who was wife to Thomas Talbot, of Worvill, in Shrop-
fhire, Efq; anceftor to the Talbots of that place : Chriftopher,
hereafter mentioned, and Francis, who was Rector of Speni-
H 2 thorne,
ioo W Y V I L L, of Conftable-Burton.
■
thorne, in Yorkftiire, and died 1649, leaving ifTue, by Helen,
daughter of Thomas Norton, of Burneby, Efq; three fons ;
I. Thomas Wyvill, of Bellerby, in Yorkftiire, who, by Mary,
daughter of Chriftopher Place, of Dinfdale, in Durham, Efq;
left only one daughter: 2. Edward Wyvill, who married two
wives, firft, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Peirfon, of Richmond,
in Yorkfhire, Efq; by whom he had ifTue one fon, Edward ; and
by his fecond wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Norton, of Difli-
ford, in Yorkfhire, one fon, Fiancis; 3. Rowland, who died
without ifTue.
19. Chriftopher Wyvill, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Marmaduke,
died in his father's life-time : He married Jane, daughter of Sir
Robert Stapleton, of WTghill, in York/hire, Knt. and had ifTue
four fons, and fix daughters ; 1. Marmaduke. 2. Henry, who died
without ifTue. 3. William Wyvill, of Johnby, in Cumberland,
(who married Mary, daughter of Leonard Mufgrave, of Johnby, in
Cumberland, Efq; fon and heir of Sir William Mufgrave, of Hay-
ton, in Cumberland, Knt. by whom he had ifTue, Chriftopher
Wyvill, of Johnby, who married Frances, daughter of Sir Timothy
Fetherfton, of Kiikfwald, in Cumberland, Knt.) and 4. Edward.
20. Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, Bart, eldeft fon of Chriftopher,
and fuccefFor to his grandfather, Sir Marmaduke, in the title and
eftate, marritd Ifabel, dauahter and fole heir of Sir William Gaf-
coigne, of Sedbury, in Yorkftiire, Knt. by whom he had feven
fons, (though fix of them died unmarried, or without ifTue) and
eight daughters, viz. 1. Mary, married to Arthur Beckwith, of
Aldborough, in Yorkftiire, Efq; father of the firft Sir Roger
Beckwith, Bart. 2. Jane, to Robert Wyld, of Hunton, Efq; 3.
Jfabel, to the Hon. James Darcy, of Sedbury-park, in York-
Iliiie, Efq; a younger fon of Conyers, Lord Darcy. 4, Grace,
to George Wirham, of Cliff, Efq; 5. Olive, to George Menill,
of Aldborough, Efq; 6. Elizabeth, to Sir William Dalton, of
Hawkfworth, Knt. grandfather to Sir Charles Dalton, Knt. late
Uftier of the Black Rod. 7. Anne, to Thomas Dalton, Efq;
younger brother of the faid Sir William ; and 8. Dorothy, who
died unmarried. This Sir Marmaduke was Sheriff of Yorkftiire,
in the 9th of Charles I. and fuffered greatly in the civil wars for
his loyalty to that King, being twice plundered by Oliver Crom-
wclPs troops, befides paying 1 34.3I. ccmpolition for his eftate,
which was fcqueftered. He died in 1648.
2 j. Sir Chriftopher, fon and heir of Sir Marmaduke, was cho~
fen Member of Parliament for Richmond, in Yorkftiire, on the
Roftoration of King Charles II. He married Urfula, eldeft:
daughter of Conyers, Lord Darcy, qIAzQ: fon of the Earl of
Iloldernefs and died 1665, leaving three fons, and two daugh-
ters ; J. Sir William, who fucceeded him. 2. Francis, who was
Receiver-
WYVILL, of Conftable-Burton. 101
Receiver-general of the Land-tax for Yorkfhire, Durham, and
Northumberland, many years, in which poll he continued till
his death, Oct. 22, 17 1 7, in the feventy-fuft year of his age:
He married Anne, daughter of Sir William Caviev, of Bromp-
ton, Yodfhre, Bart, (who died Feb. 4, 1713, aged feventy-
one) by whom he had three daughters ; Urfula, married to
Chivers, of Yorkfhire, Efq; Barbara, who died unmarried, and
Frances. Chriftopher, third fon of Sir Chriftopher, was Doctor
of Divinity, and Dean cf Rippon, in Yorkfhire, twenty-four
years : He married , and died, 17 10, aged fifty-nine, leav-
ing two fons, Chriftopher, and William : The two daughters of
Sir Chriftopher Wyviil, Bart, were, Dorothy, married to Charles
Tankard, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Charles Tankard, of Whixley,
in Yorkfhire, Knt. and Barbara, married to St. John Thompfon,
of Crawlev, in Bedfordlhire, Efq;
22. Sir William Wyviil, Bart, fon and heir of Sir Chrifto-
pher, married Anne, fole daughter of James Brook, of Elling-
thorp, in Yorkfhire, Efq; (father of Sir James Brook, Bart.) he
died, 1684, leaving iilue, 1. Sir Marmaduke, his eldeft fon and
fucceftbr ; 2. D'Arcy, who was an Officer in the army, and
afterwards Collector of Excife ; he died at Derby, Jan. 5, 1734,
leaving two fons and a daughter ; 3. John, who was one of the
Prebendaries of St. Paul's, and Rector of Orfet, in Eftex, who
died unmarried, June 21, 17 17. The two daughters of Sir Wil-
liam were, Prifcilia, married to Major Kemp, who died 1729,
leaving two fons and five daughters ; and Urfula, who died un-
married.
23. Sir Marmaduke Wyviil, Bart, the eldeft fon, who fuc-
ceeded his father in title and eftate, ferved in Parliament as one
of the Burgeflesfor Richmond, in Yorkfhire, 7 William III. and
in the firit year of Queen Anne, was conftituted one of tne Com-
mifiioners of the Duties on Salt, from whence he was, that year,
removed to be a Commirlioner of the Excife, in which poft he
continued till his death, anno 1722. He married Henrietta-Maria
Yarburgh, (Maid of Honour to Queen Catharine and Queen
Mary,) daughter of Sir Thomas Yarburgh, of Snaith, in York-
fhire, Knt. by Henrietta-Maria, his wife, daughter and coheir
of Col. Blagg, of Suffolk; the other fifter and coheir, married
Sidney, Earl of Godolphin, Lord High Treafurer in the reign of
Queen Anne. This Sir Marmaduke left iftue three fons, and
four daughters ; 1. Sir Marmaduke, his fuccefTor : 2. Thomas,
who was one of the Commiftioners of the Hawkers and Pedlars, and
Accomptant-general of the Excife ; he died unmarried, in 1731.
3. Chriftopher, who was one of the Commiftioners of Excife for
North Britain, and Comptroller of the Excife-cafhx in England.
H 3 He
1 02 W Y V I LL, of Ccnilable-Burton.
He married, in 1723, firit, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Ste-
phen Martin Leake, heir to the late Admiral Leake, by whom
he had fix children, but (lie dying in 1732, left only one daugh-
ter, Elizabeth : In the year 1739, he married, fecondly, Henrietta,
daughter and coheir of Francis Afty, of Black-Notley, in EiTex,
Hamburgh-merchant, by Elizabeth, his wife, the only furviving
filler of Sir Fi(her Tench, Bart. Chriftopher died in 1753*
leaving iifue by hie firft wife, one daughter, Elizabeth, and by
his fecond, one fon, Marmaduke Afty Wyvill, of whom hereafter.
Anne, dded daughter of Sir Marmaduke, was Maid of Honour
to Queen Anne, and married John Wyvill, of Walton upon
Thames, in Surry, Efq; late Lieutenant-colonel of the Duke of
Argyle's regiment of Horfe ; foe died in 1731, without iffue.
Margaret, the fecond daughter, married John Purcell, Etq; Yeo-
man of the Robes to his late Majefty, when Prince of Wales ;
he died in 1 731, leaving her a widow, without iffue. Mrs. Pur-
cell died in 1755. Urfula, the third daughter, married Mr. Lah-
den Jones, and died in 1733* leaving two fons> and a daughter.
Mary, the fourth and younger} daughter, married the Rev. Mr.
Gee, Reclor of Cherry-Burton, in Yorkfhire, and Foxholes, in
Derbyfhire, who died in 1736, without iffue.
24. Sir Marmaduke Wyvill, fon and heir of Sir Marmaduke,
beforementioned, was appointed Poft-mafter -general of Ireland,
anno 1736. He married, in 1716, Cary, daughter of Edward
Coke, of Ho'kham, in Norfolk, Efq; and fifter to the Right Hon.
the Lord Loveil, Knight of the Bath ; fhe died in 1732. Sir
Marmaduke dying in 1754, without iffue, he was fucceeded by
bis nephew,
25. Sir Marmaduke Afty Wyvill, only fon of Chriftopher
Wyvill, Efq; by his fecond wife, born in 1742. He is the
twenty-fifth defcendant from Sir Humphry de Wyvill, who came
into England with William the Conqueror, and is yet un-
married.
Arm.?. Gules, three Chevronels, braced in bafe, Vaire, and a
Chief, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wyvern, with the Wings elevated,
Argent, breathing Flames., proper.
Motto. Par la volant e de Dim*
Slat. At Conicable- Burton, and Ofgodby, both in the
county of York,
21. Temple,
TEMPLE, of Stowe. 193
21. Temple, of Stowe, Buckinghamshire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 1612.
'IpHIS family is faid to be dcfcended, by a younger fon, from
"*• Leofrick,' who, before the Norman invafiori, was JEari of
Chefter. They took their denomination of Temple from a
manor of that name in the county of Leicefter. Of tl ' *nor,
and Little Sheepey, Henry de Temple was Lord, in the r ign of
King John. This Henry was fucceeded by his ion Jpn;j, who
had a fon, Richard, the father of Nicholas, and he cf mother
Richard, from whofe fon, Nicholas, defended Peter, -.vh^ la the
reign of Edward VI, and Queen Elizabeth, "purchafed feveral
lands in the county of Warwick, and Stowe, in Bifckingjiarnfii re.
He was fucceeded by his fon, John, who married Sufan, daugh-
ter and coheir of Thomas Spencer, of Eve* ton, in N- thamj |pn-
fhire, (anceftor to the prefentDuke of Marlborough, and tCarl Spen-
cer,) and dying in 1603, left iiVue fix fons and fix dau^iters-
Sir Thomas, his eldeft fon, hrft received the honour S Knigh-
hood, and, on the 25th of November, 1612, was advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet.
Sir Peter, his fon and heir, who fucceeded him, was knighted
in his father's life-time, and was, from the fir ft of Charies I. to
the time of the Ufurpation, a Member of Parliament for the town
of Buckingham.
Sir Richard, his fon and heir, alfo fucceeded his father in Par-
liament, particularly in that which reftored the Royal V:miy,
and was afterwards, for his faithful fervices, created a Kmght of
the Bath. In 1668, he was Ambafhdor Extraordinary to Aix
la Chapelle ; on the 17th of April, 1689, appointed one of the
Commiffioners of the Cufloms, and dieu in 1694. He married
Mary, daughter of — — Knap, of Oxfordshire, Efq; by whom
he had four fons and fix daughters.
He was fucceeded by Sir Richard, his eldeft fon and heir, who
was chofen, on his father's death, for the town of Buckingham,
and 4 Queen Anne was one of the Knights of the Shire. In.
Queen Anne's reign he gained great honour by his bravery and
conduct in the wars in Flanders, where, on Jan. 11, 1709-16,
he was made a Lieutenant-General, and, by his Majcity King
George I. created Baron and Vifcount Cobham, of Cobham, in
Kent. He was alfo appointed one of his Majeity's Privy Council,
AmbafTador Extraordinary to the Emperor, and Colonel of his
own Royal regiment. He married Anne, daughter of Edmu:ii
Halfey, Efq; but died, in 1749, without ilTue, when the Peer ge
in iiim became extinct, but the title of Baronet defcended to
H 4 Sir
104 GOSTWICK, of Willington.
Sir William Temple, the next male heir, who died April 10,
1760, and was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir Peter, who alfo died in Feb. 1761 ; the title and eftate then
defcended to his fon,
Sir Richard, the prefent Baronet, who married Anna Sophia,
daughter of Sir William Temped, Bart, and had a Ton, born
Airlift 141 1763. In 1761, Sir Richard was appointed one of
the CommilTioners of the Navy, in 1764 made one of the Com-
mifTioners of the Revenue at New York, and is now one of the
Commiiftoners of the Navy.
Arms. Quarterly, fir ft and fourth, Or, an Eagle difplayed,
Sable j fecond and third, Argent, two Bars, Sable, on each three
Martlets, Or.
Crest. In a Ducal Coronet, a Martlet, clcfe, both Or.
Motto. I'etnpla quam d\lc5la.
22. Go st wick, of Willi ngton, Bedfordshire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 161-2,
^TpHIS ancient family was po^tiled of Willington, in.Bed-
• fordfhire, in the reign of King Henry III. William de Goft-
wick being Lord thereof, anno 1209, 9 Henry III. and his fon,
Hugo Goftwick, in the reign of King Edward I. from whom,
after (ix generations, defcended Sir John Goftwick, of Willing-
ton, Km. living in the reign of King Henry VI. John Goft-
wick, and William Goftwick, in 12 Henry VII. were farmers of
the fifhery of the river Oufe, and of the coney-warren of- Wil-
lington.
Sir John Goftwick, Knt. fon and heir of Sir John, was Trea-
furer of the Firft-fruits and Rents to King Henry -VIII. and
afterwards Mailer of the Horfe to that King : He married Mar-
garet, daughter of Oliver, Lord St. John, and had iflue by her,
John, his fon and heir.
Which John Goftwick married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Petre, of Ingerftone, in Eiiex, Knt. and was fucceeded in
his eftate by his fon, William Goftwick, Efq, who married Mar-
tha, daughter and coheir of Sir Humphry Ratclifte, of Elftow, in
Suflex, Knt. (by his wife Ifabel, daughter and heir of Edmund
Harvey, of Elftow, Efq;) and fitter of Edward RatdifTe, Earl of
Sufiex, and, by her, was father of a fon of his own name, who
fucceeded him in the eftate.
Which William Goftwick, Efq; was High Sheriff of the
county of Bedford, 37 Eliz. and was, by King James i. advanced
to
G O S T W I C K, of Willington, 105
to the dignity of a Baronet. He married Jane, daughter and heir
of Flenry Owen, of Wotton, in Bedfordfhire, Efq; by whom he
had feveral children.
Sir Edward Goftwick, his eldeft fon, was knighted at White-
hall, anno 1607, and fucceeded his father in the title and' eftate.
This Sir Edward, by Anne, his wife, daughter of John Went-
worth, of Gosfield, Efq; (and fifter to Sir John Wentworth,
of the fame place, Knight and Baronet,) had ifTue three fons
and five daughters ; the fons were, 1. Si-r Edward, his fuccefTor.
2. Thomas, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Mynheer Dori-
flaus, AmbafTador from Holland to Oliver Cromwell, and1 died
without iiTue. 3. William, who was born deaf and dumb; he
wasofCople, in Bedfordfhire, and dying 1696, was buried at
Cople ; and by Joan, daughter of Mr. Anthony Wharton, of St.
Sepulchre's, London, had three fons, William, Edward, and
William, who all died young ; and two daughters, Mary, who
died young, and Anne, married to Mr. Eames, of Northill, in
Bedfordfhire. The daughters of Sir Edward were, 1. Elizabeth,
married to Francis Reading, of Willington. 2. Mary, married,
fir ft, to William Spencer, of Copie, in Bedfordfhire, Efq; and
fecondly, to Sir Clement Armiger, of Cople, Knt. 3. Frances,
married to James Mordaunt, Efq; fecond (on of Henry, Lord
Mordaunt, of Turvey, uncle to Henry, Earl of Peterborough.
4. Anne, married to Thome; and 5. Jane, married to
Oliver, of St. Neot's, in Huntingdonfhire.
Sir Edward Goftwick, eldeft fon of Sir Edward, fucceeded his
father in title and eftate ; he was born deaf and dumb, and mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Sir William Lytton, of Knebworth, in
Hertfordshire, Knt. and had iiTue five fons, and one daughter ;
Edward, died young, in the life-time of his father; Sir William,
was his fuccefTor ; Charles, John, and Rowland, who ail died un-
married, and the daughter alfo.
Which Sir William Goftwick, Bart, who fucceeded his father
in title and eftate, was elected, in feveral Parliaments, one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Bedford, viz. from the
tenth of King William, ro the twelfth year of Queen Anne ; and
having married Mary, daughter of Sir William Boteler, of Wat-
ton- Woodhall, in Hertford fh ire, Knight of the Bath, had iiTue
two fons, and three daughters ; John ; William, who died an
infant; as did alfo Elizabeth, and Mary ; and Anne, married to
Edward Nelthorpe, Efq; fecond fon of SirGoddard Nelthorpe,Bart.
John, the eldeft fon, died in the life-time of his rather : He
married Martha, daughter of Anthony Hammond, of Cambridge,
Efq; of the fame family with thofe of Somerfham, in Hunting-
donfhire, and left iiTue two fons, and a daughter; Sir William,
fuccefTor to his grandfather, and John, who belonged to the Cus-
toms,
ie6 WRAY, of Glentworth.
toFps, at Boften, in Lincolnfhire, and married Marv,. elded daugh-
toi of Robert BelJ, of Bedford, Efq; and re] id of Throck-
morton, of Bucks, Efq; but died without iflue.
Sir William Goftwick, the prefent Baronet, fucceffor to his
grandfather in the title, is as yet unmarried.
Arms. Argent., a Bend, Gules, between fix Cornifh Choughs,
proper, on a Chief, Azure, three Mullets, Or.
Crest. On a Torce, a Grif&n's Head couped, Or, between
two Wings, Azure.
Seat. Willington, Bedfordshire.
23. Wray, of Glentworth, Lincolnihire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 16 12.
C I R Chriftopher Wray, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice of England,
■ father of Sir William, abovemcmioned, was the flrft of this
family that refided at Glentworth ; but his anceftors were an-
ciently feated in the Bifhopricjc of Durham, and afterwards pof-
fefled eflates in Richmondfhire, in the county of York.
John Wray, of Richmond, by Alice, his wife, daughter of
Thomas Clyburn, had iflue, Richard, who, by his wife
daughter of John Udall, had iflue, Humphry Wray, who mar-
ried a daughter of Warcop, and was fuceeeded in his eftate
fey Robert, his fon and heir, who, by his wife, a daughter of John
Danby, had ilfue four foils, William, Thomas, John, and Chri-
stopher.
William, the<ldeft fon, had to wife -, daughter and heir
jof .,,, Jackfon, of Snydall, jn Yorkfhire, and had iflue feveral
fons and daughters ; four of the fons, Chriftopher, Richard, Tho-
inas, and Leonard, lived to men's eftate, and had pofterity.
Chriftopher, the eldeff, was, by Queen Elizabeth (who knew
well the deferts of her Ministers and Servants,) promoted to the
ihigh ftatkm of Chief Juftice of England. He had ferved forBur-
rowbridge, in Yorkshire, in all the Parliaments called -by Queen
Mary : And being an eminent Lawyer, and well verfed in parlia-
mentary proceedings, was chofen Speaker of the Houfe of Com-
♦pons, in the next .reign. 4 Eliz. he was elected Autumn-
jR.eader to the Society of Lincoln's-Inn, to which perfons of
great learning -were always chofen. The year following, Quad-
Reader of the fame Society, and was again Autumn-Reader
^ Eliz. in which year, on the iSth of June, he was called to the
degree of Queen's Serjeant at Law, a-nd foon after knighted ; and
;*he 14th of May, *4£iiz. promoted to be one of the Juftices of
the
W R A Y, of Glentworth. 107
Common-Pleas ; and two years after, viz. the 8th of November,
16 Eliz. was conftituted Lord Chief Juftice of the Queen's-
Bench. He was an upright Judge ; for though he rcfpe&cd
every man in his proper Nation, when he was off the Bench,
when he was upon it, he had no fuch regard for the greateft of
men, fo as to bias his judgment. He died, May 8, 1592, after
having fat on that Bench feventeen years, and filled it with great
credit to himfelf, and fatisfaction to others ; his piety, probity,
charity, and juftice, rendering him revered by tne greateft men
of that asc, and his death generally lamented. Her Majefty,
Queen Elizabeth, had fo juft a fenfe of his merits and fervices,
that ilie gave him the profits of her coinage, till he had built
that no'olc houfe now remaining at Glentworth. He left iffue,
by Anne his wife, daughter of Nicholas Girlington, of Nor-
fnanby, in Yorkfhire, Efq; one ion, William, and two daugh-
ters, Ifabel, married firft to Godfrey Foljamb, Efq; fecondly to
Sir William Bowes, Knt. thirdly, to John, Lord D'Arcy ; and
Frances, firft married to Sir George St. Paul, of Snarford, Bart,
and afterwards to Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick.
William, his only fun, ferved in Parliament for Grimfby,
in his father's life-time, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, and
elected Knight of the Shire for the county of Lincoln, in the
laft Parliament fhe called ; and by King James I. was created a
Baronet, 1712. He died the 13th of Auguft, 1617, at Afhfby,
in the county of Lincoln. He had iffue by his firft wife, Lucy,
eldeft daughter of Sir Edward Montague, of Boughton, in Nor-
th amptonlhire, Knt. (anceftor to the Dukes of Mountague and
Mancefter, and the Earls of Sandwich and Hallifax) ten fons
and five daughters.
Sir William, had by his fecond wife, Frances, relict, of Sir
Nicholas Clifford, and daughter to Sir William Drury, of
Hawfted, in Suffolk, Knt. Lord Deputy of Ireland, and coheir
to her brother, Sir Robert Drury, of the fame place, Knt. two
fons, Sir Chriftopher, hereafter mentioned, and Charles, who
died in Spain ; alfo a daughter, Frances, wife of Sir Anthony
Irby, of Bofton, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. Of the fons of the
firft marriage, only Sir John, and Edward, furvived to men's
eftate ; the latter was Groom of the Bedchamber to King
Charles I. and married Elizabeth, fole daughter and heir of
Francis, Earl of Berkshire, and Baron Norris, of Rycot, in
Oxfordfhire ; but having no male iffue, only one daughter,
Bridget, his fole heir, who married firft, Edward Sackvil, Efq;
fecond fon of Edward, Earl of Dorfet, by whom ihe had no
iffue ; and fecondly, Montague Bertie, Earl of Lindfey ; James
Bertie, Efq; (eldeft fon by the faid marriage) had the title of
Baron Norris allowed him, by defcent, from his mother, at the
Refto-
io8 WRAY, of Glentworth.
Reftoration of King Charles II. and was afterwards created
Earl of Abingdon.
Sir John, (e!deft fon of Sir William Wray, by his firft
I/ady) was knighted in the life-time of his father, and fucceed-
ed to the title, and the eftate at Glentworth : He ferved as
Knight of the Shire for Lincoln, in three feveral Parliaments,
called by King Charles I. and by Griffil, daughter and heir of
Sir Hugh Bethell, of Ellerton, in Yorkihire, Knt. had iffue
five fons, and three daughters ; Sir John, Chriftopher, Theo-
philus, William, and Bethell; Frances, who married John
Hotham, Efq; fon and heir of Sir John Hotham, ofScorburgh,
in Yorkihire, Bart. Griffil, the wife of Anthony Thorold, of
Marfton, in Lincolnshire, Efq; and Theodoiia, wedded to Sir
Richard Barker, Knt.
Sir John Wray, (elded G>n of the J aft Sir John) married, firft,
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Wi'loughby, of Rifley, in
Derbyihire, Bart, and widow of Sir Simon D'Ewes, of Stow-
hall, in Suffolk, Bart, and fhe deceahng without iffue, he
took to his fecond wife, Sarah, daughter of Sir John Evelyn,
of Weft-Dean, in Wilts, Knt. (who furviving him, re-
married to Thomas, Vifcount Fanfliaw, and afrerwards, to
George Vifcount Caftleton) by whom he had an only daughter,
Elizabeth, who was his heir, and married the Hon. Nicholas
'Saunderfon, Efq; (eideft fon of Sir George Saunderfon, Bart.
Lord Vifcount Caftleton, of the kingdom of Ireland) who had
jffie by her Wray Saunderfon, who married Mary, eldeft
daughter of the Earl of Rockingham, and died without chil-
dren; Elizabeth, his mother, furviving, who was poffeffed of
the Glentworth eftate on the death of her father, Sir John
Wray, Bart, all his brothers dving without iffue, fo that the
inaie line of the ftrft marriage of Sir William (the firft created
to the title of Baronet) being extinguiftied, the faid dignity de-
scended to the heirs of the faid Sir William, by his fecond wife,
Frances, daughter of Sir William Drury, Knt. And,
Having already mentioned that Sir Chriftopher was the only
furviving (on of the faid marriage, aii that is farther to be ob-
ferved of him, is, th.it he received the honour of Knighthood
from King James, ferved in feveral Parliaments, and by his
wife Albina, fecond daughter and coheir to.Edward Cecil, Vif-
count Wimbledon, third (on of the Earl of Exeter, had iffue
four fons, Sir William, Edward, Sir Drury, and Cecil, who
married the daughter of Creily, of Brigflcy, in Lincoln-
fk ire, Efq; by whom he had one fon, William, and one daugh-
ter who died unmarrried: William, his only fon, married
Ifabella, one of the daughters and coheirs of J' hn Uliithome,
of Slemingford, in the county of York, Efq; by whom he had
iffue
W R A Y, of Glentworth. 109
i flue -three fons ; Sir John, hereafter mentioned ; William, arid
Cecil, and four daughters.
Sir William Wrav, of Afhby, the eldeft fon, born about the
year 1625, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, June 27,
1660, in the twelfth year of King Charles II. at which time
he ferved in Parliament for Grimfby, and departing this life,
1670, had ifTue by his wife, Olympia, daughter to Sir Hum-
phrey Tufton, Knt. and Bart, (a younger ion to John, Earl of
Thanet) fix daughters, that became his coheirs ; 1. Margaret,
married to the Rev. Dr. Jeffries, Prebendary of Canterbury,
brother to the Lord Chancellor Jeffries ; 2. Tufton,' married to
•Sir James Montague, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of the Exche-
quer, (and brother to Charles, Earl of Hallifax ;) 3. Drury,
married to Sir William Sanderfon, of Combe, in Greenwich,
Bart. U flier uf the Black Rod ; 4. , married to Lewis ;
an 1 two that died unmarried ; and four fons, Sir Chriftopher,
Edward, William, and Drury, who all died without iflue.
Sir Chriftopher, the elded, fucceeded his father in the title
and eftate ; and on the death of his coufin, Sir John Wray, of
Glentworth, fucceeded in that Baronetlhip ; but dying without
ifTue, the patent his father received from King Charles II. be-
came extindt ; and the title by the firft patent, defcended to his
coufm, Sir Baptift-Edward Wray, fon of Edward, (fecond fon
of Sir Chriftopher Wray, Knt. before-mentioned) by his wife,
Dorothy, daughter and heir of Hannibal Horfley, of the Iile of
Wi^ht, Efq; and widow of the Hon. Fane, Efq.
Which Sir Baptift-Edward Wray, died likewife without if-
fue ; whereupon the title came to his uncle, Sir Drury Wray,
third fon of Sir Chriftopher, eldeft fon (by the fecond venter)
of the ftrft Sir William Wrav, Bart, before-mentioned.
Which Sir Drury Wray, Bart, was born in Lincolnshire,
July 29, 1633, and married Anne, daughter and heir of Tho-
mas Cafey, of Rathcannon, in the county of Limerick, Efq;
(by his wife Bridget, daughter and coheir of Sir John Dowdall,
Knt.) he had iffue by her three fons ; Sir Chriftopher, William,
(who died in the life-time of his father) and Sir Cecil, with fe-
veral daughters. Sir Drury died the 30th of October, 1710.
Sir Chriftopher, his eldeft fon, fucceeded to the title and
eftate. He was in arms for his Majefty King William, at the
battle of the Boyne, and other actions in that kingdom ; and
afterwards ferved in the wars in Flanders, Spain, and Portugal,.
in the reign of Queen Anne, being Lieutenant-Colonel in Gtn.
Farrington's regiment, and eminently diftinguiihed himfelf at
the head of his regiment, at the attack of Oltend. In the year
1 7 10, he was preparing to go again for Spain, and being at
Portfmouth to embark with the fleet, died there, unmarried,
Nov.
no AYLOFFE, of Braxted-Magna.
Nov. 21, i; 10. Upon his death, the title and eftate devolved
on Sir CeciJ, his only brother.
Which Sir Cecil Wray, Bart, was a Captain in the fame re-
giment with his brother, and fervcd in Flanders, Spain, and Por-
tugal, and High Sheriff of Lincolnfhire, 1720. He married
Mary, daughter of Edward Harrifon, of Morely, in the county
of Antrim, in Ireland, Efq; (by Johanna, his wife, daughter
of the Right Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Taylor, Bilhop of Drummore,
Downe, and Connor, in that kingdom) by whom he had no
iflue, and dying, May, 1736, was fucceeded in the title by his
co u fin,
Sir John Wray, Bart, eldeft fon of William, the only fon of
Cecil, the fourth fon of Sir Chriftopher Wray, Bart, by Albina,
daughter and coheir of Edward, Lord Vifcount Wimbleton,
before mentioned. He married Frances, daughter of Fairfax
Norcliffe, of Langton, in the Eaft-Ridm<rof Yorkfhire, Efq;
by whom he had iffue, Sir Cecil, his fucceubr; John ; Mary;
Ifabella, married toCapt. Dalton, and Frances. Sir John died
Jan. 26, 1752, and was fucceeded in title and eftate by his
eldeft fon,
Sir Cecil Wray, the prefent Baronet, who is unmarried.
Arms. Azure, on a Chief, Or, three Martlets, Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Oftrich, Or.
Motto. Et pijtc ct way.
Seat. At Summer Caftle, Lincolnihire.
24. Ayloffe, of Braxted-Magna, Eflhc*
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 1612.
HP HE ancient feat and habitation of this family, which is of
■* Saxon extraction, was at Bodion-Aloph, near Wye, in
the county or Kent, of which town they were poftefied, in the
reign of Henry III. and which place, as Mr. Philipot obferves,
4 had that appellative diiiin&ion united to its name, to intimate
4 to us, that in the Saxon time, it owned the jurifdi&ion of one
< Alulphus, a Saxon.' From this Aiulphus, defcended — — -
Alifr, a perfon of great note, in the time of Edward the Con-
fellbr.
About the reign of King Henry VI. John AylofFwas feated
at HornchurCh, in the county of Eilex, and by Anne, his wife,
daughter to Thomas Weft, Efq; had iffue, Thomas AylofT,
of the fame place, and of Sudbury, in Suffolk, a man of great
feme, and large pofteffcong, in the counties of Eflex, and Suffolk,
living
AYLOFFE, of Braxted-Magta. 1 1 1
jiving temp, Edw. IV. who had iffue by Agnes, his wife, daugh-
ter to William Birch, (by Alice, his wife, daughter to Roger
Grice, of Norfolk,) a ion, William, and a daughter, Agnes,
married to Sir John Bruges, Lord Mayor of London, 13 Henry
VIII. arid by whom fhe had Anthony Bruges, from whom the
Barons of Chandos are defcended, and Winifred Bruges, mar-
ried to Sir Richard Sackville, of Buckhurft^ father of Sir Tho-
mas Saclcville, Baron Buckhurft, and Earl of Dorfet.
William, his eldeft fon, fucceeded to the eftate, and married
Audery, daughter of Sir John Shaw, Knt. and Alderman of
London, by whom he had three children, William, Thomas,
and Agnes.
Thomas, the youngeft, was a Merchant, free of the Com-
pany of Barber-Surgeons, in London ; and when Bridge- Ward
was'finifhed, 4 Edw. VI. the firft elected Alderman of it : He
was afterwards knighted, and died 2 Philip and Mary. He left
William, his fon and heir, by his wife Elizabeth, (or Ifabel)
daughter of Thomas, and filter of Sir Edward Walfmgham,
Knt. who had iiTue, a fon of his own name, William AylofFe,
ETq: who was brought up to the ftudy of the law.
William AylofF, Efq; eldeft brother to the aforefaid Sir Tho-
mas, was High Sheriff of EfTex and Hertfordmire, 6 Eliz. and
left iiTue, by Agnes, his wife, daughter to Sir Thomas Ber-
nardifton, of Ketton, in Suffolk, Knt. (fry Anne, daughter of
Sir Thomas Lucas, of Colchefter, in EfTex, Knt.) William,
kis fon and heir.
Which William was High Sheriff of the county of EfTex, 36
Eliz. and made one of the Judges of the King's Bench, 20 Eliz.
and having married Jane, daughter to Euftace Sulyard, of Fle-
mings, in Suffolk, Efq; had iffue three fons ; 1. William; 2.
Thomas, who married Mary Gufcciardine, of the family of the
Guicciardines, of Florence, and was father to Guicciardine Ay-
lofF, Secretary of the Dutchy of Lancafter ; 3. George, who
died without iffue ; and one daughter, Margaret, wife to Ed-
mund Broom, Efq; of Oxfordfhire.
Sir William AylofFe, Knt. (eldeft fon and heir of the laft
William,) fucceeded to the eftate, and refiding at Braxted-
Magna, was knighted by King James I. at the Charter-houfe,
with many more, on his firft arrival at London, and was after-
wards advanced by the faid King, to the degree of a Baronet,
1 61 2. He married three wives ; firft, Catharine, daughter and
coheir to John "Sterne, ofMelburne, in Cambridgefhire, Efq;
and had iffue by her, three fons, and four daughters ; Mary,
wife of Sir Anthony Thomas, of Cobham, in Surry, Knt.
Elizabeth, wife of Gervafe Lee, of Norwell, in Nottingham-
ffiire,Efq; ~Aiine, who died without iffue -, and Jane, wedded to Ed-
ward
112 A Y L O F F E, of Braxted-Magna.
ward Kighley, of Grays, in EfTcx, Efq; Of the fons, William,
the eldeft, died in the life-time of his father, in the Weft
Indies. Sir Benjamin, fecond fon, fucceeded in the title and
eftate. James, third fon, had his mother's eftate, at Mel-
burne, in Cambridgefhire : And from his firft wife, Jane,
daughter to Sir William Herris, of Shenfield, in Effex, Knt.
defcended William AylofTe, of Bafingburn, in Cambridgefhire,
Efq; and by his fecond wife, Elizabeth, daughter to Thomas
Penyfton, of Rochefter, Efq; Thomas Ayloffe, Doctor of the
Civil Laws, deceafed.
Sir William Ayloffe, Bart, by his fecond wife, Barbara,
daughter and heir to Thomas Sexton, had two fons who lived
to man's eftate ; I. Thomas, of Gray's-inn, Efq; who married"
Elizabeth, daughter to Edward Wentworth, of Booking, in
Effex, Efq; and was father to Benjamin Ayloffe, of Gray's-inn,
Efq; who married Victoria, daughter to Alexander Erefkin,
Efq; fon to John, Earl of Mar, in Scotland. John, fecond
fon, was a Colonel in the Weft Indies, and died, leaving no
children.
Sir William, by Alice, his third wife, daughter of
Stokes, had iffue a fon, Jofeph, who was alfo of Gray's-inn,
and married Frances, daughter of Henry Ayfcough, of York-
shire, Efq; and left iffue, firft, Jofeph Ayloffe, of Gray's-inn,
Efq; Barrifter at Law ; fecond, William ; and five daughters,
Alice, Barbara, Anne, Margaret, and Mary.
Sir Benjamin Ayloffe, Bart, eldeft fon of Sir William, was
eminent for his loyalty to King Charles I. who appointed him
High Sheriff of the county of Effex, on the commencement of
the Civil War. He ferved in Parliament as one of the Knights
of the Shire for Effex, in the firft Parliament after the Reftora-
tion. He died about the year 1663, having married three
wives; by Alice, the firft wife, daughter of Archdale,
Efq; and likewife by the laft, Margaret, daughter of
Porter, Efq; he had no iffue that furvived : By Margaret, his
fecond Ladv, daughter of Thomas Fanihaw, Efq; Remem-
brancer of the Exchequer, and lifter to Sir Henry Fanfhaw,
Knt. father of Thomas, Vifcount Fanihaw, of Ware-park, in
the county of Hertford, he had one daughter, Cathafine, wife
of Thomas Hardwick, of Leeds, in Yorkshire, Efq; and three
fons; i. Sir William; 2. Sir Benjamin; 3. Henry, who had
to wife, Dorothy, daughter and heir "of Richard Bulkeley, of
Chedle, in Chemire, Efq; and was father to Sir Johri Ayloffe,
of Stanford-Rivers, in Effex.
.Sir William, the eldeft fon and heir of Sir Benjamin, married
Anne, daughter to Peter Orbye, of Burton-Pedwarden, in Lin-
colnfhire, and Chertfev, iri Surrv, Efq; and relict of Frederick
de
AYLOFFE, of Braxted-Magna. 1 1 3
de la Tremoville, Count de Lavall and Benon, Baron de Moleon.
and Didon, in the kingdom of France, brother to the Duke of
Tremoville, who bore him two fons ; Benjamin, who died an
infant, and William, who died at the age of eighteen years, 1664,
in the life-time of his father, who departed this Jife in the year
j 675, whereupon the title defcended to Sir Benjamin, his brother
and heir.
Which Sir Benjamin AylofFe, Bart, was an eminent Merchant
of the city of London, and having married Martha, daughter to
Sir John Tyrrel, of Heron, in Eflex, Knt. had one fon, John,
who died about the age of twenty, unmarried ; and two daugh-
ters, Margaret, married to the Rev. Mr. Jenks, Minifter of St.
Dunftan's in the Weft, London j and Martha, the wife of Mr.
John Prefton, of London, Merchant. This Sir Benjamin died
March 5, 1722* being fuccceded by his nephew,
Sir John AylofFe, of Stanford- Rivers, in EfFex, Bart, fon of
Henry, (younger brother of Sir Benjamin,) by Dorothy, daughter
of Richard Bulkeley, of Chcdle, in Chefhire, Efq; and died Dqc.
10, 1730, unmarried, and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by,
Sir Jofeph AylofFe, Bart, fon and heir of the 1 aft Jofeph Ay-
lofFe, of Gray's-Inn, Efq; Barrifter at Law, (by Mary, daughter
of Bryan AylofFe, Citizen and Merchant of London,) and great
grandfon of Sir William AylofFe, Bart, by Alice, his third Lady.
Which Sir Jofeph AylofFe, the prefent Baronet, married Marga-
ret, daughter and fole heir of Thomas Railton, of Carlifle, in the
county of Cumberland, Efq; and had ifFue one fon, named Jofeph,
who died Dec. 19, 1756, aged twenty-one years,
Arms. Sable, a Lion rampant, Or, between three CrofTes,
Pattee of the fecond.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Demi-Lion, rampant, Or.
Motto. Vive ut vivas.
Seat, At A£on, in the county of Middlefex,
-T*"-
25. Peshall, of Ecclefhall, Staffordfhire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 16 12.
rT-1 HIS family took its name from the lordfhip and feat of
x Pefhale*, in the parifh of Ecclefhall, StafFordfhire. Gil-
bert, a younger fon of Richard, Earl of Corbeil, in Normandy,
* Sampfon Erdfwick's Vievu of Staff. MSS. in Harl. MSS. No. 990.
— Famiha Peftialorum StafFordienlis, vujgo Perfall, Sec. difta; fedis,
quam elegerant, nomine afluropto, Pefhale fe dixere.— Sir Ed. Byfh in
Upton, L. 4. Art. 20.
Vol. h I wl,0
114 P E S H A L L, of Ecclefhall.
who accompanied William the Conqueror, in his expedition into
England, by Ifabel, fifter and coheir of Hugh de Loup, or Lupus,
(fo called from his bearing a Wolf's head on his fhield) Earl of
Chefter, and daughter of Richard, Count of Avranches, in Nor-
mandy, by Emma, daughter of Herlain, and Arlotte, daughter
of Fulbert de Crey, and mother to William the Conqueror, had
ilTue, Robert, who, for his attachment to Robert de Stafford, and
the King's fervice in thefe parts, as alfo ratione confanguinitatls^
held Pefhale, with its appurtenances, anno 1068, by the fervice,
of a Knight's fee.
Which Robert, hence firnamed de Pefhale, married Ormonda,
daughter and heir of Ofbert de Stafford, fecond fon of Liulph,
of Lumley-caftle, in the county of Durham, (a Nobleman of
the firft figure and nobility, temp. Edward the Confeflbr) by Ald-
gyth, the fecond daughter and coheir of Aldred, Earl of Northum-
berland, fon of Utred, Earl of the fame, (defcended from, and of
the blood cf, all the Saxon Kings ;) who, for his great courage and
victory over the Scotch, that molefted King Ethelred's reign, in
Northumberland and Durham, had the honour of his youngeft
daughter, Elfgyve, conferred on him in marriage.
Whence the Pefhales bore arms, Argent, a Crofs formee,
Sable, jefTant Fleur de Lis, (the fame being the old Saxon and
German Oofs,) on a Canton, in chief, Azure, a Wolfs Head,
erafed, Argent, with an Efcutchcon of Augmentation, bearing
Argent, a Lion rampant, Gules^ crowned, Or, double queue
and furche. This Robert de Pefhale, had iflue John, whtf
died without iiTue. 2. William, of whom hereafter. 3. Hugh,
who fettled in Shropfhire, and was the ftem of the Pefhalls,
Pafhleys, PafTdews, &c. in thofe parts. A Pefhall lies in Ad-
derley Church, in Salop, having the arms of the family ; of
whom Nicholas Pefhall, by Joanna, a daughter and heir of R.
Corbet, had two fons. The elder, Richard, by Ifabella, daugh-
ter and heir of Sir William Wariner, alias Warner, ofWilleleye,
(now Willy) in Salop?" hTcf'ilTue Ralph Pefhall, whofe only
daughter and heir, Marnaret* was the wife of William, fon of
Alan de Laken, father of R. Lacon de Willey, who married
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Hamond Pefhall, by whom,
was William. A family of thefe pafled Into Chefhire, of whom
was Sir Hugh Pefhall, of Bradley, 11 Edw. II. and others.
Hamond Pcflall, 22 Hen. II. was of Bucks, and Bedfordfhire,
and held a foreft, and feveral manors, of the King in thefe coun-
ties ; a branch of which was Hamond Pefhall, of Draytoa, and,
Wadone, in Bucks, 1 Rich. I. and of W vlmeleytbn, Warwick-
Ihire, father of Sir Richard de Eifd, who married Lucia, whofe
fon John was father of Sir John Paflilewe, (fo called) of Draiton-
Pafiilew, a Knight, 23 Edw, I. father of Nicholas, 29 Edw. Ill,
Some
P E S I* A L L, of Ecclefhall. 115
Some of this family was alfo early in Effex, and paffed under the
names of Peffall, Pafhley, Paflilew, Pafchals, &c. Of thefe Ro-
bert Pafely, who bore the arms of the Pefballs, married Phi-
lippa, daughter and coheir of Sir R. Serjeant, (who died 21 Rich.
II.) fon of Sir Richard, (who died 17 Rich. II.) by Philippa,
fecond daughter of Richard, Earl of Arundel, who had by her a
fon, John Pefhall, who had another fon, Richard, of Effex ;
which Robert had alfo a daughter, Anne, married to Edward
Tyrrel, of Downham, Effex, whofe only daughter, Philippa, was
wife of Tho. Cornwallis, progenitor to the prefent Earl Cornwall is.
Robert Pefhall, called alfo Paflilew, &c. was a Prelate under
King Hen. III. who died June 6, 1252, at his houfe in Waltham%
Hertfordfhire, and was buried in the Abbey there. He was a
very great favourite of this King, and called, in the fun-fhinc
of his profperity, by fome Paraiites, Pafs-VEcu, i. e. furpaffuig
the pure water. — After him was Simon Paihell, or Pafheleve, a
Clerk, much in the fame King's favour, anno 1258 ; and Roger
de Paffeley was Treafurer of England, 23 Hen. III.
William, fecond fon of Robert de Pefhale, by Ormonda, as
before, had iffue John, called alfo Paffali, &c. whofe iffue, by a
daughter of Baffet, was Thomas de Pefhall, father of ano-
ther Thomas. 2. William, mentioned alfo the 2d of Hen. II.
1 156, with another countryman of his, Rauff Bigod, or Bagot,
as witnefTes together to a deed of gift concerning Bungay manor*
which William, by Ellen, daughter and heir of -Broughton*
of Stafford, had iffue another William, his heir living in King
John's time, 1205: this William had three fons. 1. Stephen
de Pefhall, (whofe fon Robert had a daughter, Eleanor, wife of
Sir John Swinerton.) 2. Ralph. 3. Richard ; and a daughter
Alice. Richard Pefhall fucceeded his brother, and, by a daugh-
ter of — -r Afton, was father of Robert, who married Gertrude,
daughter Howel ap Lanaynlo, and had iffue Sir Richard, a
Knight, 26 Edw. I. ancT who married, 55 Hen. Ill, Alice,
daughter of gir J. Swinerton, Knt. (a younger fon of Humphry
Swinerton, of Swinerton-caflle, Staffordfhire,) Lord of the manor
of Pefhall, at that time by gift or frank marriage with Eleanor,
daughter and heir of Robert de Pefhall. He died 19 Edw. II. 1322.
By this daughter of Swinerton, defcended from Knights and
Gentlemen from the Conquefl, with whom he had Pefhall, he
left iffue Richard, Lord of Pefhall, his fucceffor. He was a
Knight, 26 Edw. I. 1298, dwelt at Pefhall, and was father of
another Richard, a Knight, 15 Edw. II. who was High Sheriff
for the counties of Stafford and Salop, the 7th and 8th of Ed. III.
and from the 1 ith to the 16th of that King ; an office of great
authority in thofe days : And by marriage with Margaret, daugh-
ter an^l heir of i\ugh Knighton* Lord of Knighton, in Stafford-
I 2 v*u?9
1 1 6 P E S H A L L, of Ecclefhall.
/hire, added the manor of Knighton to his poflefiions, which de-
fcended to Adam, his heir, who was likewife Sheriff for the two
counties as before, the 15th of Edw. III. 1 344, and made a like
acceffion to his eftate, by marriages with two heirefles. I, Joan,
daughter and heir of Sir J. Wefton, of Wefton under Liziard,
in Stafford/hire ; and 2. Agnes, daughter and heir of John de
Caverfwale, now Carfwall, in Staffordfhire, (a younger fon of
Thomas, Lord of Caverfliwell, temp. Rich. I. by Jane, daughter
and heir of William de Chedleton.
Richard, fecond fon of the above Richard, was a Knight,
called alio Paflily, he. lived in Shropfhire, and by Aliva, daugh-
ter and heir of William de Brewofe, alias Brus, Lord of Gower-
3and, was father of Sir Hamond. 2. Walter. 3. Nicholas, and
a daughter, Margaret, the wife of Hugh Maleth, of Bucks. Sir
Hamond Pefhall married Alice, daughter of Robert de Harley,
by Joan, daughter of Andrew, Lord Wyndefore, now Windfor,
whofe only iffue, Alice, was full married to Henry Grendon, of
Milwich, Stafford (hi re, who died pofTeffed of Harley, 29 Hen.
VII. and, fecondlv, to Sir R. Lacon, of Nootly, Salop. The
above Richard died 6 Edw. III. 1332. Adam Pefhall, as before,
had iflue bv his former wife, Sir Adam, Knt. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter and coheir of Sir Philip ap Rhys, or Rees,
(defcended from Cadwallader, and Vertigern, Princes of Wales,)
and had iflue, Robert and Roger, Robert had iflue Sir Adam
Pefhall, Knt. 7 Hen. IV. Lord of Wefton, 19 Rich. II. and
Sheriff for Salop, 21 and 22 of Rich. II, who married, 7 Hai,
IV. Jocofa, (who died .8 Hen. V.) daughter and coheir of J.
Lord de Botetort, de Wefleigh-caftle, Worcefterfhire, (relict
and fecond wife, 27 Edw. III. of Sir Baldwin Frevil, by Ma-
.tilda, daughter of J. Lord Grey, of Rotherfield,) and left two
daughters, Margaret, the wife of Sir R. fon of Reginald de
Motoun, now M it ton, in Salop ; and Joanna was the wife of
W. de Birmingham, Warwickfhire, who had by her a fon,
William, a Knight, 36 Hen. V.
Roger, the younger brother, married Jane, daughter and heir
of Sir J. Knightly, of Knightly, in Staffordfhire, and had iflue
Joan, the wife of William Leigh, alias Lee, of Knightly.
Their father Adam died after, the 13th Henry VI. and their
grandfather Sir Adam lies buried in Wefton church.
Sir Richard, Knt. 25 Edw. III. fon and heir of Sir Adam, by
Agnes, his fecond wife, daughter and heir of John de Caverfwall,
was Sheriff of Salop, 50 Edw. III. 1377, and. pofTeffed of Horfly,
and Bifhops OfRey, in Staffordfhire, by this marriage, as moft
pedigrees affert ; alfo of a confiderable fortune by marriage with
.Joanna, daughter and heir of Reginald Chetwynd, of Chetwynd,
Salop, with whom he had Chetwynd. By her he had iffue Sir
Thomas,
P £ S H A L L, of Ecclcfliall," 117
Thomas, a Knight, 4 Rich. II. 1381, of PeShall, and Chef
wynd, who, by his firft. wife, Philippa, daughter of Richard
Beneytt, alias Benet de Botefle, (now Butly,) had iflue Richard,
and Nicholas.
By his fecond wife Alice, daughter of Roger Knightly, of
Knightly, in Staffordshire, he left iffue, Humphry, of Over-
Tayne and Knightly, father, by Matilda, daughter and heir of
Sir Robert Swinerton, Knt Lord of both theTaynes, in Stafford-
fhire, (the wife alfo of Sir J. Savage, of Clifton, CheShire, with
whom he had Nether-Tayne ; by ibme, alfo, the wife of Sir Piers
Legh, and of William deSpefton,) of Richard, who, by Alice,
daughter of Robert Knightly, of Gnofal, alias Gowfal, in Staf-
fordshire, left iflue Humphry, Sheriff for Staffordshire, 4 Edw. IV.
who married Agnes, daughter of Sir Robert Egerton, of Wrine-
hil, in Staffordshire, and was father o^ Sir Hugh Pefhall, of
Knightly, and John, (whence the PeShals, Pefals, Perfals, Pur-
fhals, &c. in thofe parts.) Which Sir Hugh was father, by Ifa-
bella, daughter of John Stanley, fon of Sir Humphry, of Pipe,
in Staffordshire, Knight for the Body to King Henry VII. of
three daughters, 1. Catharine, wife to Sir J. Blount, of Kinlet,
Salop, by whom he had Hopton, Tayne, and Knightly, in Staf-
fordshire, and other lands in Shropshire ; 2. Ifabella, wife of R.
Vane, alias Fane, of Tunbridge, Kent, progenitor to the Earls of
Wefrmoreland and Darlington j 3. Jocofa, wife of Humphry
Wolrech, of Dodmanfton, Salop : Alio Alianora, and Alice, two
natural daughters. Sir Hugh died 1488.
Richard and Nicholas, fons of Sir Thomas Pefhall, by his firft
wife, married, temp. Henry IV. the two danghters and coheirs
of Hugh de Malpas, alias Egerton, defcended from the Barons of
Malpas, long before the Conqueft. Which Hugh married Mar-
garet, daughter and heir of R. Blackenhall, of Blackenhall, in
CheShire, who married Anne, daughter and heir of Hugh Wif-
tanton, of Wiitanton, in Staffordshire, by Agnes, daughter of
Sir Richard Wibunbury, Knt. Lord of Houghton, in CheShire.
Richard the eldeft, of Chetwynd and Bellaport, by Margaret,
the eldeft daughter, left only two daughters ; Ifabella, married,
the eighth of Henry VI. to Sir Thomas le Grofvenor, of Dray-
ton, Salop, by whom he had Bellaport, in Salop; and Jocofa
was wife of W. Pigot, of Butley, in CheShire, temp. Henry VII.
who had with her Chetwynd, and from whom the Pigo:s c Chet-
wynd are defcended.
Nicholas, the fecond fon, married Helen, the fecond daughter
and coheir of the aforefaid Hugh de Malpas, and had iSTue, Sir
Hugh, who, after the battle of Radmore, in LeicefterShire, called
Bofworth fight, was knighted in the field by King Henry VII.
Which Sir Hugh, the firft of the family that refided at Hordefley,
I 3 alias
1 1 8 PESHALL, of Eccleihall.
alias Horfly, a feat in the pariih of Ecclefhall, a mile fouth of
Pefhall, was Sheriff:' for Staffordfhi re, 4 Henry VII. 1489, and
by Julian his wife, relict of John de Sandford, and daughter of
fe'ir Robert Corbet, of Morton Coibet-Caille, Salop, by Eliza*
beth, daughter of Sir H. Vernon, of Haddon, in Derbyihire, by
Ann, daughter of J. Talbot, Earl of Shrewfbury, and Eliza-
beth, daughter of James Butler, Earl ofOrmond, rud, I.Hum-
phry. 2. Brereton, father of Sir Thomas, Knt. 3. Nicholas^
And three daughters j Mary, wife of Sir G. Blount, of Kinlet ;
Jane, of William Chetwynd, of Salop ; and Margaret, of Ralph
Baftet, of Blore, in StafTordfhire.
Humphry Pefhall, Efq; of Horfley, temp. Edw. VI. married
Helen, relict of H. Delves, Efq; of Dodington, Salop, daugh-
ter and coheir of Humphry Swinerton, Lord of Swinerton-
Caflle and Hilton, in StafTordfhire, by CafTandra his wife; by
whom he had iiTue, 1. John ; 2. Sir Richard ; whofe fon Henry,
of London, Merchant, died without iiTue ; 3. William, who
had two fons ; 1. William, who, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
J. Hickford, alias Hugford, of Dicklefton, in Gloucefterfhire,
had ifTue, John ; Robert, who married Dorothy, daughter and
heir of Ed. Brereton, of Burfham, in Denbighfhire ; Humphry,
who was firft hufband to Lxtitia, daughter and heir of Sir Ro-
bert Harcourt ; Edward, Charles, Francis, and a daughter Anne.
2. Sir Charles, Knt. from whofe fon, James, by a daughter
of Morley, of Glynd, in SufTex, defcended John, of
Naples, in Italy, Merchant.
John Pefhall, Efq; fon and heir, was of Checkly and Horfly.,
and married Catharine, (by others, Helen) daughter of Sir J.
Harcourt, of Stanton, Oxfordfhire, and had iiTue, 1. Richard ;
2. Ralph, who was of Hopwood, Warwickfhire, and left pofte-
rity ; 3. John, who had to wife, Anne, daughter of Randal
Brereton, of Malpas, by Eleanor, daughter of Piers Dutton,
relict of J. Harcourt, of Ranton, StafTordfhire ; 4. Thomas;
and a daughter, Margaret, wife of * Brereton, of Hough-
ton, in Chefhire.
Richard, Efq; the eldeft, married Ifabel, daughter and heir of
Thomas Rollefton, of Rollcfton and Leigh, in StafTordfhire, and
had iiTue feven fons and two daughters ; 1. Thomas ; 2. James,
whofe only daughter was wife of Wyndfor; 3. Robert ;
4. Edmond\ of Bromley, Kent, who, by Mary, daughter of
Lancelot Bathurft, Alderman of London, had iflue, Robert, of
Lincoln's-Inn, London; Edmond, of Over, Chefhire ; Tho-
mas, and a daughter, Mary ; 5. Humphry, of Hallen, or Halne,
in Halys Owne, Salop, who married Joyce, only daughter and
heir of Ralph Allen, of Hallen, (of the family of Alans, or Al-
lynsj 4erived from Alan, of JBuskenhall, in Staffordfhi re, temp,.
Hen,
PESHALL, of Ecclefhall. u$
Hen. I.) who dying Sept. 3, 1560, was fucceeded by John,
his only foil, who died without ifTue, April 11, 1589, and Joan,
his only daughter, died OcT 3, 1590, unmarried ; 6. John,
who died in Barbary ; 7. Simon, in Spain, whofe Ton John
was born in Spain. Of the daughters, Elizabeth was wife of
W. Ridler, and Conftantia, of H. Langton.
Thomas, the eldeft, fucceeded to the eitate, refided at Horfly,
and by his wife Joanna, relict of Antony Windfor, and daugh-
ter and coheir of Sir Edmund Phetiplacc, of Bleflilis Lee, in
Berks, by Margaret, daughter of John, Lord Mordaunt, of
Turvey, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of H. Vere, of Great
Adington, Northamptonfhire, had ifiiie, 1. John, born Feb. 22,
1562. 2. Laurence, born Aug. 10, 1563, of Hallen, as before,
who married Joan, daughter of Richard Broughton, of Staf-
ford, and dying Sept. 23, 1632, had iflue by her, John, born
April 3, 1591, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Williams, of Cornden, in Gloucefterfhire, which John died
Feb. 2, 1643, leaving iflue by her, John, born Sept. 21, 1616,
who died without iiTuf, Aug. 21, 1645. 3. Thomas, born
Jan. 3, 1565, was of Checkley, and buried in Ecclefhall church,
Jan. 5, 1634; and, 4. Robert, born May 10, 1567, of Blore-
Pipe, StafFordfhire, Efq; who had an only daughter, Elizabeth,
firft wife of Sir Robert Bofvill, of Ainsford, in Kent, and re-
married to Sir Humphry Stile, of Bcckingham, in the fame
county, Bart, but had no iflue. This Robert was buried Dec.
12, 1622, in Ecclefhall vault, with his anceftors. 5. James,
born Dec. 2, 1569. 6. Edmond, born July 7, 1572. The
father of thefe, Thomas Pefhall, of the Hall of Horfly, was
buried in the faid vault, Nov. 28, 1608.
John Pefhall, Efq; of Horfly, fon and heir, was created a
Baronet, 10 Jac. I. Nov. 25, 16 12, and three years after was
High Sheriff" for StarFordihire. He married, 1. Anne,daughter of
Ralph Selden, or Sheldon, of Beoly, alias Belcy, Worcefterfhire,
by Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Throgmorton, of Coughton *
Warwickfhire, by whom he had fix fons and eight daughters,
all born and baptized at Horfly-Hall ; 1. Thomas, born April
3, 1596; 2. Humphry, born Nov. 1, 1599, of Halys Owne,
(fo called) and Halne, Salop; who married, April 3, 1619,
Mary, daughter and heir of Richard Blount, of Rowley, Staf-
fordfhire, (by Jane, daughter of Richard Leighton, of Coates,
Salop) fecond fon of George, of Wigginton, Oxfordfhire, by
Anne, third daughter of W. Danvers de Culworth, Northamp-
tonfhire, of whom ^hereafter. 3. Ralph, born June 3, 1600,
of Wefton, StafFordfhire, married Catharine, daughter of Fran-
cis Pool, of Minfhul, StafFordfhire, by whom were William and
Charles. * 4, Sir William Pefhall, (fo called) a Knt» 1. Car. h
I 4 1625,
120 P E S H A L L, of Eccleihall.
1625, born Oc*L 7, 1601, of Suggenhill and Canwcll, Staf-
fordshire, and of Irmham, Lincolnshire, by whom he had two
fons, John and William, who both died young, and a daugh-
ter, Anne, the fecond wife of Thiobald Taaf, Earl cf Car-
lingford, in Ireland, re- married to Randal, Lord Dunfannv.
<?. John, born July J2, 1606, married Budget, daughter of
Robert Knigh'dy, of Offchurch, whofe only daughter, Mary,
was the wife of Ravenal. 6. Robert, born Dec. 2, 1608.
Of the daughters, Elizabeth, born March 20, 1593, the wife
of W. Scott, of the Mote, Suffex ; Anne, born July 23, 1594,
the wife of Sir R. Fleetwood, of Colwich, Staffordshire, Bart.
Jane, born Aug. 10, 1597* wife of R. Colvert, of Corkenham,
alias Corkerem, Stafford ibi re ; Margaret, born Aug. 13, 1598,
wife of Roger, by fcme, Richard Brent, of Larkftoke, Glou-
cestershire, in Kilmington parifh, Warwickshire ; Dorothy,
born Nov. 3, 1603, wife of William Sandford, of Perry-Hall,
Warwickshire ; Catharine, born June 2, 1605, the fecond wife
of James Pool, of Pool, Efq; in Chefhire ; Philippa, born
Sept. 1, 1607; Frances, born Aug. 20, 1609, the wife of J.
Sandford, of Seighford, Stafrordfhire, re-married to Capt. Peter
Blount, fourth fon of Sir Walter, of Sodington, Bart. Sir
John's fir ft Lady died March 30, 1613, and he died at Sugnal,
(the hall of Horfly having been burnt down fome time before,)
Jan. 13, 1646, aged eighty-four, and were both buried in the
family vault in Eccle-liall church.
Thomas, Efq; his eldeft fon, took to wife Bridget, daughter
of William Stafford, Efq; of Blatherwick, in Northamptonshire.
Which Thomas left iffue John, born Sept. 30, 1628, and four
daughters; Bridget, born Sept. 3, 1623, the wife of George,
ion of W. MaiTey, of Denfield, in Roithorn, Chefhire ; Ann,
born Feb. 2, 1625, the wife of Chriftopher Hawley, in Stafford-
ihire ; Elizabeth, born June 1, 1627, wife of Sir Robert Bof-
ville, of Biano, or Biana, in Ecclefhall ; Lettice, born Oc~t. 3,
1629, wife of John Barbour, or Barber, of Flafhbrook, Stafrord-
fhire. Which John Pefhall, Bart, anno 1646, at the death of
his grandfather, married, in 1660, Frances, daughter of Col.
Thomas Leigh, of Adlington, Chefhire ; and was fucceeded,
anno 1701, by Sir Thomas, his onlv fon and heir, who died at
Great Sugnal, and was- buried in the family vault, Feb. 29,
1712, having had iffue, by a daughter of Mcdcalf, (who
died at Sugnal, and was buried with her family, Nov. 29, 1 705,)
Anne, guardian to her niece, Arabella, anno 17 19, (who died
unmarried, and was buried in the family* vault, Oft. 2, 1732,)
and
John, who married Charlotte, daughter of Thomas, Lord
Colepeper, and dying, V. P. was buried, July 3, 1706,
with
P E S H A L L, of Ecclefliall. 121
with his anceftors ; having had two fons, Thomas, baptized
Au°\ 1 8, 1691, and another fon, who both died young, and
three daughters ;' 1. Frances, baptized Sept. 16, 1693, married
Thomas Ireland, Efq; of , Salop, who died 17 18, leaving
behind him one fon. 2. Charlotte, baptized March 7, 1696,
who died young. 3. Arabella, baptized 1702. The fecond
Lady married, Jan. 23, 1730, to the Right Hon. J. Campbell,
Vifcount Glenorchy, and now Earl of Breadalbin, in Scotland,
by whom he has had ifTue George, who died an infant, and the
prefent Hon. J* VifcOunt Glenorchy. She died at Bath, Sept.'
10, 1762.
The branch of the firft Baronet, Sir John Pefhall, of Horfly,
being extinct, the pofterity of Humphry of Hallen, or Haln,
now^Hawn, by Mary Blount, has right to fucceed to this title.
This Humphry Pefhall, called as before, had iffue by her
three fons, 1. John* born Jan. 7, 1620. 1. Lawrence, born
Febi 10, 162 1, of Norton and Rowley, StarTordfhire, who mar-
ried Jan. 2, 1642, Mary, daughter of R* Fowler, of Harnage,
Salop, and died Jan. 12, 1661, having had two fons ; 1. John,
born OcT. 30, 1642, of Whitley, Salop. 2. Henry, born Jan.
11, 1644, (called Perfall,) of Edgbafton, Stafford fh ke : And
two daughters, Mary, born Oct. 1, 1645, the wife of H. Skip-
with, of Tipton, StarTordfhire ; and Jane, born Dec. 9, 1647,
wife of Thomas Chetwode, of Painfly, StarTordfhire. 3. Hum-
phry, born April 3, 1625. Of the daughters of Humphry,
Mary, born Auguft 4, 1623, was wife of Edward Blomer, of
Hilton, Staffordihire, fon of John, of Hathrop, Gloucefterfhire,
who died without iffue, Sept. 3, 1643 ; and he at Hilton, March
3, 1648. Alfo Elizabeth, born Jan. 3, 1628 ; and Jane, born
July 10, 1629. The father of thefe died of a fever at London,
and was buried, according to his own defire, in Chelfea church.
He was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, John, of Halne, who mar-
ried, Sept. 10, 1644, Helena, daughter of George Bathurft, of
Howthorp Norton, Northamptonfhire, who died the following
year, without iffue. He took for his fecond wife, Aug. 17, 1646,
Mary, daughter and heir of Richard Dolman, of Clent, Stafford-
fhire, by Anne, daughter and coheir of W. and Jennet Philips, of
Picton, Wales, fon of J. Dolman de Eod, by Elizabeth, daughter
of William Goftwick, of Willington, Bedfordfhire, by whom
he was father of, 1. Elizabeth, born May 11, 1648, wife of
John Sanders, Clerk, of Tardebigg, Worcefterfhire, who died
May 15, and was buried there the 18th following, 1689.
2. John, born Oct. 3, 1649, died at Oxford, Aug. 30, 1667.
3. Ralph, born June 10, died July 7, 1650. 4. Thomas, born
June 15, 1652. 5. Mary, born April 5, 1654, married
to W. Holmer, of Holmer-Hill, Worcefterfhire, Gent. 6.
Sarah,
122 PESHALL, of Eccfeflwll.
Sarah, born March 10, 1656, married to Mr. William Robin-
fon, of Hales, whofe Ton, Robert, died at London. 7. Lydia,
born July 17, 1659, married Mr. Robert Bloomer, of Colman-
Hill, in Hales, re-married to Mr. Dudley, of Dudley, Wor-
cefterfhire. The mother of thefe died June 29, 1694, and
John, the father, died at Halne, called alio Haune, March 1,
X670, and was buried the 6th following, in the church of
Hales.
Thomas, his only fon, fucceeded him : He contracted mar-
riage with Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Grove, of
Hafberry, in Hales, by Mary, daughter of R. Prince, of Clun-
genford, Salop, fon of W. Grove de Eod, by Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Humphry Wyndham of Dunravon, in Glamorganfhire,.
by whom he had hTue two fons, John, barn Jan. 24, 1684,
who died young; 2. Thomas, born June 9, 1694. The fa-
ther of thefe, Sir Thomas, Bart, (the laft Sir Thomas Pefhall,
of Sugnall, Staffordfhire, having quitted his life and title to-
gether in his line, anno 1712) died at Halne, called alfo Hawne,
March 20, and was buried at Hales the 22d following, anno
1 7 14, in the 63d year of his age. His relict re-married with
Ed. Cartwright, of Womburne, StafFordfhire, and lies buried
in that church-yard.
Thomas, his only-Con, married April 15, 1714, Anne, daugh-
ter and coheir of Samuel Sanders, Efq; of the Maieux, in Om-
berfley parifh, Worcefterfhire, by Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of J. Higgens, Gent, of Hafbery, by Mary, daughter of R%
Egerton, fon of Rowland, of Cheadle, Stafford {hire, and Anne,
daughter of Thomas Winford, of Worcefterfhire, fon of John
Higgens de Eod, by Jane, daughter of J. Whitwick, Berks*
Their iffue was, 1. Elizabeth, born Jan. 30, 17 14; 2. Tho-
mas, born July 5, 17 1 6, but died without ifTue, of an apo-
plectic fit, at Dudley, Worcefterfhire, Jan. 6, 1759, and lies
buried with his anceftors, in Hales church ; 3. John ; 4. San-
ders, born March 25, 1720 ; £. Samuel, born Ocl. 18, 1726.:
Thefe two laft died without iflue, and were buried at St. John's.,
at Antigua, in the Weft-Indies, having followed the mercantile
bufinefs there. The father of thefe departed this life, of a
dropfy, Sept. 14, 1759, aged ftxty-fwe, and lies buried in the
church of Hales.
John, the only fon remaining, and in holy orders, was born
at Halne, now Hawn, Jan. 27, 1718, and married, July 12,
1753, Mary, daughter and coheir of James Allen, Vicar of
Thaxted, fon of John, Vicar of Wethersfield (both in EfTex)
by Frances, daughter and heir of Jofeph Freeman, of North-
amptonihire, fon of John, by Anne, daughter of Samuel Mar-
row, of Berkfwell, Warwickshire* which James Allen married
Anac,
ENGLEFIELD, of Wotton-Baffet. 1 2 3
Anne, daughter of Peter Peers, merchant, by Mary, daughter
•and heir of W. Serle, Efq; of the Park-Gate, by Prifcilla,
daughter of W, Turpin, and Anne, daughter of J. Harvey,
all of Bardfield, EfTex ; by whom he has had iflue, the follow-
ing, all born and baptized in Trinity parifh, in Guildford,
Surrey: Thomas, born Aug. 31, 1757 ; John, born Dec. 27,
1758; Sparry, born Jan. 10, 1760 ; Samuel, born Aug. 28,
1761 ; Elizabetha-Maria, born July 26, 1763; Anna-Maria,
born Nov. 22, 1764. Thomas, theeldeft, died Jan. 25, 1764,
and was buried in Trinity church, in Guildford. Alio Anna-
Maria, fecond daughter of the above, departed her life Aug. 3,
1765, aged nine months.
Arms. Argent, a Crofs ftory, Sable j in a Canton, Azure,
a Wolf's Head erafed, Argent (being the Arms of Hugh Lu-
pus, Earl of Chefter;) in an Efcutcheon of Augmentation,
Argent, a Lion rampant, doubly tailed, Gules, and ducally
crowned, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Boar's Head couped, Gules,,
crined and tufked, Or, and langued, Azure.
26. Englefield, of Wotton-Baffet, Wiltfliirc.
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 1612.
fT^H IS very ancient family, according to Camden, furnamed
■■• from the town of Englefield, or Englesfeld, in Berkfhire,
are faid to be poffefTed thereof, in the fecond year of the reign
of King Egbert, 264 years before the Norman conqueft, in
the year of our Lord 803 ; at which time was an oratory, as
appears by a terrier of the land belonging to the fame, where it
is called Cantaria de Englefeld. This family has been always
reputed of Saxon extraction; as indeed, the ancient writing of
the name, De Engelfelt, and their being fixed at Englefeld,
aforefaid, in the Saxons time, feem to indicate : the writing
thereof has varied, according to the variations in our fpellings,
and is founJ in the ancient records of the family, Engelfelt,
Inglefeld, Englefyeld, Englefield, Sec,
In feveral pedigrees, Hafculfus de Englefyld is flrft men-
tioned, as Lord of Englefyld, about the time of King Canutus,
and alio in the fourth year of Harold I. or Harefoot, and in
the reign of Hardicnute, and died in the days of St. Edward th
Confeftbr.
Guy, (fon and heir of Hafculf,) lived temp. William I. an<
was father to Hely de Englefeld, temp. Will. II. who ha
m
i 24 ENGLEFIELD, of Wotton-BaiTef.
iffue two fons, William and Peter: this William had three*
fons j Sir William, who died without iffue * Sir Alan Engle-
feld, and Thomas.
William, (fori and heir to Sir Alan) is commemorated temp^
Rich. I. and was father to John Englefeld* of Englefeld, who
had iffue, Sir William Englefeld.
Sir John deEnglefeld, was fon and hek of Sir William, and
died 4 Edw. I. he was alfo Lord of Shiplake, Afeott, &c. whofe
fon, Sir William, died in France* in the reign of King Edw. I.
having had illue, Sir Roger Englef.id, Andrew, and William*
Sir Roger, aforefaid, was returned one of the Knights for
Berkftiire, in the parliament held 6 Edward II. and dying
36 Edw. IIL left, by Joan* his wife, a daughter, Alice* mar-
ried toMortely ; and two fons, Sir Philip, and William.
Sir Philip, as eldefr. fon, enjoyed the ancient inheritance,
and died 3 Rich. II. but from Joan, his wife, proceeded three
fons ; 1. Sir John ; 2. Philip, of whom hereafter, and 3.. Ni-
cholas Englefeld, of Ricot, in Oxfordfhire, Efq; Comptroller
of the Houfhold to King Rich. II. who married Jane, daughter,
and heir of John Clark, cf Lanynton-Gernon, and died
April 1, 1415.
Which Nicholas left only two daughters and coheirs, Cicely*,
married to WTilliam Fowler, and Sibil, to Richard Quater-
mains.
Sir John Englefeld, aforefaid* ferved in Parliament as Knight
of the Shire for Berks, 21 of King Richard II. He had polte-
rity to the third generation ; but then the line expiring without
iffue male, the elfate came to the defcendant of his brother,
Philip, who, by Alice, daughter and heir of Walter Roffale,
fitter and heir to Sir John Roffale, Knt. had the Ifle of Roffel,
Udlington, Eton, and Yeagden, in Salop * and had iffue a
daughter, Philippe, married to Edward Brudenel* of Ayno, in
Northamptonshire, Efq; anceftor to the Earls of Cardigan -T
and two fons* Philip Englefeld, Efq; and Robert, of whom
hereafter; Philip, the eldeft fon, was High-Sheriff of Berk-
fhire 8 Henry VI. It is prefumed he died unmarried, or with-
out iffue ; for his brother, Robert, fucceeded him in the Lord-
fhip of Englefeld, and died 13 Edw. IV. John, his eldeft
fon, died in his life-time, leaving iffue, by Joan, daughter to
John Milborn, of London, one fon, Thomas, heir to his
grandfather.
Which Thomas, aforementioned, received, with many more,
the honour of Knighthood on the marriage of Prince Arthur,
fon to Henry VII. having, anno 1496, been elected Speaker
of the Houfe of Commons, and was made Judge or Juftice of
C&efter Aug. 20, 19 Henry VII. which he held till his death}
and
ENGLEFIELD, of Wotton-Baffet. 125
and was Speaker of the firfV Parliament called by King Hen-
ry VIII. He married Margery, daughter to Sir Richard Dan-
vers, oF Prefcot, Knt. Of his fons, I find Richard died
without iffue male ; and Thomas fucceeded to the inheritance ;
and of his daughters, Elizabeth, married Robert White; Joan,
to Henry Lenbam ; Anne, to William Delabere, and Marga-
ret, to John Lyngen, Efqrs.
Thomas Englefeld, eldeft furviving fon and heir, underwent
the office of High-Sheriff of Berkfhire, and Oxfor<d(hire,
11 Henry VIIL arid having been educated at the Middle-
Temple, was, the next year, Autumnal Reader ; and the
year after, called to .the dignity of the coif by the King's letters
patent, dated (Decemb. 3, 15 Hen. VIII.) at Hampton-court.
He had 100 1. per .ami. granted him for life ; and three years
after, was conftituted one of the Juflices of the Common-Pleas.
He was knighted, and departed this life, 1537. He married
Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Robert Throgmorton, of Coughton,
in Warwickshire, Knt. who bore him three fons ; Sir Francis ;
John, hereafter mentioned ; and Thomas ; and nine daughters;
of which, Anne, married Humphry Coningfby, Efq; anceftor
to the Earls of Coningfby ; Sufan, to Humphry Burdet, Efq;
and Margaret, firft, to George Carew, Efq; fecondly, to Sir
Edward Saunders, Knt. Lord Chief-Baron of the Exchequer,
temp. Eliz.
Sir Francis, the eldeft fon, fucceeded to the inheritance ; and
was High-Sheriff of the counties of Berkfhire and Oxfordfhire,
at the death of Henry VIIL and the firft year of Edward VI.
and was knighted 22 Feb. of the fame year : he was one. of the
chief officers in the Princefs Mary's family ; and was one of
thofe fent for by the Protector and council, to forbid them
hearing of faying mafs in the Princefs's houfe ; but refufmg to
deliver fuch orders, and fubmitting rather to any punimment,
he, together with Sir Robert Rochefier, Sir — — Walgrave,
and Dr. Francis Mallet, her Chaplain, were committed many
months to prifon. Upon Queen Mary's acceffion to the crown,
he was, in consideration of his faithful fervices, made one of
her Privy-Council, and Mafter of the Wards, and had the ma-
nor and park ofFulbrook, in the county of Warwick, granted
to him, to hold in capite ; being part of the lands forfeited by
the attainder of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. He
was likewife Knight of the Shire for the county of Berks in
every Parliament held by Queen Mary ; but on Queen Eliza-
beth's acceffion to the throne, he, being extremely attached to
his religion, and the intereft of Mary, Queen of Scots, with
fome others, was obliged to leave the kingdom. In 6 Eliz. he
was indicted, and afterwards attainted and convicted of high
treaf^n,
126 ENGLEFIELD, of Wotton-Baffet.
treafon, at the Parliament 29 OcT 28 Eliz. and all his ma-
nors, lands, and vaft pofleflions, &c. were declared forfeited
to the Queen. The legality of fome of the proceedings in this
affair was, however, long debated in our courts of law ; but
the Queen, in the next Parliament, 35 Eliz. had a fpecial
aS of Parliament to confirm the attainder, and eftabliih the
forfeiture of his manors, lands, &c. to her, her heirs, and
affigns. By this a<5t of power, the manor and eftate of Engle-
field, which had now been upwards of 780 years in the family,
were taken from the fame, and forfeited to the Crown. Sir
Francis retired to Valladolid, in Spain, where he was a boun-
tiful benefa&or to the Englifh college ; and being worn out
with perfecution and years, died, and was buried there, about
1592, where his grave is ihewn with refpecl to Englifh tra-
vellers going thither. He married Catharine, daughter and
heir of Sir Thomas Fettiplace, of Compton-Beauchamp, in the
Vale of Berks; but dying without iifue, the family was con-
tinued by his brother, John Englefeld, Lord of Wotton-Baf-
fet, in Wiltmirc, who had iflue one fon, named Francis, by
Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, of Gawf-
worth, in Chefter, Knt. Lord-Prefident of Connaught, in Ire-
land, and Mary his wife^ daughter of Sir Guiicard Harbottle,
of Horton, Knt. and Jane his wife, daughter of Sir Henry
WiUoughby, of Riflev, in Derbyfhire, Knt,
Francis En2;ierield, Efq; only fon aforefaid, was of Wotton-
fiaiiet, in Wilts, (of which place his father was alfo nomi-
nated) as well as Englefield, in Berkfhire.
In the tenth year of King James, he was advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet. He married Jane, daughter of Anthony
Browne, Efq; eldeft fon of Anthony, Lord Vifcount Moun-
tague, by whom he had ten children, feven fon 4, and three
daughters ; 1. Thomas, who married Mary, daughter of Wil-
liam Wollafcot, ofShenfield, in Berks, Efq; bdt died before
his father, without iilue. 2. Sir Francis, his fucceflbr. 3. Sir
Thomas, fucceflbr to his nephew. 4. John,' who died before
his father, unmarried. 5. Anthony, of White- Knights, near
Reading, who married Stifan, daughter of Ryley, of Ox-.
ford? Efq; (he died June 2, 1664. Her hufband died about
1665, leaving iffue, Anthony, his fort and heir, of whom here-
after. The fixth fon of Sir Francis Englefield, Bart, was
William, who left a daughter and heir, married to — - — Fet*
tiplacc, Efq; and died April 27, 1662. And 7. Henry, who.
had three wives -9 firft, Elizabeth, daughter of Pickford,
of Cornwall, by' whom he had no iffue ; fecondly, Elizabeth,
daughter to Sir Walter B)ount> of Sodington, in Worcefter-
(hire, Bart, bv whom he, had, H.enry, who died unmarried,
C and
£ NGLE.FI ELD, of Wotton-Baflet. 127
and three daughters ; Elizabeth, married to Sir William Ken*
nedy, of* Ireland ; Mary, to Thomas Havers, of Thelton, in,
Norfolk, Efq; and Catharine j and to his third wife, he mar-
ried Anne, daughter to John Huband, of Ipfley, in Warwick*
ihire, Efq; by whom he had no iflue. Of the three daughter*
of Sir Francis, Dorothy, married Sir Edward Morgan, of Llan-
ternam, in Monmouthfhire, Bart. Mary, to Chriftopher, Lord
Teynharn ; and Margaret, who had two hufbands, flrft, Hat*
ton Berners, of Whittlebury, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; and
fecondly, Sir William Bradfhaigh, Knt. a younger fon of the
family of Bradihaigh, of Haigh, in Lancafhire. Sir Francis,
the father of thefe children, lived till 1631.
Sir Francis Englefleld, Bart, eldeft fon and heir of Sir Fran-
cis, fucceeded his father in the title and eftate : he received the
honour of Knighthood from King James I. at Eaft-Hamfted%
Aug. 12, 1622, and in his behalf, we meet with this indemni-
fying letter of King Charles L
"CHARLES REX.
\\T HE R E AS our trufty and well-beloved Sir Francis En-
* * glefield, Knight and Baronet, being a recufant, is thereby
fubject to our laws and ftatutes in that cafe provided : thefe
are to fignify our royal will and pleafure, that no perfon or per-
fons (hall, at any time hereafter, fue, profecute, or Implead,
cither by way of indictment, information, or otherwife, againft
the faid Sir Francis, for being a recufant, or convicted by vir-
tue of any of our laws or ftatutes againft popifh recufants, till
we ihall flgnify our pleafure to the contrary. Given under our
fignet, at our palace of Weftminfter, Decemb, the 6th, in the
ioth year of our reign."
He married Winifrid, daughter and coheir to William
Brookfby, of Sholeby, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; by whom he
had one fon, Sir Francis, his fuccefTor, and three daughters ;
Helen, married to Sir Charles Waldgrave, Bart, father of the
firft lord Waldgrave; Mary, to Sir George Browne, Knight
of the Bath ; and Catharine, the wife of William Turvile, of
Afton-Flamvile, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; he died in May, 1665,
and lies buried in Englefleld church, in Berkfhire.
Sir Francis, his fon and fuccefTor, married Honora, daughter
of Henry O'Bryan, Earl of Thomond, of Ireland, by whom
he had no iflue ; his Jady furviving him, remarried to Sir Robert
Howard, Knt. fixth fon of Thomas, the firft Earl of Berk-
shire : whereupon the title ajid eftate went to his uncle, Sij:
Thomas Englefleld, Bart, fecond furyivjng fon of Sir Francis
Jngiefield, the firft JBaronet.
Whick
128 E N G L E F I E L D, of Wotton-Baffet.
Which Sir Thomas married two wives ; firft, Mary, daugh-
ter of Sir Henry Winchcomb, of Bucklebury, in Berks, Bart,
by whom he had no ifTue ; fecondly, Mary, daughter of George
Huntley, of ^, in Gloucefterjhire, Efq; by whom he had
one fon. Sir Charles, his fucceflbr, and three daughters ;
I. Anne, who died unmarried, 1678; 2. Philadelphia, mar-
ried tto Henry Foflan, Gent, and died without ifTue ; 3. Eliza-
beth, married to •— — « — -.
Sir Charles Englefield, Bart, who fuceeeded his father,
married Sufan, natural daughter to John, Lord Culpeper, by
Mrs. Sufan Willis, (and owned by Lord Culpeper, as one of
"his children) by whom he had a fon, Thomas, and a daugh-
terr, Charlotte, who both died young. Sir Charles, dying,
April, 1728, was buried at Englefield-church, aforefaid, and
Was fuceeeded in dignity and eftate by his coufin, Sir Henry
Englefield, Part, eldeft fon of Henry Englefield, of White-
ICnights., Efq; fon of Anthony, who was fon of Anthony,
fifth fon of Sir Francis Englefield, the firft Baronet, and Jane,
his wife, daughter of Anthony Browne, Vifcount Montague,
before mentioned.
Which Anthony Englefield, Efq; (fon and heir of Anthony,
fifth fon of Sir Francis) by Alice, his wife, daughter of Tho-
mas Stokes, of London, Efq; had ifTue feventeen children, viz,
ten fons, and feven daughters ; of which, Martha, married
Lyfter Blount, of Mapledurham, in the county of Oxford, Efq;
Elizabeth, to William Dorrington, fon of Sir John Dorring-
ton, ofSufTex, Knt. and Mary, to Sir William Swinburne, of
Capheaton, in Northumberland, Bart, the others were either
nuns, or died unmarried. The ten fons died all unmarried,
except Henry, the fourth fon, who fuceeeded to his father's
eftate, and was of White-knights, aforefaid, and married Ca-
tharine, daughter of Benjamin Poole, of London, Efq; (who
furviving him, married Edward Webb, of Gray's-Inn, Efq;)
by whom he had ifTue nine children, three fons and fix daugh-
ters ; Sir Henry, of whom hereafter; Charles, and Francis,
who died without ifTue : and of the fix daughters, Catharine,
Terefa, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, and Anne, the four laft
are living ; of which, Mary, after the deceafe of Francis
Smith Carrington, of Wotton-foall, in the county of War-
wick, Efq; her firft hufband, was married to Thadee O'Fla-
herty, of the kingdom of Ireland, Efq; the others are all un-
married.
Which Sir Henry Englefield, the prefent Baronet, in 1742,
married, to his firft wife, Mary, the daughter of Thomas
Berkely, of Spetchley, in Worcefterfhire, Efq; fhe died in
childbed of his firft child, named Mary, who likewife died in
the
HOLTE, of Afton. 129
the eighth year of her age. In 1751, Sir Henry married, to his
fecond wife, Catharine Bucke, daughter of Sir Charles Bucke,
of Hanby Grange, in Lincoln(hire, Bart, and of Anne Se-
bright, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Sebright, of Beech-
wood, in Hertfordshire, Bart, by whom he has had live chil-
dren, viz. Henry-Charles, Ethelinda-Catharine, Terefa-Anne,
Francis, and Francis-Michael ; of whom, Ethelinda died in
the fifteenth year of her age, and Francis died an infant : the
other three are ftill living.
Arms. Barry of fix, Gules and Argent, on a Chief, Or,
a Lion paftant, Azure.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Arm couped at the Elbow,
vefted per pale, Azure and Gules, holding a Branch, proper.
The other Creft of the family is, a Spread Eagle, in Pale,
Azure .and Gules, which latter is likewife on the tomb-ftones,
in Englefleld church.
Seat. At White-Knights, near Reading, in Berkshire.
27. Holte, of Afton, near Birmingham,
Warwickshire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 25, 161 2.
'THE ancient deeds and writings of this family being de-
ftroyed, when Afton-houfe was plundered, in the time of
the rebellion, 1641, the firft that I can difcover, is Sir Henry
Holte, father to Sir Hugh Holte, who married Matilda, daugh-
ter to Sir Henry de Erdington, baron of Erdington, (by Joan,
his wife, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas de Wolvey) and
had ifTue by her a fon, John Atte-Holte, and died, leaving her
a widow, anno 16 Edw. II.
John, his fon, had to wife, Alice de Caftello, or Caftell,
daughter, and at length fole heir to Sir George de Caftell.,
defcended from the Caftells, ancient lords of Withibroke, in
the county of Warwick ; and, by a female anceftor from Re-
ginald de AfTeles, Lord of Nechels : and, anno 4 Edw. III.
Alice, (th°n widow of Sir George, niece and heir to Aliva,
one of the coheirs to Simon de Afleles) in confideration of forty
pounds, pa(Ted away all her inheritance in the manor, unto
Simon del Holte, of Birmingham, and his heirs ; which eftate
is ftill in the family.
This Simon del Holte was fon of John, aforefaid ; and, by
his wife, Albreda de Bermingham, (a daughter of a noble and
eminent houfe, progenitor to the earls of Louth, in Ireland)
had iflue two fans, John and Walter.
Vol. I. K John
130 H O LT E, of Afton.
John Atte-Holte, called Senior, in refpecl: of his fon, was
living 21 Edw. HI. and had alfo two Tons, John, and Walter,
who died without iflue. This John Holte, having had in
marriage, Eleanor, daughter and coheir of William Durvaffal,
of Spernall, died childlefs, whereupon Walter Holte, his un-
cle, fucceeded in the eftate.
Which Walter, anno 49 Edw. III. and 1 Rich. II. under-
went the office of efcheator to the King, for the counties of
Warwick and Leicefter j a fervice, in thofe times, of great
truft, and wherein none but perfons of noted worth and qua-
lity were employed. In the latter of which years, he was the
principal commiflioner afligned in the county of Warwick, for
levying and collecting a fifteenth and tenth, then granted to
the King in Parliament ; and departing this life, left iflue three
fons, John, Simon, and William : his wife, Margery, fur-
viving.
John, the eldeft fon, was {tiled of Yardley, and had iflue, Au-
domar Holte, his fon and heir, who was difpoflefled of Afton,
by his uncle, William Holte ; but it was afterwards reftored to
him.
John, (fon and heir of Simon Holt, by Matilda, his wife,
daughter and heir of William Collyng, of Bruge-North, in
Salop, Efq;) left iflue, by Margery, his wife, daughter of Sir
Richard Delabere, of Kynardfley, in Herefordftiire, Knt. a
daughter, Elizabeth, married to John Rudgeley, of Wiging-
ton, and one fon,
William Holte, Efq; who married Margaret, daughter of
William Cumberford, of Cumberford, in Staffbrdfhire, Efq;
had a numerous iflut, and left a fon of bis own name, Wil-
liam, who fucceeded to the eftate. Which William married a
daughter of Adam Knight, of Shrewlbury, Efq; and he had
iflue by her feven daughters ; Margaret, married to Stanley ;
Anne, to Piers ; Elizabeth, to Wefton; Margery, to Nicholls;
Ellen, to Petman ; Frances, to Forfter ; Winifrid, to Thomas
Filher : alfo four fons, Thomas, Mark, John, and Nicholas.
Thomas Holte, the eldeft fon and heir, who was a learned
lawyer, and Juftice of North-Wales, temp. Henry VIII. as
alio in commiflion for the peace in his county, the greateft part
of that King's reign, and alfo in commiflion for the taking the
furrender of religious houfes in that county, he wedded Mar-
gery, eldeft of the feven daughters and coheirs to William Wil-
lington, of Barchefton, in Warwickmire, Efq; who furviving
him, afterwards became the wife of Sir Ambrofe Cave, Knt.
chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancafter, temp. Eliz.
Edward Holte, (fon and heir of the faid Thomas) was con-
stituted one of the Juftices of Peace for Warwickfhije, 14 Eliz.
and
HOL TE of Afton. 131
and in the twenty-fifth of that reign, High-Sheriff" of that
county. By Dorothy, daughter of John Ferrers, of Tam-
worth-Caftle, Efq; (by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Fran-
cis Cokayne, of Afhborne, in Derbyfhire, Efq; and Dorothy,
his wife, daughter of Thomas Marrow, Efq; Serjeant at Law)
he had three fons, Thomas, Francis, and Robert ; and feven
daughters; Anne, wife to Edward Weft; Lucy, to John
Hugford ; Catharine, to Humphrey Wyrley ; Mary, to George
Smyth, fon of George Smyth, of Wotton, in Warwickfhire,
Efq; Dorothy, Margaret, and Frances, all died without ifTue.
Thomas Holte, the eidcft fon, who was of full age at the
death of his father, was High-Sheriff of the county of War-
wick, 41 Eliz. and received the honour of Knighthood (iS
April, 1603) from King James I. at Grimfton, in Yorkfhire,
when he arrived there from Scotland, in his way to London, to
take pofletfion of the Crown of England ; and was afterwards
farther advanced, by that Prince, to the dignity of a Baronet,
25 Nov. in the tenth year of his reign. He was a gentleman
well read in rnoft parts of learning, and verfed in feveral lan-
guages ; was highly efteemed in his country by men of all con-
ditions, being of an even temper, truly juft, charitable, and
exemplary m his life and converfation. He died in the eighty-
third year of his age, 1654, having, by his laft will and tefta-
ment, afligned 300 1. for the building an hofpital at Afton, for
five men and five women, appointing a rent-charge out of his
manor of Erdington, of 88 1. per annum for their fupport. •
He married two wives, firft, Grace, one of the daughters
and coheirs to William Bradburne, of Hough, in Derbyfhire,
Efq; and fecondly, Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton,
of Pillaton-hall, in Staffordfhire, Bart, but by her had no ifTue.
By his firft Lady he had fifteen children ; moft of which lived
to men and women's eftate. Of his daughters, Anne, married
Walter Gifford, of Chillington, in Stafford ihi re, Efq; Catha-
rine, was wife of Roper ; and Grace, of Sir Richard
Shuckburgh, of Shuckborough, in Warwickfhire, Knt. but
of the fons, no jflue furvived, except from,
Edward, his eldeft fon, who was one of the Grooms of the
Bed-chamber to King Charles I, and attending him during the
rebellion ; and was, with other his Majefty's friends, in Ox-
ford, when it was befieged ; but falling ill of a fever, died be-
fore the furrender thereof, and lies buried in Chrift-church,
leaving ifTue, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Dr. John
King, bifhop of London, Sir Robert, fuccefibr to his grand-
father, and John, who died unmarried : alfo three daughters ;
Grace, wedded to George Hampfon, Efq; (a younger fon of
Sir Thomas Hampfon, of T.aplow, in Bucks, Bart. ) 2 Eliza-
K 2 beth,
1 32 HOLTE, of Afton.
beth, firft married to Buncomb, of Surry, Efq; and after-
wards, to Richbell, of London, Merchant ; and 3. Ca-
tharine, wife of Sir Edward Nevill, of Grove, in Nottingham-
fhire, Knt.
Sir Robert Holte, Bart, (grand fon and heir to Sir Thomas)
did his beft endeavours for the reftoration of the royal line, and
for his known loyalty was appointed High-Sheriff of War-
wickshire, the firft year after the return of King Charles ; and,
the year following, was elected Knight for that county, in Par-
liament. He married, firft, Jane, daughter of Sir William
Brereton, of Brereton, in Chcfhire, Knt. and lifter to Wil-
liam, Lord Brereton, of the kingdom of Ireland, who died in
child-bed of her only fon, Sir Charles, his fuccefTor ; and after
her deceafe, taking to wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas
Smith, of Hough, in Chcfhire, Knt. had eight children,
whereof only one fon, Robert, furvived. Sir Robert died,
3 Och 1679, and was interred by his firft wife, in the paro-
chial church of St. Clements-Danes, Middlefex. Sir Charles,
his only fon by the firfl venter, fucceeded him in title and
eftate.
Which Sir Charles Holte, Bart, ferved as one of the Knights
of the Shire in Parliament, for the county of Warwick, in the
firft year of King James II. He was a man of letters, and well
beloved in his country ; and having married Anne, eldeft daugh-
ter and coheir of Sir John Clobery, of Winchefter, Knt. (who
died at Afton, March, 1737-8, aged near ninety) had ifTue
fix daughters, and four fons, viz. 1. Anne, married, 1718, to
North Foley, Efq; but had no ifTue ; 2. Jane ; 3. Mary ;
4. Selena; 5. Diana; (the four laft died unmarried ;) 6. Eli-
zabeth, married to James Makenzie, M. D. but has no ifTue.
His fons were, 1. Sir Clobery, married to Barbara, daughter and
heir of Thomas Lifter, of Whitfield, in Northamptonshire, Efq;
by whom he had two fons, Sir Lifter Holte, his fuccefTor, and
Charles, married in 1754, to Anne, daughter of Pudfey Jef-
fon, of Langlcy, in the county of Warwick, Efq; 2. Charles ;
3. Francis, both died unmarried ; 4. John, married to Eli-
zabeth, fifter to the prefent Peter Legh, of Lyme, Efq; but
!eft no ifTue.
Sir Charles dying, June 20, 1722, was buried in the family
vault at Afton, and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his
eldeft fon,
Sir Clobery Holte, Bart, married, as aforefaid ; and he dying
at Afton, July, 1729, was buried in the family vault there,
and fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir Lifter Holte, the prefent Baronet, who married, in Oc-
tober, 1739, the Lady Anne Legge, youngeft daughter of the
Right
EGERTON, of Egerton. 133
Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, by the Lady-
Anne Finch, third daughter of Heneage, Earl of Aylcsford.
She dying, July, 1740, without iffue, was buried in the family
vault, at Afton : and in July, 1742, he married to his fecond
wife, Mary, youngeit daughter of Sir John Harpur, of Calk,
in the county of Derby, Bart. She alfo dying, in the year 1 752,
without any ifTue then living, was buried in the family vault at
Afton. And in 1754, he married, to his third wife, Sarah,
daughter of Samuel Newton, of Kings-Bromly, in the county
of Stafford, £fq; Sir Lifter was Reprefentative for Litchfield,
in Staffordfhire, in the ninth Parliament of Great-Britain.
Arms. Azure, two Bars, and in Chief a Crofs, Pattee,
Fitche, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Squirrel fejant, Or, holding a
Halle-Branch, flipped and frucled, all proper.
Motto. Exalt avlt hwnilis .
Seats. At Afton, near Birmingham, Warwickfhire; and
Brereton, in Chefhire.
28. Egerton, of Egerton, Chefhire*
Created Baronet, April 5, 1617.
D OBERT Fitz-Hugh, baron of Malpas, held feveral ma-
nors under Hugh Lupus, earl of Chefter, in the reign of
William the Conqueror (as. recorded in Doomfday-book.) But
Robert leaving no male ifTue, this barony came at length, by
marriage of the heir female, into this famous and knightly fa-
mily, (as Mr. Camden ftiles it.)
Of which was, John de Belward le Malpas, who lived in
the time of William Rufus.
William, (fon and heir of John le Belward de Malpas) fo
named by Sir William Dugdale, is wrote by Mr. Erdefwicke,
(agreeable to other good authorities) Richard : his wife was
Letitia, daughter and heir of Robert Fitz-Hugh, baron of
Malpas.
William, fon and heir of (William, or) Richard, and
Letitia, his wife, married the daughter of Hugh Keveliock,
and fifter and coheir of Ranulph, earl of Chefter : he had iffue
by her, 1. David, Baron of Malpas ; 2. Robert, from whom
the prefent Earl of Cholmondeley is lineally defcended ; and
3. Richard, beforementioned, who is alfo taken notice of by
Camden, in his Remains.
K 3 David,
i34 E G E R T O N, of Egcrton.
David, (eldeft fon of William) filled Dan-David de Mal-
pas, and fometimes Le Clerc, from his being Secretary to the
Earl of Chefter, married Margaret, daughter and heir of Ralph
ap Eynion (a perfon of great note and large pofleflions, in
Wales and Chefhire) by Beatrix, daughter of Kanulph, the
fecond of that name, Earl of Chefter. His two fons were,
1, William, Baron of Malpas, who left no legitimate
ilTue.
2. Philip, (High-Sheriff of Chefhire, temp. Edw. I.) who,
poflefling the manor of Egerton, near Malpas, had (according
to the cuftom of that age) the furname of Egerton, from the
place of his refidence, which was derived to his pofterity in a
lineal fuccefncn, which fpread into many eminent and flourifh-
ing branches. The other fons of David were, 3. Peter, fur-
named Thorneton ; and 4. David, Lord of Golbourne.
David de Malpas, alias, de Egerton, (fon of Philip de Eger-
ton, who died before his brother, William, the Baron) con-
tinued the chief line, as next heir to his faid uncle. He married
Cicely, daughter and heir of Randal de Thorneton.
Philip, his fon and heir* was Sheriff of Chefhire, 2 Edw. IL
and father of fix fens ; 1. David, (of whom hereafter;) 2. U-
ryan* who, by his wife Amelia, daughter and heir of Calde-
cote, of Caldecote, (15 Edw. II.) had ifTue, David and John,
(anceftor to the Egertons, of Dynham, Willoughby, &c.)
David, by his wife, Joan, the heirefs of Almaly, was father of
Ralph, whofe fon, Ralph Egerton, of Caldecote, by the daugh-
ter and heir of Hafelwall, had iffue, William Egerton, of Bet-
tley, who, by marriage with Ellen, daughter and heir of Sir
John Hawkllones, of Wrineford, alias Wrinehill, Knt. (by
Annabella, his wife, daughter and heir of William Bromley,
of Chettelion, and Annabella, his wife, daughter of Matthew,
and fifter and heir of William de Chettelton) became poflefHd
of thofe eftates, and had iflue Ralph, who died in 1452, leav-
ing iiTue, Hugh Egerton, of Wrinehill, who married Margaret,
daughter of John Dutton, ofDutton, and died 1505, having
had illuc, Ralph, Robert, and Richard Egerton, Prebendary
and Canon of Litchfield, alfo Re&or of Enfield, who died 1537.
Ralph, the eldeft fon, died the 7th of May, 1522. He married
Ifabel, daughter and heir of Robert Hill, of Hounhill, by whom
he was father of John, (who died 1 June, 1529, having mar-
ried Agnes, daughter of Sir Walter Griffith, of Wichnor) and
William Egerton, of Bettley, father of Ralph, father of an-
other Ralph ; the laft heir male of which branch was James
Egerton, Efq; who died in the tenth year of his age, April 13,
1687, being only fon of Randolph Egerton, Efq; Major-Gene-
ral of Horfc to King Charles I. ancj Lieutenant-Colonel of his
Majefty
EGERTON, of Egerton. 135
Majefty King Charles lid's own troop of guards, who died
O&ober 20, 1 68 1.
Sir Ralph Egerton, of Wrinehill, Knt. fon and heir of
John, married Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, of Gawf-
worth, and died 1596, to whom fucceeded, Edward, his fon
and heir.
Sir Bryan de Malpas, alias Egerton, third fon of Philip, be-
forementioned, was Knight of the order of St. John of Jerufa*
lem, temp. Edw. II. 4. John ; 5. Richard ; and 6. Philip.
David de Malpas, alias Egerton, (eldeft fon of Philip, and)
elder brother of Uryan, was Sheriff of Chefhire, 5 Edw. II.
alfo 7 Edw. III. 1333 : an(* kv his wife, Ifabel, daughter of
Richard Foulfhurft, of Crewe, had iffue, Philip, Uryan, Da-
vid, and Robert Egerton, of Bickerton.
Philip, (fon and heir) had to wife, Ellen, daughter of Sir
John St. Peter, and by her had iffue, Ellen, wife to Sir Wil-
liam Brereton ; and Ifabel, to Sir John Delves, Knts. alfo a
fon named David, who married a daughter of — — Venables,
of Kinderton, but left no iffue male ; fo that,
Uryan, brother of Philip, fucceeded as Lord of Egerton ;
and married Amelia, daughter of John Warburton, of War-
burton, Efq;
John, (fon and heir of Uryan) was father of,
Sir John Egerton, of Egerton, Knt. who was flain at the
memorable battle fought on Bloore-heath, in StafTordfhire,
Sept. 23, 1459, between the Lord Audley, General for King
Henry VI. and Richard Nevil, earl of Salifbury, on the fide of
Richard Plantagenet, duke of York. He had iffue by Mar-
garet, daughter" of Sir John Fitton, of Chefhire, Knt. Philip,
William, Ralph, Hugh, and Peter.
Philip, fon and heir of Sir John, was father of William,
John, and Sir Ralph Egerton, Knt. by his wife, Margaret,
daughter and heir of Ralph Baffet, of Bloore, progenitor of
that knightly line, that for feveral generations flourifhed at
Ridley, in Chefhire, (being afterwards feated at Shaw, in Lan-
cafhire) and from which defcended Sir Richard Egerton, Knt.
who, by Alice, daughter of ■ Spark, of Bickerton, in Che-
fhire, had a fon, Sir Thomas Egerton, Knt. who was Lord
Keeper of the Great Seal, temp. Eliz. and by King James
created Baron of Ellefmere, and Vifcount Brackley, and con-
ftituted Lord-Chancellor of England ; from whom is defcended
the prefent Duke of Bridgewater, whofe younger branches are,
the Egertons of Tatton, in Chefhire, and Newborough, in
Staffordfhire.
William, eldeft fon of Philip, and brother of Sir Ralph, had
no iffue \ whereupon,
K 4 John,
i36 EGERTON, of Egerton.
John, his next brother, became heir, and continued the prin-
cipal line. Ke married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Hugh
Done, ofOulton, Efq;
Philip Egerton, of Egerton, and of Oulton, married Jane,
daughter, and at length heir of Sir Gilbert Smith, of Cuerdley,
Knt. (brother of William, Bifhop of Lincoln, and founder of
Brazen-nofe college, in Oxford) and was, by her, father of Mar-
garet, wife of Sir Hugh Starkly, Knt. and of his fon and fuc-
ceflbr,
Sir Philip Egerton, Knt. Sheriffof Cheihire, the 5th of Queen
Mary ; who, by Eleanor, daughter of Sir Randal Brereton, of
Ipitones, Knt. had iffue,
John Egerton, Efq; who married Jane, daughter of Piers
Moftyn, of Talacre, in Flint/hire, Efq; he had two fons ; Phi-
lip, the youngeft, died ifTuelefs ; Elizabeth, his daughter, mar-
ried Sir William Stanley, of Houton, in Werral Hund. Che-,
fhire, Knt. and,
Sir John Egerton, the eldeft fon (born 1551) was knighted by
Queen Elizabeth, 1599. He died at London, April 27, 1614,
having had ilTue by his firft wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Row-
land Stanley, of Houton, Knt. five fons; I. Philip, who died
young; 2. Sir Rowland, of whom hereafter; 3. John, bafely
killed by Edward Morgan, after having given him his life, in a
duel, Ap'ii 20, 1608 ; 4. Peter, who married Margaret,
daughter of Sir Thomas Hayes, Knt. and Alderman of London ;
and 5. Richard, who died without iflue. Alfo three daughters ;
Frances, wife of John Minfhull, of Minfliull, Efq; (whofe
daughter married Cholmondeley, of Vale-Royal.) Margaret,
married, firft, to Thomas Hall, and afterwards to Lawrence
Whitacker, Efqrs. and Mary, to Richard Cartwright, of Aynhoe,
in Northamptonfliire, Efq; By his fecond wife, Anne, daugh-
ter of Robert Bernard, Efq; Sir John had no ilTue.
Sir Rowland Egerton, of Egerton and Oulton, eldeft furviv-
]ng fon and heir of Sir John, having been knighted, was after-
wards (15 Jac. I.) created a Baronet. He died fuddenly, of an
apoplexy, and was buried October 3, 1646. His lady, who
furvived, was Bridget, daughter of Arthur, Lord Grey, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, fon of William, Lord Grey, of Wilton,
(Knight of the Garter, Lord Warden of the Eaft Marches to-
wards Scotland, and Governor of the town and cattle of Ber-
wick, who died December 14, 1562;) and of his wife, Mary,
daughter of Charles Somcrfet, Earl of Worcefter, (lineal an-
ceilor to the Duke of Beaufort) by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter
of Thomas Weil, Lord Delawar.
The faid Arthur, Lord Grey, died Odlober 14, 1593, aged
£fty-fcven, leaving ifFue by Jana-Sibilla, his wife, daughter of
Sir
EGERTON, of Egerton. 1 37
Sir Richard Moryfon, of Cafhiobury, in Hertfordfhire, Knt«
ififler to Elizabeth, Countefs of Lincoln) two ions ; Thomas,
,ord Grev, his fucceflbr, who died unmarried, 1614, and Wil-
liam, who died, 1605, as;ed thirteen, and was buried in Mag-
dalen-college chapel, in Oxford, with an infcription over him,
as may be ieen in Wood's Antiq. Oxon. Sir Rowland had iffue
by the faid Bridget, fix fons ; 1. Thomas, who married Barbara,
daughter of Sir John St. John, of Lidyard-Tregoz, in Wilts,
Bart, "but died iifuelefs before his father ; 2. Sir John, fucceflbr
to the Title ; 3, Sir Philip Egerton, knighted by King Charles II,
for his loyalty during the rebellion : he married Catharine,
daughter and fole heir of Piers Con way, of Hendre, in Flint-
fhire, Efq; by whom he had three fons, and four daughters, viz.
John, his (on and heir ; Philip, who lived but a few days, and
another Philip, D. D. of whom hereafter: Sibilla, who died an
infant; Bridget, died about feven years old; Mary, married to
Richard, Lord Vifcount Bulkeley, of the kingdom of Ireland;
and Jane, who lived a little above a month. Sir Philip died at
Oulton, and was interred at Little-Budworth, in Chefhire, x^u-
guft 15, 1698. John Egerton, of Oulton, Efq; fon and heir,
married three wives, firft, Mary9 daughter of Thomas Chol-
mondeley, of Vale-Royal, in Chefhire, Efq; fecondly, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Robert, Lord Vifcount Cholmondeley ; third-
ly, Catharine, daughter of William Upton, of Upton, in Che-
fhire, Gent, who furvived him, and was living 1 741 ; by neither
of which had he any ifiue ; and died at Oulton, and was buried
at Little-Budworth, Jan. 2, 1732. Philip Egerton, D. D.
third fon, was Rector of Ailbury, in Chefhire, and married
Frances, daughter of OlHey, Efq; (fecond fon of
Offley, of Madeley-manor, in Stafford (hi re, Efq;) by Frances,
his wife, daughter of John Lane, of Bentlev, in Staffordfhire,
Efq; brother to Mrs. Jane Lane, afterwards Lady Filher, by
whom he had ifiue, three fons, and fix daughters, viz. Philip,
John, Rowland ; Bridget, Elizabeth, Mary, Frances, Catha-
rine, and Sibilla. Dr. Egerton died at Aftbury, and was interred
at Little-Budworth, March 6, 1726. Philip Egerton, of Oul-
ton, Efq; eldeft fon of Dr. Egerton, married Frances, daughter
and coheir of Sir Griffith Jeffreys, of Aclon, near Wrexham, in
Denbighfhire, Knt. by whom he had no iffue ; John, fecond
fon, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Brock,
of Upton, in Chefhire, Efq; by whom he had two fons, John,
and Philip ; and three daughters, Anne, Mary, and Elizabeth.
3. Rowland Egerton, who married the widow of Thomas Bourne,
fecond fon of William Bourne, ofChell, in Staffordfhire, Efq;
by whom he had no iffue. Of the fix daughters of Dr. Egerton,
Bridget, married Edward Downes, of Shrigtey, in Chefhire, Efq;
Elizabeth
i38 E G E R T O N, of Egerton.
Elizabeth died unmarried ; Mary, married Richard Pulefton, of
Havod-y-wern, near Wrexham, in Denbighshire, Efq; Fran-
ces ; Catharine, died an infant; and Sibilia married Fran-
cis Hafkins Eyles Stiles, of Moor-parlc, near Rickmanfworth,
in Hertfordfhire, Efq; only fon and heir of Sir John Eyles, of
Giddy-hall, in EfTex, Bait. The fourth fon of Sir Rowland, was,
Arthur; 5. Rowland, of Chedleton ; and 6. Charles, of Wal-
lefea, in Chefhire, who died without iflue: alfo three daughters,
Sibyl, firft married to Edward Bellott, of Moreton, in Cheihire,
Efq; and fecondly, to Sir Edmund Anderfon, of Broughton, in
Lincolnshire, Bart. Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Radcliffe, of
Foxenton, in Lancafhire, Knight, and Mary, who died at Far-
thinghoe, unmarried.
Sir John Egerton, Bart, eldeft furvi'ving fon and heir of Sir
Rowland, died at Wrinehill, and was interred at Madely, 1674 :
he married Anne, daughter of George Wintour, of Derham, in
Gloucefterfhire, Efq; who furvived, and had iflue three daugh-
ters ; Bridget* wife, firft, of Ralph Thicknefie, of Balterly, in
Staffordshire ; and afterwards, of Timothy Hyldeyard, of Lin-
colnshire, Efqs. Margaret, married to Windfor Finch, of Ru-
(hock, in Worcefterfhire, Efq; and Anne, wife of John Gardi-
ner, Efq; alfo his only furviving fon and fucceflbr,
Sir John Egerton, Bart, who married Elizabeth, daughter of
William, and fifter and fole heir of Edward Holland, of Heaton
and Denton, in Lancafhire, Efq; which Lady dying of the fmall-
pox, May 31, 1701, he married, fecondly, Anne, fole daughter
and heir of Francis Wolferfton, of Statfold, in Staffordshire, Efq;
By this laft wife, who died 12 April, 1726, there is no iflue re-
maining, Francis Wolferfton, a fon, and Hefter and Catharine,
two daughters, being all dead ; the two firft, infants ; the laft,
at a more adult age, 1722: but of the firft marriage, were fix
fons ; 1 Sir Holland, his fucceflbr ; 2. John, who died of the
fmall-pox, at Chefter, Dec. 19, 1704, aged fix teen years ; 3. Ed-
ward, of Harlefton, in Staffordshire, who died unmarried May 9,
1727 ; 4. Ralph, who died unmarried ; 5. Thomas, Rector of
Sefton, in Lancafhire, and Cheadle, in Chefhire, who married
Frances, daughter of John Beresford, of Beresford and Bentley,
in Derbyfhire, Efq; (from which family is defcended, the pre*
fent Vifcount Tyrone, in Ireland,) but as yet has no iflue ;
6. William, Reclor of Farthinghoe, in Northamptonshire, who
married Mrs. Bateman, and had by her, one daughter, Frances.
Sir John had alfo two daughters, Anne and Elizabeth. Sir
John died at Wrinehill, in Strffbrdfhire, Nov. 4, 1729, aged
feventy- three, and was fucceeded in dignity and cftate by his
eldeft fon,
Sir
E G E R T O N, of Egerton. 139
Sir Holland Egerton, Bart, who married, 17 12, Eleanor
youngeft daughter of Sir Roger Cave, of Stanford, in Northamp-
tonfhire, Bart, (by his wife, Mary, fitter of the Right Hon. Wil-
liam Bromley, Efq; Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, and
Principal Secretary of State, temp. Anne) by whom he had fix
fons, and two daughters ; whereof, the three eldeft fons are dead,
I. John, died April 20, 1723, aged eleven years; 2. Holland,
March 22, 1714-15; and, 3. Cave, April 16, 1718 ; 4. Sir
Edward, his fucceftor; 5. Thomas-Grey; and 6. William:
the daughters were, Mary, married to Sir Ralphe Afsheton, of
Middleton, in Lancaftiire, Bart, and died at Middleton, Jan.
II, 1735, leaving no ifllie; and Elizabeth-Charlotte, Lady Eger-
ton, furviving her hufband, remarried in 1732, to John Brooke,
Efq; youngeft fon of Sir Thomas Brooke, of Norton, in Che-
(hire, Bart, and died at Heaton, Sept. 26, 1 7 34, leaving two
daughters, Frances, and Eleanor, who died foon after her mo-
ther: Sir Holland, died at Heaton, April 25, 1730, and was
fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft furviving fon,
Sir Edward Egerton, who dying unmarried, in March 1744,
the title and eftate defcended to his brother,
Sir Thomas-Grey Egerton, Bart, who married, June 14, 1748,
Mifs Catharine, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Copley, Rector of
Thornhill and Wakefield, in Yorkshire, bv whom he had two
fons, Thomas and John. Sir Thomas-Grey, dying Aug. 7,
1756, was fucceeded in title and eftate by,
Sir Thomas Egerton, his eldeft fon, the prefent Baronet, who,
September 12, 1769, married Eleanor Aftieton, youngeft daugh-
ter and coheirefs of the late Sir Ralph Afheton, of Middleton,
Bart.
Arms. Quarterly, 8 Coats; 1. Argent, a Lion rampant,
Gules, between three Pheons, Sable ; 2. Gules, three Pheons,
Argent; the original bearing of this family, till about the time
of Edw. III. 3. Azure, three Garbs, Or; the Earl of Chefter's;
4. Argent, three Lioncels, paflant, regardant in Pale, Gules ;
Ralph ap Eynion's ; 5. Argent, on a Bend, Gules, three Efcar-
buncles, offixRayes, Or; Thometon's ; 6. Azure, two Bars,
Argent, over all, on a Bend, Gules, three broad Arrows, of
the fecond ; Done's ; 7. Argent, a Chevron, Sable, between
three Rofes, Gules, bearded proper; Sir Gilbert Smith's ; 8.
Barry of fix, Argent, and Azure, a Label of five Points, Gules ;
Lord Grey, of Wilton.
Supporters. Dexter, a Wyverne, Or ; finifter, a Lion,
Argent, ducally crowned, as the Wyverne.
Crest. On a Wreath, three broad Arrows, (two Saltierwife,
and one in Pale5) Or, headed and feathered Sable, braced or
banded
14© CLARKE, of Salford.
banded together with a Ribband, Gules, (and fornetimes with a
Wreath,) taflelled as the Arrows.
Motto. Virtuti, non armh, fido.
Seats. At Farthinghoe, Northamptonfhire ; at Wrinehill,
Staffbrdihire j and at Heaton, near Manchefter, where he rc-
fidcs.
29. Clarke, of Salford, Warwickshire.
Created Baronet, May 1, 1617.
f I s H I S family-* about the time of William the Conqueror,
being potTeiTed of Woodchurch, in Kent, were thence de-
nominated.
Raphe, fon of Anchitel de Woodchurch, is faid to be Cuftos
of the caitle of London in the time of William Rufus, and fa-
ther of Roger, who married Ifabel, daughter of Richard de
Wakehurfr. Mr. Philpot, in his difcourfe on Woodchurch,
gives an account, " That Woodchurch, in the hundred of Black-
burn, in Kent, was the habitation of a family, of as deep root
in antiquity, as any in this track ; who extracted their furname,
as well as borrowed their firft original, from this place. Roger
de Woodchurch, is the firil: who does occur ; who, in the an-
cient evidences, and the deeds of this place, which are not cloi-
stered within any date, finds a frequent mention ; and from him,
(as appears from an old pedigree of this family,) did it devolve to
his grand-child, Sir Simon de Woodchureh, who is in the regi-
ster of thofe eminent perfons who accompanied Edward I. in his
victorious, and triumphant expedition into Scotland, where his.
victories entailed uoon his memory, the character of Malleus
Scotorum ; but in this Sir Simon, the name, though not the male
line, determined; for he, by matching with Sufan, heir of
Henry le Clerke, of Munfidde, brought a large inheritance to,
own the figniory of Woodchurch ; and his fucceiibrs, in grati-
tude to a family, winch had added fo much, of fplendor, and
annexed fo plentiful a revenue to this name, altered their pater-
nal appellation from Woodchurch to Clerke : and fo in all their
deeds, fubfequent to this match, have written Clerke, alias
Woodchurch, ever fince. But as all families have their defcent
and period, as well as gradation and afcent, fo had this ; for,
after this manor had, for fo manv hundred vears, continued in
this family, which had been productive of men, which had been
planted in places of the greater! eminence, by which they were
obliged to perform their fcrvice to their country, it came down at
laft,
CLARKE, of Salford. 141
•
Jilt, to Humphry Gierke, Efq; who, about the year 1594, patted
it away by lale, to Walter Harlackenden, Efq;" whoi'e daughter
and heir, Deborah, married Sir Edward Hales, Bart.
Thomas Woodchurch, fo.n of Roger, beforementjoned, mar-
ried Anne, daughter of Sir Walter Harvy, Knt. Lord-Mayor of
London, in the reign of King John, by whom he had Sir Simon
Woodchurch, Knt. who, by Sufan, daughter and heir of Henry
Clarke, had iffue two ions; I. Simon, who married Ifabel,
daughter of Sir Robert Rockefly, of Horton-Kirkby, near Dart-
ford, in Kent, Knt. and left only a daughter and heir, Ifabell,
married to Adrian Fortcfcue ; 2. Clarke Woodchurch, heir to
his mother's lands, who married Be.net, daughter and coheir of
Robert Shert, of Woodchurch, and was father of,
Peter Ciark, alias Woodchurch, who married Eleanor, daugh-
ter of Peter Rowling, and had two ions, John, and Henry, Bat-
chelorin Divinity, who died without ifTue.
Sir John Clarke, Knt. eldeft fon, was at the battle of Poitiers,
and winning of Calais : he married Margaret, daughter and heir
of Delahay, and had a fon, Henry Clarke, alias Woodchurch,
who, bv Maud, daughter of Ichingham, of Ichingham, had
iiTue, Robert Clarke de Woodchurch, who married Catharine,
daughter of Richard Edingham, of Edingham, in Kent, by
whom he had,
William Clarke, of Woodchurch, who had three wives ; 1.
Julian, daughter of Roberts, of GlafTenbury, in Kent ; 2.
Bennet, daughter of Afhburnham, Efqrs. by neither of
which had he any ifiue ; 3. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
William Winterborne, of Sandhurft, in Kent, Efq; by whom
he had two fons ; 1. Robert, who married the daughter of
Hales, of Halden, in Kent, but his iiTue failed ; 2. John, who
married Rabege, daughter and coheir of Thomas Godfrey, of
AUington, Efq; by whom he became poiTefTed of Fauconhurft.
This William built the fouth ifle at Woodchurch, and was there
buried, 13 Edw. IV. 1473.
Humphry Clarke, fon of John Clarke, of Woodchurch, by
Margaret, his wife, daughter of John Maney, of Biddenden, in
Kent, Efq; had iifue four daughters that were married, viz.
Margaret, to William Brockman, of Newington ; Elizabeth,
to Richard Tucke, of Aldington ; Joan, firft married to Regi-
nald Knight, fecondly, to Thomas Graunt, and thirdly, to Sir
Walter Afcough, Knt. and Lettice, firft married to Martvn
Culpeper, M. D. and fecondly, to Robert Purflow : and 2 fons ;
1. Humphry Clarke, of Buckford, in Great-Chart; 2. Walter
Clarke, of RatclirFe, in Bucks, Efq; who married Elizabeth,
daughter of Simon Edolph, of St. Radigans, in Kent, Efq; and
had iflue four fons ; Simon, Martin, who died without iflue,
John
142 CLARKE, ofSalford.
John, who married Mary, daughter of Randall, of Dunkirk;
and Humphry, who married Cicely, daughter of Nicholls : and
a daughter, Anne, the wife of Abel Barnard.
Simon Clarke, Efq; the elded fon, married, i. Margaret,
daughter and coheir of John Alderford, of Abbots- Salford, in
Warwickftiire, Efq; (by Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Dormer,
of Newbottle, Efq;) and was created a Baronet, 1617. He had
iiTiie by the faid Margaret, five fons ; Sir John, Walter, Tho-
mas, Peter, a Captain in the Low-countries, and Woodchurch,
(who married the daughter of Thomas D'Abitot, of Ridmarfly-
D'Abitot, in Worcefterfhire, and left iflue, Simon;) alfo a
daughter, Elizabeth. His fecond Lady was Dorothy, daughter
of Thomas Hobfon, of Cambridge, Gent, relict of William
Hay, Gent, by whom he had no iflue.
Sir John Clarke, Bart, eldeft fon and fucceflbr to Sir Simon,
married Anne, daughter of John Williams, of Marnehill, Efq;
but had no iflue.
Sir John, beforementioned, dying without iflue, was fucceeded
by his nephew, Sir Simon Clarke, only fon of Peter Clarke, Efq;
(who was killed in 1639, by the Lord Morley) by Elizabeth, his
wife, daughter of Corbyfon, of Warwickftiire,
Which Sir Simon Clarke, Bart, married Mercy, daughter of
Philip Brace, of Doverdale, in Worcefterfhire, Efq; by whom
he had two fons, Sir Simon, his fucceflbr, and Philip, (who
Jeft two fons, Sir Simon, hereafter mentioned, and Philip ;) and
two daughters, Elizabeth and Mercy : Sir Simon died Nov. 10,
1687,
Sir Simon Clarke, Bart, eldeft fon and fucceflbr to his father*
married a daughter of the Rev, Mr, Caftle, and left iflue only
one fon,
Sir Simon-Peter Clarke, Bart, who firft went to fea, with
the King's letter, on board the Afliftance man of war, and after-
wards ferved in feveral different capacities at fea, but dying with-
out iflue, was fucceeded by his coufin,
Sir Simon Clarke, Bart.' eldeft fon of Philip, fecond fon of Sir
Simon, by Mercy, daughter of Philip Brace, Efq; beforemen-
tioned.
The refidence of this family being in Jamaica, deprives us at
prefent of faying, with certainty, who now enjoys the title.
Arms. Gules, Three Swords erecled in Pale, Argent, Hilts,
Or.
Crest. A Hand couped at the Wrift, proper, holding a
Sword, as in the Arms,
30. Boynton,
B O Y N T O N, of Barmfton. 1 43
30. Boynton, of Barmfton, Yorkshire.
Created Baronet, May 25, 1618.
HP HIS is a family of very great antiquity; and the firft men*
T tioned in the pedigree is Bartholomew de Boynton, who
was feized of the manor of Boynton, (from whence the family
were denominated) and lived 1067, and was fucceeded in his
eftate by his fon, Walter, who lived in the time of William
Rufus, 1 09 1. Some time after, we meet with Bruis de Boin-
ton, a witnefs, with the Prior of Tinmouth, and others, to a do-
nation in frank Almoigne, made by Ranulf de Merley, in 30
Henry I. 1 129, confirming to the monks of Durham, Morvic,
with the appurtenances, that his father, William de Merley,
had before granted them : to whom fucceeded, Sir Ingram de
Boynton, Knt. feated at Aclam, in that county ; who had ifTue,
Sir William, his fon and heir, living in the reign of King Ed-
ward I. father to another Ingram de Boynton, who left ifTue, by
Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Walter Grindal, Knt. Wal-
ter, his fon and heir.
Which Walter de Boynton was knighted, and in 30 Ed. III.
1356, being in the fervice of Edward, Prince of Wales, in Bri-
tany, had the King's letters of protection, dated the 8th of Fe-
bruary, the fame year. He had ifTue, Sir Thomas Boynton, of
Aclam, who had in marriage, Catharine, daughter and coheir of
Sir Gifford RofTells, of Newton, under Gundftrough, in Cleve-
land. He was fucceeded by a fon of his own name, Thomas de
Boynton, who was likewife a knight ; and, by Margaret, his
wife, daughter of Sawcock, left a fon, Henry.
Contemporary with the faid Sir Thomas, was Robert de Boyn-
ton, governor of Berwick-caftle.
Henry de Boynton, (fon and heir of Sir Thomas) feconded
the intereft of Henry (Percy) earl of Northumberland, and his
fon, who had taken arms againft King Henry IV. For, in the
fourth year of the reign of that Prince, (when the battle of
Shrewfbury was fought) John Wokerington, Gerald Heron,
and John Mitford, were commiflioned to tender an oath to this
Henry de Boynton, and others, to be true to the King, and $g-
nounce Henry, Earl of Northumberland, and his adherents ;
yet, three years after this, he was concerned with the faid Earl,
Thomas Mowbray, Earl-Marfhal, Richard Scroope, archbifhop
of Canterbury, and others, who had taken arms in 7 Henry IV.
and flying to Berwick, was apprehended, on the furrender thereof
to the King, and, with feven others, executed, being then a
Knight, He had ifTue, by Elizabeth, his wife, (afterwards mar-
ried
144 BOtNTON, of Barmfton.
ried to John Felton) two daughters, viz. Elizabeth, wife to
Thomas Marton, of Marton, in Cleveland ; and Jennet, wife
to John Wydifworth ; likewife two fons, Thomas de Boynton,
who died without iflue, and Walter ; other pedigrees fay, Wil-
liam.
Which Walter, or William, lived in the time of King Hen-
ry VI. and by his wife, Jane, the daughter of Simon Harding,
left ifTue, Sir Thomas Boynton, Knt. his fon and heir ; who,
by marriage with Ifabel, daughter of Sir William Norrnanvile,
of Kilnwick, in Yorkfhire, Knt. had iflue two fons, Henry,
hereafter mentioned, and Sir Chriftopher, progenitor to the
Boyntons ofSadbury, in the liberty of Richmond, in Yorkfhire,
the eldeft line whereof expired in one daughter and fole heir,
Ifabel, married to Henry, fecond fon to Sir William Gafcoigne,
of Gawthrop, Knt. and from a fecond fon of this branch, des-
cended the Boyntons, who were fettled at Willerby, and after-
wards at Rawcliff; which likewife expired in heirs females, one
»f whom was mother to Boynton Appleyard, Efq; who bears the
name of Boynton-Boynton, by right of fubftitution and adop-
tion.
Henry Boynton, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Thomas, before-
mentioned, and elder brother to Sir Chriftopher, encreafed his
fortune very confiderably, by marrying Margaret, daughter and
coheir of Sir Martyn del See, Lord of Barmfton, in Yorkfhire,
by Margaret, his wife, daughter and coheir of Chriftopher Spen-
cer ; for thereby he enjoyed a large eftate of her inheritance, and
principally the manor of Barmfton, anciently pofteiTed by John
Mounceux ; whofe daughter and heir, Margaret, married to .
Bryan at See, brought it to Sir Martyn del See, fon of the faid
Bryan ; and from the aforefaid marriage with Boynton, it ac-
crued to this familv, and has been their principal feat ever ftnce.
The faid Henry Boynton had a daughter, Ifabel, efpoufed to
Bryan Tonftall ; and four ions, Thomas, Martyn, Cuthbert,
and Henry.
Thomas Boynton, Efq; the eldeft, fucceeded at Barmfton and
Adam, and taking in marriage, Cicely, daughter to Sir James
Strangeways, of Smeton, in Yorkfhire, Knt. had iflue two
daughters, (Anne, married to Robert Haldenby, of Haldenby ;
jane, to Thomas Goldfborough, of Goldfborough, Efqrs.) and
a fon, Matthew.
Which Matthew Boynton, Efq; married Anne, daughter to
Sir John Bulmer, Knt. and had ifTue a fon, Thomas, and three
daughters, viz. Margaret, wife to William Frobyfher; Anne,
to William, fourth fon to Richard Norton, of Norton, in York-
fhire ; and Cecilie, Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth, and
ajterwards married to Edmund Norton, third fon of Richard.
Thoma*
BOYNTON, of Barmfton. 145
Thomas Boynton, Efq; (Ton and heir of Matthew) was She-
rifF of Yorkfhire, in i8 Eliz. and afterwards had the honour of
Knighthood from the Queen, at Hampton-Court, in Jan. 1577.
He had two wives, Frances, daughter of Francis Forbyfher, of
Doncafter, by whom he had his fori and heir, Francis ; and
Anne, who married Francis Vaughan, of Sutton-Darwent, in
Vorkfhire. By his fecond Lady, Alice, daughter of Nicholas
Temped, of Holmefide, in the Bifhopric of Durham, Efq; he
had no iiTue ; and fhe, afterwards marrying Sir Chriftopher Place,
ofHalnaby, in Yorkmire, Knt. had, among other iffue, Doro-
thy, (at length fole heir of that family) who married the afore-
faid Francis Boynton, Efq; cldeft fon and heir of Sir Thomas.
Which Sir Francis was Sheriff of Yorkshire, in 28 Eliz. and
received the honour of Knighthood, at York, the 17th of April,
1603, when King James pafled through that city, in his way
from Scotland. He left iiTue by the faid Dorothy, daughter and
coheir of Sir Chriitopher Place, Knt. and Alice, his wife, relict
of Nicholas Temper!, of Holmefide, and Anne, his wife, daugh-
ter of John Marley, Efqrs. a daughter, Dorothy, married to Sic
Henry Bellingham, of Levinz, Knt. and a fon named Matthew.
This Sir Matthew Boynton was knighted by King James I.
at Whitehall, May the 9th, 1618, and on the 26th of May fol-
lowing, was farther advanced to the dignity of a Baronet. He
ferved in Parliament for the borough of Heydon, in the reign of
King Charles. I. and was one of thofe the rebels chiefly entrufted
in Yorkmire ; for when Sir John Hotham, and his fon, Captain
Hotham, were contriving the furrender of Hull, to the King,
this Sir Matthew Boynton had orders from the Parliament, to
have an eye on them, and endeavour to preferve the town, if he-
perceived it in danger ; purfuant to which, he contrived the feiz-
ing of him ; and Colonel Boynton, his fon, actually took Sif
John prifoner. He died in the year 1646 ; and, by Frances,
his wife, daughter of Sir Henry Griffith, of Agnes-Burton, Knt.
and Bart, (and heir to her brother, Sir Henry) had feven fons,
and four daughters ; of whom, Mary, died unmarried ; Dorothy,
was wife to John An'aby, of Etton, in Yorkmire; Elizabeth,
to John Heron, fon of Richard Heron, of Bockenfield, in Nor-
thumberland ; and Margaret, to John Rcbinfon, of Rither, in
Yorkmire, Efqrs. Of the fons, Sir Francis, fucceflbr to the
title and eftate, will be mentioned hereafter ; Matthew, fecond
fon, married Ifabel, daughter to Robert Stapleton, of Wighill,
in Yorkfhire, Efq; and was flain at Wigan, in the advance of the
army of King Charles II. out of Scotland, towards Worcefter :
he left ifTue two daughters, one of them married to the nominal
Duke of Tirconnel, when Colonel Talbot ; and the other to the
celebrated Earl of Rofcommon : 3. Marmaduke ; 4. John ;
Vql. L L 5, Guftayus
146 B O Y N T O N, of Barmfton.
5. Guftavus 3 6. Cornelius, and 7. Charles ; all died un-
married.
Sir Francis Boynton, Bart. (Ton and heir of Sir Matthew)
aged forty-feven years, 1665, had to wife, Conftance, daughter
of William, Vifcount Say and Seal, who bore him a daugh-
ter, Frances, married to George Witchcote, of Harpfwell, in
Lincolnfhire, Efq; and three fons ; 1. William ; 2. Nathaniel,
who died unmarried ; 3. Henry, Rector of Barmfton, who
wedded, firft, Dorothy, daughter of Alexander Amcotts, of the
bifhopric of Durham, Efq; and had ifTue, Sir Francis Boynton,
of Beverly, of whom hereafter ; and Elizabeth, who died young.
He married, fecondly, Margaret, daughter of ■ Robinfon,
of Newton-Garth, in the Eaft-riding of Yorklhire, Efq; who
died without iilue.
William Boynton, Efq; (eldeft fon and heir apparent to Sir
Francis, died in the life-time of his father, about the Year 1689,
and by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and coheir of John Ber-
nard, of Kingfton upon Hull, Efq; left iilue, Sir Griffith
Boynton, Bart, fucccflbr to his grandfather, and a daughter,
Conftance, married to Richard Kirfliaw, D. D. Rector of Rip-
ley, in Yorkfhirc.
Which Sir Griffith Boynton, of B'uftqh-Agnefs, Bart, married,
fir ft, Adriana, daughter of Mr. John Sykes, Merchant, at Dort 3
£he died 1725, but had no ifTue.
Sir Griffith, married, Nov. 1728, to his fecond Lady, a
daughter of John White, of Codgrave, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq;
he died, Dec. 22, 1731, without iilue, and his Lady, Oct. 8,
1732, and was fucceeded indignity and eftate by his coufin, Sir
Francis Boynton, Bart, only fon of Henry, Rector of Barm-
fton, who was third fon of Sir Francis Boynton, Bart, before-
mentioned.
Which Sir Francis Bovnton, Bart, was elected Member in
Parliament for Headon, in Yorkfhirc, and one of the Members
of the Houfe of Commons, who, by order of the Houfe, in
April 1736, was appointed to congratulate her late Majefty
Queen Caroline, on the Nuptials of the Prince of Wales, with
the Princefs of Sax-Gotha : he was alfo appointed, by the Houfe
of Commons, to congratulate their Royal HighneiTes the Prince
and Princefs of Wales, upon the Birth of Prince Edward ; and
was Recorder of Beverley. He married Frances, daughter of
James Heblethwayte, of Norton, in the Eaft-riding of York-
lhire, Efq; (bv Bridget, his wife, daughter of Sir William
Cobb, of Beverley, in Yorkshire, Knr.) which Lady has been
dead fome years ; by whom he had ifTue three fons, and three
daughters, viz. Sir Griffith, his fucceffor ; Francis, living;
and William, cleceafed : Conftance and Adriana, aad Dorothy*
deceaied.
B U R D E T, of Bramcote. 147
deceafed, This Sir Francis died Sept. 16, 17395 and was fuc-
ceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir Griffith Boynton, who married Anne, fecond daughter of
Thomas White, of WallingwelJs, in the county of Notting-
ham, £fq; which Lady died in childbed of their only iflue Sir
Griffith, the prefent Baronet, Feb. 22, 1745. Sir Griffith died
at Agnes Burton, in Yorkfhire, 0£t. 22, 1761, and was fuc-
ceeded in dignity and eftate, by
Sir Griffith Boynton, his only fon, who married May 9, 1762,
Charlotte, eldeft daughter of Dr. Topham. She died in child-
bed, Sept. 9, 1767, and the child foon after. Sir Griffith has
fince married again.
Arms. Or, a Fefs, between three Crefcents, Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Goat pafTant, fable, guttee d'Argent,
Beard, Horns, and Hoofs, Or.
Motto. // tempo paffa.
Seat. At Burton-Agnes, in the Eaft-riding of Yorkihire.
31. Burdet, of Bramcote, Warwickshire.
Created Baronet, Feb. 25, 16x8.
*T* HE firft of this family was Hugh Burdet, who came into
*■■ England with William the Conqueror, Anno 1066. He left
iflue, William Burdet, Lord of Loufby, in Leicefterfhire, who
founded the priory at Aucote, near Seckingdon, in Warwickshire,
temp. Hen. II. to expiate the murder of his wife, committed at
his return from the Holy Land ; the occafion of which is faid to
be thus : That the faid William Burdet, being both a valiant
and devout man, made a journey to the Holy Land, for fubduing
of the infidels in thofe parts, and that his Steward, whilft he was
thus abfent, follicited the chaftity of his Lady, who refifted thofe
his uncivil attempts, with much fcorn ; whereupon, he grew fo
full of envy towards her, that (o foon as he had heard of his
Mafter's arrival again in England, he went to meet him ; and,
to fhadow bis own foul crime, complained to him of her loofenefs
with others; which falfe accufation fo enraged her hufband, that
when he came home, and fhe approached to receive him with joy-
ful embraces, he mortally {tabbed her.
Sir William, grandfon of the above Sir William, left iflue
three fons ; Hugh, father of William : Sir Richard Burdet, Knt.
Lord of Loufeby and Newton, in Leicefterfhire, and William
Burdet, from whom the Burdets, of Allington, were defcended,
whofe heir general, Jane, married to Thgmas Harvey, of Elmf-
L 2 thorpe,
148 BURDET, of Bramcote.
thorpe, in Leicefterfhire. Sir Richard left iflue, James, John,
Sir Richard, and William Burdet, of Loufeby, who was living
42 Henry III.
This William, had ifiue four fons ; 1. Richard Burdet, of
Newton-Burdet and Loufeby, in Leicefterfhire, who died 6 Ed. I.
(father to William, flam at Dundee, in Scotland, 11 Ed. I. far-
ther to John, father to Elizabeth, who, as heir general, conveyed,
by marriage, the manor of Loufeby to her hufband, Thomas
Afhby, Efq; whofe defendants poffefled the fame.) 2. Hugh.
3. Robert Burdet, who died without iffue, in 31 Ed. I. 4. Wil-
liam Burdet, of Shepey, and Cofby, in Leicefterfhire. He was
one of the Knishts of that Shire, in the Parliament held in
25 Edw. I. whofe heir general, Agnes, about the reign of Ri-
chard II. or Henry IV. became the wife of William Shepey.
As for Hugh, Sir Robert Burdet, his fon and heir, was the.
firft that fettled at Arrow, in Warwickfhire, and married Eliza-
beth, daughter and heir to Sir Gerard de Camville. In 14 Ed. II.
he ferved in the Parliament, held at Weftminfter, as one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Warwick ; in 18 Ed. II.
one of the Knights for Leicefterfhire, in the Parliament then held;
in 19 Edw. II. again Knight for Warwickfhire, in the Parlia-
ment held at Weftminfter ; as likewife in 1, 2, and 4 Edw. III.
for Leicefterfhire ; he was, before the end of the following year
of the laft mentioned King, conftituted Sheriff for both counties.
He died 7 Edw. III. and left iiTue, Gerard, and Robert Burdet,
both Knights ; which Sir Robert married Elizabeth, daughter
and coheir to Robert Garihale, of Ibftoke, in Leicefterfhire.
Gerard, in 20 Edw. III. ferved in the wars of France, being
then of the retinue to Maurice de Berkley, an Englifh Baron,
and departed this life about 33 Edw. III. leaving, by Eleanor,
his wife, (fifter and heir to John, Veale, of Compton-Scorfin,
in Warwickfhire) John, his fon and heir, under a^e.
Which John Burdet, by the death of John de Veale, (his
uncle by the mother's fide) without iffue, in 34 Edw. III. was
found to be one of his coufms, and next heirs ; in 1 Richard II.
being then a Knight, he ferved in Parliament for Warwickfhire ;
and in 2 Richard If. was conftituted one of the Commiftioners
of the faid county, for taxing a fubfidy, at that time granted the
King ; and having married Margaret, daughter to Thomas Fit-
ton, ofGaufworth, in Chefhire, Efq; was fucceeded by,
Sir Thomas Burdet, Knt. his fon and heir. He was confti-
tuted one of the Commiftioners for the army, in 5 Richard II.
ferved in Parliament as one of the Knights of the Shire for the
county of Warwick, in 16 Richard II. as alfo in 2 and 8 Hen. IV.
In 3 Henry V. he was made Sheriff for the counties of
Warwick and Leicefterfhire. In 6 Henry V. he was again one
BURDET, of Bramcote. 149
of the Commiflioners of array, in Warwickshire; and the year
following, jointly intrufted, with the Sheriff and others, to treat
with tie people for a loan of money to the King; and was in
Commiilion for affefiing and collecting a fubfidv, in 9 Hen. V.
He left ifiue, by Anne, his wife, (daughter and coheir to John
Waldeif) Nicholas, his fon and heir.
Which Nicholas, being one of thofe, who, bearing arms
from his anceftors, had fummons to attend the King in perfon,
7 Henry V. for defence of the realm ; and fhortly after, he
was retained to ferve the faid King in his wars, having received
of John Salvaine, Treafurer at War to the Duke of Bedford,
for himfelf, two men at arms, and (avai archers, 29I. us. 6d.
for one quarter's wages. And continuing in thofe wars, in
3 Henry VI. he was one that defended the town of St. James
oe Beveron, in Normandy, upon the frontiers of Britany, or*
the fiege thereof, by Arthur, Earl of Richmond, and Yverie,
Conftable of France; and making a couragious fally, feven or
eight hundred of the enemy were {lain, fifty taken prifoners,
with eighteen ftandards, and one banner. In 15 Hen. VI. he
was a Knight, and was afterwards flain at the battle of Pon-
toife, 18 Henry VI. at which time he was Chief Butler of
Normandy, and Governor of Eurieux, in that Dutchy. By his
wife, Joan, coufin and heir of Henry Bruin, (with whom he
had the manor of Bramcote, in Warwickfhire) he had Tho-
mas Burdet, Efq; his fon and heir.
Which Thomas, in 28 Henry VI. was employed in his coun-
try about levying the fubfidy then granted to the King : He was
a perfon of great note and figure there, and from the feventh to
the fourteenth of Edward IV. was in Commiflion for conferv-
ing the peace : but, anno 17 Edward IV. having incurred the
King's difpleafure, for his good affections to the Duke of Cla-
rence, fo ftricr, were the eyes and ears of his enemies, that an
advantage was foon taken to take away his life ; for hearing
that the King had killed a white buck, in his park at Arrow,
which buck he fet much ftore by, he paflionately wifiied the
horns in his belly that moved the King fo to do; for which
words, he was arraigned and convicled of high treafon, upon
inference of a mifchievous meaning to the King himfelf, and
was beheaded for the fame.
After the death of this Thomas, there arofe 2:reat fuits for
his manor of Arrow, and other lands, betwixt Richard Burdet,
his fon, by Agnes, daughter of John Waldeif, a former wife,
that had been, for nearnefs of kindred, divorced from him,
1464, and John Burdet, his fon, by Margaret, a later wife,
daughter of John Rodney : for the faid Thomas, (by licence
obtained from the Crown) 12 Ed. IV, had alienated his lands
L 3 to
150 BURDET, of Bramcote.
to his younger fon, to the difberifon of his elder; of which he
bf came afterwards fo fenfible, that as he was drawn from the
Tower to the place of his execution, efpying his eldeft fon, in
Wdlcheap, over-againft St. Thomas Becket's hofpita], (now
Mercers-chapel) he caufed himfelf to be {laid, and there afked
his laid fon forgivenefs, and acknowledging the wrong he had.
done him, concluded that to be the caufe of God's vengeance
then againft him.
But in the fuit aforementioned, the faid John, (the younger
fon) prevailed ; for Margaret, his mother, held her eflate there-
in for life, and married, fecondly, Thomas Woodhill ; how-
ever, the faid Richard Burdet, fo wrought with his brother John^
as alfo with the faid Margaret, and her hufband, that they
levied a fine of the manor of Arrow, Compton-Scorfin, with
other lands, and generoufly gave the faid Richard the prefent
poifeflion thereof; whereby he became vefted in the faid inheri-
tance, with the remainder, to Thomas, his fon; and for want
of iffue by him, to Robert, his other fon, and the heirs of his
body ; and for his want of fuch iffue, to the right heirs of the
faid Richard, for ever.
Which two fans died young, in their father's life-time, and;
Richard, himfelf, by Joyfe, daughter of Sir Simon Montfort,
Knt. (who furvived him, and afterwards married Sir Hugh
Conway, Treafurer of Ireland) left no heir male.
John Burdet, who was a Knight, died in 20 Henry VIII.
leaving iffue, by Anne, his wife, daughter of William Hare-
well, of that county, Thomas, his fon and heir, John, Wil-
liam, and George ; alfo four daughters, Joan, Ofburna, wife
to George Dafton, in Glouceflerfhire ; Elizabeth, to John
Copland; and Anne, to John Hall.
Thomas Burdet, died about the 31ft of Hen. VIII. leaving
by Mary his wife, daughter to Sir Robert Throckmorton, Knt,
Robert Burdet, Efcj; his fon and heir ; Clement, a Clergyman ;
Humphrey, William, and Ethelbert ; alfo three daughters,
Blanch, wife to Samborne ; Catharine to Ludlow;
and Eleanor to Willenfcote.
Which Robert was elected one of the P^nights of the Shire
for the county of Warwick, in the Parliament 1 Edw. VI. and
died j 1 Jan. 2 Edw. VI. and by Elizabeth his wife, daughter
to Sir Tho. Cockaine, of Afhburne in Derbyfhire, Knt. had
iffue, Tho. Burdet, Efq; his fon and heir, Francis, George,
William, Student in the Middle-Temple, and John ; Thomas,
died 15 July, 33 Eliz. and having married Bridget, daughter
of Thomas Curfon of Croxhall, in Derbyfhire, Efq; had ifTue,%
Robert, Thomas, Lawrence, and John, which John, died
without iffue; alfo three daughters^ Dorothy, wife to John,
Barvvellj,.
BURDET, of Bramccte. 151
Barwell, of Sekingdon, Gent, and to Sheffield, Gent.
and Mary j and was fucceeded by Robert Burdet, Efq; his Ton
and heir, who took to wife Mary, daughter of Dr. Thomas
Wilfon, Dean of Durham, one of the principal Secretaries of
State to Q. Elizabeth ; and deceafed 27 March, 1603.
They had iflue Thomas, and fix daughters, Bridget, wife
to William Whelpdale ; Anne, to John Bowes, of Elford in
Staffordfhire, Efq; Mary, to Richard Frampton, Efq; Eliza-
beth, to Anthony Hutton, of Penrith, in Cumberland, Efq;
ion of Sir William Hutton, Knt. Letice, wife to Richard Skel-
ton, of Armenthwait in Cumberland, Gent, and Lucrecia,
who died unmarried.
Thomas Burdet, of Seckington and Bramcote, Efq; fon of
the faid Robert, born the 3d of Auguvt 1585, was by his Ma-
jefty King James advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, the
25th of February 1618. He added to his pofTefiions the manor
of Formark, and a good eirate in Derbyfhire, by marriage of
Jane, daughter and heir of William Frauncys, Efq; nephew
and heir to John Frauncys of Formark, aforefaid, Efq; which
feat has, fince that time, been the chief refidence of this family.
This Sir Thomas was a good houfe-keeper, charitable to
the poor, and ever ready to do all friendly offices, and his Lady
was a very ingenious and learned perfon, as well as a pattern of
all goodnefs.
They had ifTue three fons, 1. Sir Frauncis, his fuccefTor.
2. Robert, a Merchant and Alderman of the City of London,
(who, by Mary his wife, daughter of Alderman Wright, left
iffue.) 3. Leicefter, who died at Aleppo, unmarried. Likewife
feven daughters, Catharine, married to Seabright Repington,
of Amington in Warwickfhire, Efq; Ifabel, wife of Francis
Merick, Merchant of London ; Lettice, efpoufed to William
Houncel, Merchant of London ; Mary, wedded to George
Bowes, of Elford in Staffordfhire, Efq; Jane,^betrothed to Gil-
bert Thacker, of Repton in Derbyfhire, Efq; Dorothy, who
died unmarried ; and Bridget, wife to Thomas Grefley, Efq;
fon and heir of Sir George Grefley, of Drakelow in Derby-
fhire, Bart.
Sir Frauncis Burdet, Bart, born the 10th of September 1608,
took to wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Walter, Knt. of
Sarfden in Oxfordfhire, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, a
Lady of exemplary prudence and behaviour; and both have
left an admirable character for their charity and hofpitality,
which proceeded from a principle of goodnefs, and not the leafr.
oftentation ; for they were known rather to be auftere than af-
fected with any defire of fhew or applaufe. The building from
the ground, and endowing tne churcn- of Formark, is likewife-
L 4 a laflang
152 BURDET, of Bramcote.
a lafting monument of their piety and regard for religion ; which
church, called St. Saviour's, was confecrated in the year 1662.
This Sir Frauncis, and his Lady, both lived to be very-
aged : She was born in September 161 3, and died the 17th of
April, 1701. Sir Frauncis, died Dec. 30, 1696.
He left ilTue nine children: 1. Sir Robert, his fucceffor.
2. Francis, who died, unmarried, the 18th of April, 1709.
3. Walter, who died unmarried ; and during the pregnancy of
Elizabeth, wife of his nephew, Robert B.urdet, Efq; took upon
himfelf the title of Baronet. 4. John, late of Donifthorpe, in
the counties of Derby and Leicefter, who married Anna, the
daughter of Mr. Mugglefton, of Pafkington in Leicefterfhire,
but died without ifiue. 5. Thomas, who died, unmarried, the
1 2th of Aug. 1698. Lifewife four daughters, Dorothy, who
died unmarried, September 4, 17 18. Mary, born January
23, 1643, and died the 15th of April, 1701. Elizabeth, wife
to Edmund Jcdrell, of Eardfley and Twamlow in Cheihire,
Efq; and Jane, married to Edward Hopegood, Efq;
Sir Robert Burdet, Bart, born the nth of January 1640,
was, in his father's life-tirne, elected Knight of the Shire for
the county of Warwick, in two Parliaments in the reign of
Charles If. Likewife for the city of Litchfield in 1 W. M,
2 W. M. and 7 W. III. He died the 18th of January 17 15-6,
in the 76th year of his age, having had three wives : 1. Mary,,
daughter of Gervafe Pigor, of Thrumpton, in Nottingham-,
ihire, Efq; and coheir of John St. Andrew, ofGoteham, in the.
fame county, Efq; who died in the 27th year of her age, the 3.1ft
of Auguft 1668. (leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, who mar-
ried Charles Jenens of the Middle-Temple, and of Gopfall,
in Leicefterfhire, Efq;) 2. Magdalen, daughter of Sir Thomas
Afton, of Afton in Chcfhire, Bart, and, laftly, Mary, daugh-
ter to Mr. Thomas Brome, of Crox-hall in Derbylhire, who
furvived him without iflue ;. but Magdalen, his fecond wife,
bore him four fons, and four daughters, whereof Magdalen,
Lettice, and Dorothy, died infants ; and Jane, married John
Cotton, of Gedding, in Huntingdonshire, Efq; fon and heir
of Sir Robert Cotton, Bart. Of the fons, Frauncis, the eldeft,
born Sept. 3, 1666, died the 25th of May 1667 ; John, third
fon, died an infant ; and Henry, youngeft fon, was unfortu-
nately drowned at Oxford.
Robert, fecond fon, (and heir apparent of Sir Robert Bur-
det, Bart.) born the 25th of June 1680, died eleven days ber
fore his father, viz. on the 7th of January 17 15-6, leaving
Elizabeth his wife, daughter to William, Lord Vifcount Tracy,
\vith child, who was delivered the 28th of May 17 16, of a fon,'
Sir Robert, the prefent; Baronet; fhe likewife had by him fas
daughters °,
BURDET, of Bramcote. 153
daughters ; Elizabeth, who died unmarried, in the month of
February, A. D. 1762; and Jane, who likewife died unmar-
ried ; Mary, relief of Colonel Richard Pyott, fon of Richard
Pyott, of Streetway in the county of Stafford, Efq; by wjiom
fhe had one fon ; Frances ; Anne, wife to Wrightfon Mundy,
of Ofbafton in the county of Leicefter, Efq; and Dorothy,
married to the Rev. Mr. John Rollefton, Rector of Afton upon
Trent, in the county of Derby ; Elizabeth furviving her faid
hufband, Robert Burdet, Efq; married Robert Holden, of
Afton, in Derbyshire, Efq;
Sir Robert Burdet, the prefent Baronet, Member in the
laft Parliament for Tamworth, fucceffor to his grandfather in
title and eftate, married, in Nov. 1739, Elizabeth, the only
daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, late of Nuthall in the county
of Nottingham, Bart, and fitter to Sir Charles Sedley, of Nut-*
hall, aforefaid, Bart.
By this Lady, who died Aug. 28, 1747, he had three fons,
and two daughters : Robert-Thomas-Sedley, who died when
four years of age; Elizabeth, now living, and unmarried ;
Francis, born, April, 1743, married, Dec. 1767, to Eleanor
Jones, daughter and coheirefs of William Jones, Efq; of Ramf-
bury manor, Wilts; by whom he has now living one fon,
Robert, born Jan. 17, 1768; John, who died at the age of
twenty; and Frances, now living, and unmarried. Sir Robert
married to his fecond wife, the Right Hon. Lady Caroline
Manners, widow of the late Sir Henry Harpur, Bart, of Caulk,
in Derbyfhire, and daughter of the late Duke of Rutland, by
Lady Lucy, fifter to Bennet Sherard, late Earl of Harborough;
by which marriage Sir Robert had no ifTue. This Lady died,
at Foremark in Derbyfhire, Nov. 10, 1769.
Arms. Azure, two Barrs, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion's Head eras'd Sable, Lan-
gued, Gules.
Seats. At Bramco.te, in Warwickfhire, and Foremark, in
Derbyfhire.
32. Mackworth, of Normanton, Rutlandshire.
Created Baronet, June 4, 1619.
A/f AC K WORTH, in Derbyfhire, gave name to this an-
cient family, feated there for many ' generations ; one of
which was of the retinue to the famous James, Lord Audley,
Knight of the Garter, who was very inftrumental in obtain-
ing the glorious vidlory, at PoicYiers, under the Black Prince,
in
154 MAC KW O RT H, of Normariton.
in 20 Edw. III. where the French, though much fuperior, re-
ceived an overthrow, the King, and Dauphin of France, many
*vof his Nobles, and innumerable common foldi?rs, being taken
prifoners, as our hiftorians write ; and that this Lord Audley,
acquainting the Prince, before the fight, with the vow he had
made to be the firft in the battle, craved his licence that he
might accomplim it; to which the Prince accorded, and faid, Sir
James, God give you this, day that grace to be the left Knight of all
ethers: and thereupon, departing with his four Efquires, (Mack-
worth, being one of them) went to the foremofl front of the.
battle, and, by his extraordinary valour, he broke through the
French army, and caufed much flaughter that day to the
enemy.
Kis noble conduct: and valour fo infinitely pleafed the brave
Prince, that, as a teftimony thereof, he fettled 500 marks in
land upon him, in England, of annual revenue, (a confider-
able ellate in thofe days) which this Lord prefently and frankly
fettled on his four Efquires ; whereof the Prince being acquaint-
ed, demanded whether he liked not his bounty, or thought the
gift beneath his acceptance ; to which, when anfwer was given,
That they deferved the fame as well as himfelf, without whofe
amftance, fays he, /, a Jingle man, could have done hut little ; the
Prince, thereupon, thanked him for fo doing, and gave him
600 marks per ann. more. The poiferity of all the four Efquires,
have, in memory of this victory, added the faid lord's coat
armour to their own, as plainly appears, by the Cheveron
Gules, Frette, Or, bore by this family of Mackworth, Delves,
Haukefton, &c.
A defcendant of this family was, John Mackworth, LL. D.
He fucceeded John de Shepey, as Dean of Lincoln, 1412, and
died 145 1.
But the chief of this line, who firft fettled in the county of
Rutland, was Thomas Mackworth, of Mackworth in Derby-
fhire, Efq; who ferved in Parliament as one of the Knights of
the Shire for the county of Derby, in 3 and 4 Henry VI. and
marrying Alice, fifter and heir to Sir John de Bafings, (that
died iffueiefs, in 24 Henry VI.) became pofTeffed of a fair in-
heritance, and principally of the towns and manors of Norman-
ton, Empingham, and Hardwick, in Rutland, which firft place,,
from thenceforth, became their capital manfion.
To the faid Thomas Mackworth, fucceeded Henry, his fon
and heir, who, fixing in the county of Rutland, was Sheriff
thereof, in 18 Edward IV. and (John, his fon and heir, dying
in his life time,) was fucceeded by his grandfon, George Mack-
worth, Sheriff of the county of Rutland, in 12 Henry VII.
and VIII. 14, 22, and 26 Henry VIII. departing this life, in
28 Henry
MACK WORTH, of Normanton. 155
28 Henry VIII. 1536, leaving, by Anne, his wife, a daughter,
Lucy, married to Francis Brov/n, of Stamford, Efq; and Francis,
his ion and heir.
Which Francis Mackworth, of Normanton, Efq; took to
wife, Ellen, one of the eight daughters of Humphry Hercy, of
Grove, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter of Sir John Digby, of Kettelby, Knt. filler and co-
heir to Sir John Hercy, Knt. who died without iiiue 12. Eliz.
He was Sheriff of Rutland, in 30 or 35 Henry VIII. alfa
3 Queen Mary; and died in 1 Elizabeth, leaving George, his
ion and heir, who was thrice Sheriff, in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, and, by Grace, his wife, daughter of Ralph Roke-
bey, Efq; Serjeant at Law, had iffue,
Thomas Mackworth, of Normanton, Efq; Sheriff of Rut-
land, in 41 Eliz. and 7 Jac, I. was advanced to the dignity of
Baronet, by Letters Patents, bearing date the 4th of June,
1619. He married Margaret, daughter and heir of Hall,
of Gretford, in Lincolnshire, Efq; (fole heir to her mother,
daughter and coheir of Francis Neale, of Tugby, in Lincoln-
shire, Efq;) who bore him four fons and a daughter, which
laft died young. The fons were, 1. Sir Henry. 2. Sir Francis,
who died unmarried. 3. Peregrine, who took to wife, « ,
widow of Moor, of Grantham, in Lincolnftiire, Efq;
Barrifter at Law, but had no iiiue ; and 4. Neale Mackworth,
who died unmarried.
Sir Henry Mackworth, Bart, (fucceffor to his father in title
and eftate) rebuilt the manor-houfe at Normanton, and having
married Mary, daughter of Robert Hopton, of Wittam, in
Somerfetfhire, Efq; fecond lifter and coheir of Ralph, Lord
Hopton, of Stratton in Cornwall, had iffue by her two daugh-
ters and five fons; 1. Sir Thomas. 2. Robert, who married
twice ; firft, -Elizabeth, daughter of John Hatcher, of Em-
pingham, aforefaid, Efq; and fecondly, Martha, daughter of
Edward Corbet, D. D. of the Edgmond line, in Salop, by
both which he had iffue, but none furvived him by the laft:
he died, Feb. 1, 17 17-8, aged ninety-five.
Robert, by his firft wife, had two fons ; (1. Thomas, who
married Mrs. Parker, of Stamford, by whom he left no iffue;
and 2. Robert, of Huntingdon, who married Mary, daughter
of William Dowfe, of Huntingdon, Merchant, and left iffue,
Thomas, and Elizabeth, married to Lewis Smith, of Great-
Gedding: Thomas, married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Maule, of Efton, in Northamptonlhire, Gent, and had one
daughter, Mary, born 1740.) 3. Henry who died unmarried.
4. Edmund, a Merchant, who deceafed at Aleppo, without iffue.
5. Guftavus, youngeft fon, rrtarried Dorothy, widow to Thomas,
Lord
156 MACK WORTH, of Normanton. '
Lord Grey, of Groby, eld-ft fon and heir apparent to Henry,
Earl of Stamford, ana daughter and coheir to Edward Bou-
chier, Earl of Bath, by whom he left only one daughter, Mary,
married to a Gentleman in Lincolnffiire. Sir Henry's two
daughters were, Margaret, wife of Philip Young, of Keniton,
in Salop, Efq; and Jane, firft wife of Hugh Underwood, of
Wittlefey, in the ifie of Ely, Efq;
Sir Thomas Mackworth, Bart, (eldeft fon and heir of Sir
Henry) had all the advantages of education, excellent temper,
good natural parts, and a readinefs to do all friendly offices.
He was chofen one of the Knights for the county of Rutland,
in all Parliaments, from the thirty-firft year of the reign of
King Charles II. to the time of his death, 1604; and having
married two wives ; 1. Dorothy, daughter of Captain George
Darrel, of Cale-hill, in the county of Kent, had iffue by her one
fon, Thomas, who died in the life-time of his father ; and two
daughters, Dorothy, who wedded John Wingfleld, of Tiken-
cote, in Rutland, Efq; and Utre.chia, who died unmarried :
but by Anne, his fecond Lady, daughter of Humphry Mack-
worth of Becton, Salop, Efq; he had iffue four daughters,
Mary, and Anne, who both died unmarried; Jane, married to
Abraham Rys, of Lincolnshire, Gent, who left her a widow,
but no iffue, and Elizabeth, unmarried : likewife three fons,
Humphry, and Hopton, that died unmarried, and Sir Thomas,
who, upon his father's death, 1727, fucceeded to the title and
cftate.
Which Sir Thomas jilackworth was returned, as one of
the Knights in Parliament for the county of Rutland, in the
room of his father, deceaied, and was likewife elected for the
faid county, in the firft and fourth of Queen Anne, and in the
two laft Parliaments of George I.
He died unmarried, in Feb. 1744-5, and was fucceeded by,
Sir Thomas Mackworth, Bart, who firft married Elizabeth,
daughter of John Maule, Efq; and had iffue four daughters v
Mary, married to the Rev. Mr. Charles Nailour, at New
Rofs, in the county of Wexford in Ireland, and had iffue,
Oliver, Charles, Sarah, and A4ary, all died young. Sir Thomas's
other daughters are, Elizabeth, Salley, and Sukey, fo chriften-
cd, and all unmarried. Sir Thomas married to his fecond
wife, Mrs. Mary Walter, relicl: of the late Rev. Mr. Walter,
of Great Stoughtcn, in Huntingdonfhire, and daughter of the
late Sir Leonard Rerefby, of Thriberg, in the county of York,
by whom he had no iffue. Sir Thomas died, Oct. 17, 1769,
and was fucceeded in title by his fecond coufm,
Sir Henry Mackworth, the prefent Baronet, who married
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Edward Lamb, Pve£tor o£
Aclek
H I C K E S, of Beverftqn. 157
Acle, in Norfolk. By this Lady Sir Henry has one fon,
Henry.
Arms. Party per pale, indented, Sable and Ermine, aChe-
veron, Gules, Frette, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wing, per pale, indented as the
Shield.
35. Hickes, of Beverfton, Gloucefter (hire.
Created Barqnet, July 21, 1619.
THIS familly is defcended originally out of the county
of Gloucefter, where fome of them have been anciently
feated, though they bear different arms. Robert Hickes was,
I fuppofe, a younger brother, as appears by an old fine in Ed-
ward the Sixth's time, wherein Thomas Hickes, is mentioned
to hold lands at Barkeley, in the county of Gloucefter, for
which there was a conteft in law, but concluded by the Judges,
(Edward Montague, William Shelley, Humphrey Brown, and
and John Hynde) and Robert Hickes, was to pay 20I. to
the faid Thomas ; on which confideration, he and his wife
Margaret, (daughter and heir of James Atwood, and Alice his
wife, daughter and heir of William Payne,) releafed and
quit-claimed all their pretence to a certain houfe and lands<
This Robert was a wealthy Citizen and Mercer of London,
living in Cheaphde, where, by his trade, he raifed a confider-
able eftate, and by Juliana his wife, daughter to William
Arthur, of Clapham, in Surry, Efq; had iffue three fons^ Sir
Michael, born 21 October, 35 Henry VIII. Francis, born
36 Hen. VIII. and Baptift.
Which Baptift, the youngeft fon, was brought up in his
father's bufmefs; and upon King James's coming in, was fworn
his fervant, 1603, and foon knighted. Before his death, he
was advanced to far greater honours ; for, 4 Car. I. he was
created a Peer of the realm, by the title of Baron Hickes, of
Ilmington in Warwickfhire, as alfo Yifcount Camden, of
Camden in Glouceftcrfhire, with remainder, for default of iiTue-
male, to Edward Lord Noel, (and his heirs male) who had
married Juliana, his eldeft daughter, 1605, from whom de-
fcend the Earl of Gainfborough, enjoying now, by virtue of
the fpecial entail, thofe titles of honour granted to this Sir
Baptift ; Sir Baptift's fecond daughter and coheir, Mary was
matched with Sir Charles Morifon, of Cafiiiobury, in Hert-
fordshire, Knt. and from an heirefs of that family, that eftate
is now in the Earl of Eflfex.
Sir
i58 H I C K E S, of Beverfton.
Sir Michael Hickes, (the eldeft fon of Robert,) the imme*
diate anceftor of this elder branch of the family, having fpent
fome time at Trinity- College in Cambridge, was taken into
the fervice of the Lord Burghley, Lord High Treafurer of Eng-
land, and Chief Counfellor to Queen Elizabeth ; by that Lord
he was preferred to be one of his Secretaries, and fo continued
during the Treafurer's life ; he was well fkilled in philological
learning, and had read over the polite Roman Hiftorians and
Moralifts ; out of which Authors he made lars;e collections,
efpecially of their moral and wife fcntences, with which he
filled divers paper books, ftill remaining in the family. The
other Secretary to the Lord Burghley, was Henry Maynard,
Efq; whofe fon Sir William Maynard, was created Lord May-
nard.
Sir Michael, by his ingenious education and good parts, be-
came very polite and agreeable, and was admitted into a fo-
ciety of learned and eminent peribns, Having the accomplifh-
ment of a facetious wit to recommend him. Some of his chief
acquaintance and friends were Sir Fulk Grevil, Sir Henry
Glemham, Sir John Smith, (coufm-german to the Queen) Sir
Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Ralegh, Mr. Camden, and others:,
but he was moil dear to Sir Robert CecvK the Lord Trea-
furer's fon, both when he was the Queen's chief Secretary of
State, Mailer of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Earl
of Salifbury, and Lord High Treafurer, fucceedingin his noble
father's onice ; Sir Michael was ever at his right hand, and he
was never better pleafed than when he had his company and
pleafant converfation ; he alfo employed him in moil of his
bufinefs, and committed many of his fecret affairs to him,
knowing, by long experience, his faithfulnefs ; and many per-
fons, knowing what intereft he had with Sir Robert, both when
Secretary, and Lord High Treafurer, made him their friend,
at any rate, to folicit their caufes with him, who was ever
{except neceilarily obftructed) ready to gratify Sir Michael,
efpecially where benefit was likely to accrue to him \ he held
a correfpondence with the Earl of Salifbury, Sir Francis Bacon,
Sir Walter Ralegh, and others the chief men of his time 5 as
appeared by many letters, which were in the family.
When Sir Robert Cecil became Lord High Treafurer of
England, and was created Earl of Salifbury, which was about
the year 1605, Sir Michael congratulated his preferment, in
a letter to him;, where, among the red: of his wifhes, he wifh-
ed him Oiium cum Dignitate ; which the Earl took particular
notice of, in a fhort anfvver, as an happinefs feldom befalling
perfons in great place, thanking him for his congratulation,
and efpecially for his good wiih, though he feared, he faid,
he
H I C K E S, of Beverfton. 159
he fhould not be fo happy. Sir Michael, was a very witty
jocofe man, and his company much fought after by perfons of
rank and diftin&ion.
Sir Michael, at the age of fifty-four, married Elizabeth, the
daughter of Mr. Colfton, a Merchant, whofe country feat was
upon the foreft of Waltham, in the parifh of Low-Layton, in
EfTex, called therefore the Foreft-houfe, (late in the pofieffion
of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Knt. and Bart. Alderman of Lon-
don ;) me was the widow and relict of Henry Parvifh, or Parvis,
Efq; (fonof Thomas Parvis of Guildford, in Surry) an eminent
Merchant of London, whofe country-houfe was Ruckholts, a
manor in the faid parifh of Low-Layton, which, coming by
this marriage to Sir Michael, he there lived and died : fuch.
were the good accomplifhments of this Lady, that foon after
marriage, Sir Robert Cecil, in one of his letters, written in
July, about 1595 or 1596, told him, that he even envied him j
for, fending him a piece of venifon, he gave his commenda-
tions to Mrs. Hickes ; in whom, as he added, / envy your good
fortune, but rejl, for all that, your loving friend, R.obert C.
He fhould have been knighted at the coronation of King
James I. but he refufed it then. However, the next year, it
feems, he took the honour; for, in Aug. 1604, I meet with
the Secretary, giving him the title of Sir Michael.
By this lady aforeiaid, Sir Michael had iffue, befide William,
his elded fon, and Michael, a daughter, Elizabeth, {o named,
from Elizabeth, Countefs of Derby, one of her godmothers,
(the other being the Countefs of Warwick) married to Sir
William Armine, ofOfgodby, in Lincolnfhire, Bart.
Pie died at his houfe, at Ruckholts, 16 12, aged fixty-five
years, and was buried in the old chancel of the parifh-church.
of Low-Layton, in EfTex.
William, eldeft fon and heir of Sir Michael, was fo named
from the Lord Treafurer, his father's old mafter, (William,
Lord Burghley) who, in efteem for the father, gave his own
name, William, to the fori, being godfather, and prefent at
the baptifm, at Sir Michael's London houfe, on St. Peter's-hill
(which ftill belongs to this family.) His other godfather was
the Lord Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque-ports, and
Lord Chamberlain ; and his godmother, the Lady Lumley.
On fucceeding to his father's inheritance, he was created a
Baronet, on the 21ft of July, 17 Jac. I. being written of Be-
verfton, in Gloucefterfhire, though he chofe Ruckholts ftill,
for his ufual manfion, which his defendants for fome time re-
iided at. ' In the difficult times of the civil wars, he was always
* true to the royal caufe, and the church of England, on which
account, he was watched By fome of his neighbours that fa-
voured
160 tt I C K E S, of Beverftom
Voured the other fide : but by his caution, he preferred himfelt*
pretty clear of trouble, till the fiege of Colchefter ; when he,
with feveral other loyalifts of the county of EfTex, privy to,-
land concerned in, that bufinefs, were kept in prifon about fix
weeks ; and for farther punifhment, his ancient grove adjacent
to his houfe, which was very dear to him, was determined, by
thofe that then governed, to be cut down for timber to fupply
the navy, lying fo near and convenient for the fhip-yards ; but
by the means and interceffion of his friend, the Earl of Hol-
land, he at laft obtained the favour to let it Hand : which grove,
Sir Harry, finding the trees decaying at the tops, thought fit
to fell, and the feat was fold about the year 1720, to Benjamin
Collier, Efq; who fold it to Earl Tilney, whofe fon, Lord Vif-
count Caftlemain, v/as owner of it in 1741.
This Sir William, married Margaret, one of the daughters
of William, Lord Paget, of Beaudefert; by whom he had
iffue, Baptiit, Elizabeth, Sir William, Letitia, married to
Arthur, Earl of Donnegal, in the kingdom of Ireland, Catha-
rine, Francis, Sir Michael, and Elizabeth, whereof only three
furyived. He died at his feat at Ruckholts, and was buried*
honourably, according to his quality, with heralds attending
his herfe to the parifh church, where he was interred, the 22d
day of October, 1680, aged eighty-four.
Sir William Hickes's fecond fon furviving, was Sir Michael
Hickes, Knt. who married Sufan, youngeif. daughter to Sir
Richard How, Knt. fome time Sheriff and Alderman of Lon-
don, and widow of Samuel Beaumont-Everard, of the Middle
Temple, Efq; by whom he had ten children, but two only
furvived, viz. How Hickes, Efq; and Alice, married to Wil-
liam Somerford, in Wiltfhire, Efq.
Sir William Hickes, Knt. and Bart, (fon and heir of Sir
William,) was Sheriff of the county of EfTex, and ferved that
*>fEce with much credit and fplendor, the Lord Chief Juftice
Vaughan, and Sir Job Charleton, then Judges of the Affize,
at Chelmsford : he was knighted by King Charles II. at Ruck-
holts, and fo was his younger brother, Michael, (but at feve-
ral times) when their father, Sir William, entertained his
Majefty at dinner, after hunting in the foreft. This Sir Wil-
liam died, April 22, 1703, aged feventy-three years, having
married Marthagnes, cldeit daughter and coheir to Sir Harry
Coningfby, of North- Mims, in Hertfordfhire, Knt.
This fecond Sir William, had a numerous iffue by his faid
Lady, Marthagnes, viz. Mary, Sir Harry, Michael, Margaret,
William, Robert, John, Michael, Elizabeth, Charles, and
fome others; whereof four furvived, viz. two Ions ; Sir Harry,
and Charles, who was of the Wild, in Hertfordinire, but after-
wards
DRYDEN, of Canons- Aihby. 1 6 1
^vards of Kenfington, in Middlefex, who married ■ ' , daugh-
ter of Coningfby, Efq; and had one fon, John Hickes>
and one daughter. Of Sir William's two daughters, Mary,
was wife to James Darcy, of Sedburgh, in the county of
York, Efq; and Margaret, wife to Anthony Wharton, of Gil-
lingwood, in the fame county, Efq.
Sir Harry Hickes, elder! fon and heir, fucceeded his father
in title and eftate. He married firft, Elizabeth, daughter to
Sir John Holmes, Knt. (brother to Sir Robert,) fome time
Admiral of the royal navy; by whom he had iflue, one fon,
Harry, and two daughters that died unmarried. The faid
Elizabeth, his firft wife* dying in 1705, Sir Harry after-
wards married, Barbara* the daughter of Jofeph Johnfon, of
Walthamftow* in EiTex, Gent, by whom he had ifTue, Robert,
Ardina, Martha, and Elizabeth.
Sir Henry died Oct. 28, 1755, and was fucceeded by his
fon, (by the fecond venter,)
Sir Robert Hickes, who dying unmarried, the title defcend-
ed to
Sir John Baptift Hickes, (the prefent Baronet, eldeft fon o£
Charles Hickes, Efq; deceafed) who now chiefly refides in
London, and is unmarried.
Arms. Gules, a Fefs, wavy, between three Fleurs-de-lis*
Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Buck's Head, coup'd at the Shoul-
ders, Or, gorg'd with a chaplet of Rofes, Gules.
Seat. At Beverfton, Gloucefterlhire.
-*— «-
.34. Dryben, of Canons-Afhby, Northampton*
fhire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 16, 1619.
^\ F this family, the firft we find mentioned was William
Driden, or Dreyden, whofe grandfon,
John Dryden, or Dreyden (for fo his name is fometimes
written) was the eldeft ion of David Dryden, Efq; by Ifabel,
the daughter and heir of William Nicholfon, of StafFe-hill, in
the county of Cumberland.
By Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir John Cope, Knt.
(and Bridget his wife, daughter of Edward Ralegh, of Farn-
brough, in Warwickshire, Efq; and Anne, his wife, daughter
of Sir William Chamberlain, Knt.) Mr. Dryden left iffue, five
fons and four daughters. He died the 30th of September, 1584,
and was fucceeded in his eftate by Erafmus, his eldeft fon.
Vol, I. M Erafmu?
1 62 DRY DEN, of Cartons- AfM>y»
Erafmus Dryden, Efq; his fucceflbr, took his degree of Baf^
chclor of Arts, in the Univerfity of Oxford, on the 17th of
June, 1577, anc* was made Sheriff of Northamptonfhire, in the
fortieth year of Queen Elizabeth, as alfo in the feventeenth of
King James I. in whofc reign he was advanced to the dignity
of a Baronet, by letters patents, bearing date the 16th of
November, 1619. He took to wife Frances, the fecond daugh-
ter and coheir of William Wilkes, Efq; of Hodnel, in War-
wickshire, by whom he left iffue three fjns ; 1. Sir John Dry-
den, his fucceflbr in the title and eftate of Canons-Afhby$ of
whom hereafter. 2. William Dryden of Farndon, in North-
amptonfhire, Efq; who had two wives; by the fir ft, a daugh-
ter of ■ Cave, of Leicefterfhire, Efq; he had Sir John,
hereafter mentioned ; but by his fecond, I do not find he left
any iffue ; he di d at Farndon, and was there buried. And,
3. Erafmus Dryden, of Tichmarfh, in Northamptonfhire, Efq;
who married Mary, daughter of John Pickering, D. D. Rector
of Aldwinckle, by whom he had four fons and ten daughters;
1. John, the Poet-Laureat, of whom hereafter : 2. Sir Erafmus,
who fucceeded his nephew, as hereafter will be fhewn :
3. Kenry, who died at Jamaica, but left a fon, Richard, living
1708 : 4. James, who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Dunch, of London, Merchant, and dying 1694, left iilue two
daughters: of the daughters of Erafmus, of Tichmarfh, Agnes
married Silvefter Ernelyn (or Emelyn) of Stamford, in Lincoln-
shire, Gent. Rofe, was wife to — — Laughton, D. D. of
Catworth, in Huntingdonshire ; Lucy> married Stephen Urn-
well, of London, Merchant; Martha, to Bletfo, of
Northampton, Gent, and Frances, the youngeft, became the
wife of Mr. Jofeph Sand well, of London, Merchant ; me died
aged near ninety, OcT:. 10, 1736. The four daughters of Sir
Erafmas, were, 1. Sufan, married to Sir John Pickering, of
Tichmarfh, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. 2. Mary, the wife of
Sir Edward Haftopp, of Freathby, in Leicefterfhire, Baronet $
3. Elizabeth, married to Sir Ralph Phillipps, of Picton Caftle,
in Pembrokeihire, Bart, and the youngeft, married — Sal*-
way, of Stanford, in Worcefterfhire, Efq.
Sir John Dryden, Bart, eldeft fon, and fuccefTor to the title
and eftate, was Sheriff of Northamptonfhire, in 1634, 10 Car. I.
and chofen Knight of the Shire, in 1640, 16 Car. I. He died
in 1664, having had three wives j 1. Prifcilla, daughter of
James Quarles, of Rumford, in Effex, Efq; Clerk of the
Greencloth to Queen Elizabeth, and filter to Sir Robert
Quark's, of Rumford, Knt. 2. Anne, daughter of Henry Parvis,
of Ruckholts, in Low-Layton, in Effex, Efq; by neither of
ivhich had he any iffue ; but by his third wife, Honor, daughter
of
DfeVDENi of Canons-Afhby, 163
of Sir Robert Bevile, of Chefterton, in Huntingdonihire, Knt.
(by Mary, his wife, daughter and heir of -Coles of Prefton,
in Northamptonfhire, Efq;) he left iflue fix fons; I. Sir Robert
Dryden, of Canons-Afhby, his fucceflbr in the title and eftate ;
2. John Dryden^ Efq; of Chefterton, who was feveral times
chofen Member of Parliament for the county of Huntingdon,
in the reign of King William, and died unmarried, in Jan.
f 707. The third fon of Sir John, was Erafmus Dryden, who
lived a Batchdor, at Canons-Afhby ; 4. Richard Dryden, who
died unmarried, in the twenty-fourth year of his age; 5. Bevile,
died unmarried, and was buried at St. Brides, in Fleet-ftreet ;
6. Benjamin, a citizen of London, who married an old woman,
and died without iflue, Thefe brothers are faid to have entered
into an agreement with one another, to fpend their days in
celibacy. Sir John Dryden, had alfo four daughters, whereof,
Elizabeth, died young; Honor, died unmarried; Frances,
married Ralph Sneyd> Efq; eldeft fon of William Sneyd, of
Keel-hall, in Staffordshire, Efq; and Anne, became the wife
of Walter Pigot, of Chetwynd, in Shropfhire, Efq; father of
Robert Pigot, Efq; Knighr. of the Shire for Huntingdon.
Sir Robert Dryden, Bart, the eldeft fon and heir of Sir
John, out-lived all his brethren, died unmarried, about feventy
fiix years of age, and was buried in the church of Canons-
Afhby, on the 30th of Auguft, 1708.
The title of Baronet devolved on Sir John Dryden, the fon
and heir cf Wiliiam Dryden, of Farndon, the fecond fon of
Sir Erafmus Dryden, Bart, before mentioned, and elder brother
to the faid Erafmus Dryden, of Tichmarfh, Efq;
Which Sir John Dryden, Bart, married Elizabeth, daughter
of Mr. Luck, of Northamptonihire ; and had iffue one fon,
John, killed in his father's life-time, by a fall from his horfe ;
and two daughters, Honor, the wife of Mr. Jofeph Bateman,
a Surgeon, in London, and Elizabeth, who died unmarried.
Upon his deceafe the title came to Sir Erafmus -Henry, the
third fon of John, (the Poet-Laureat) who was the eldeft fon
of Erafmus Dryden, of Tichmarfh, Efq; by Mary, his wife,
daughter of Dr. Pickering.
But to proceed to the eldeft of the fons of the faid Erafmus
Dryden, of Tichmarfh, Efq; which was John Dryden, Efq;
Poet-Laureat, and Hiftoriographer to King James II. (which
places he loft, on the Revolution.) He was born at Aldwinkle,
in the county af Northampton, brought up at Weftminfter
fchool and thence elected fcholar of Trinity-college, in Cam-
bridge, in 1650. He wrote twenty-feven plays, and many other
poetical performances. His dramatick works have been pub-
liftied by Mr. Congreve, and dedicated to his Grace, the late
M 2 Duke
1 64 D R Y D E N, of Canons- Afliby.
Duke of Newcaftle : who, in his dedication, tells us, c Tha£
Mr. Dryden, had perfonal qualities to challenge both love
and efteem from all who were truly acquainted with him*
He was of a nature exceeding humane and companionate,
eafily forgiving injuries, and capable of a prompt and fmcere
reconciliation with them who had offended him. Such tem-
perament is the only folid foundation of all moral virtues and
fociable endowments. His friendfhip, where he profeffed it,
went much beyond his profeifions -9 and I have been told of
ftrong and generous inftances of it by perfons themfelves,
who received them ; though his hereditary income was little
more than a bare competency. As his reading had been very
extenfive, fo was he very happy in a memory tenacious of
every thing that he had read. He was not more poffeiTed of
knowledge, than he was communicative of ir. But then his
communication of it was by no means pedantic, or impofed
upon the converfatioiv, but juit fuch, and went fo far, as by
the natural turns of the difcourfe, in which he was engaged,
it was neceflarily promoted or required. He was extreme
ready and gentle in his correction of the errors of any writer,
who thought fit to confult him j and full as ready and pa-
tient to admit of the reprehenfion of others, in refpecl: of his
own overfight or miftakes. He was of very eafy, I may fay,
of very pleafing accefs. But fomcthing flow, and as it were
diffident in his advances to others. He had fomething in his
nature that abhorred intrufion into any fociety whatfoever.
Indeed it is to be regretted, that he was rather blameable in
the other extreme ; for by that means he was perfonally lefs
known, and confequently his character might become liable
* both to mifapprehenfions and milreprefentations. To the befl
* of my knowledge and obiervation, he was, of all men that
' ever I knew, one of the mod modeft, and the moft eafily to
4 be difco untenanted, in his approaches either to his fuperiors
* or his equals. — As to his writings, I may venture to fay in
* general terms, that no man hath written in our language fo
* much, and fo various matter, and in fo various manners, fo
4 well. Another thing I may fay was very peculiar to him;
* which is, that his parts did not decline with his years ; but
* that he was an improving writer to the laft, even to nea?
* feventy years of age ; improving even in fire and imagination,
* as well as in judgment. Witnefs his Ode on St. Cecilia's
day, and his Fables, his lateft performances. He was equally
* excellent in verfe and profe. His profe had all the clearness
imaginable, together with all the noblenefs of expreflion, all
the graces and ornaments proper and peculiar to it, without
* deviating into the language or diction of poetry. I make this
* obferva-
DRYDEN, of Canons- Afhby. 165
obfervation only to diftinguiuS his ftyle from that of many
poetic writers, who, meaning to write harmoniouHy, in profe,
do in truth often write mere blank verfe. I have heard him
frequently own with pleafure, that if he had any talent for
Englifh profe, it was owing to his having often read the
writings of the great Archbifnop Tillotfon. His verifica-
tion and his numbers he could learn of nobody ; for he firffc
pofTefTed thofe talents in perfection in our tongue. And
they who have beft fucceeded in them fmce his time, have
been indebted to his example 5 and the more they have been
able to imitate him, the better have they fucceeded. As his
ftyle in profe is always fpecifkally different from his ftyle in
poetry ; fo, on the other hand, in his poems his diction is,
wherever his fubjecl: requires it, fo fublimely, and fo truly
poetical, that its elTence, like that of pure gold, cannot be
deftroyed. Take his verfes, and diveft them of their rhimes,
disjoint them in their numbers^ tranfpofe their expreflions,
make what arrangement and difpofition you pleafe of h,is
words; yet fhall there eternally be poetry, and fomething
which will be found incapable of being refolved into abfolute
profe : an incontestable chara&eriftick of a truly poetical
genius. I will fay but one word more in. general, of his
writings, which is, that what he had done in any one fpecies
or diftincl: kind, would have been fufficient to have acquired
him a great name. If he had written nothing but his pre-
faces, or nothing but his fongs, or his prologues, each o,f
them would have entitled him to the preference and diftinc-
tion of excelling in his kind.'
He married Elizabeth, eldeft daughter of the Right Honour-
able Thomas Howard, Earl of Berkshire, and dying May 1,
1 701, was buried in Weftminfter-Abby, where his Grace the
Duke of Buckingham, out of his great liberality, and peculiar
efteem for Mr. Dryden's merit, ordered a noble and fumptuous
monument to be erected to his memory.
Mr. Dryden, had no monument erected to him for feveral
years ; which Mr. Pope alludes tQ9 in his epitaph intended for
Mr. Rowe, where he fays,
Beneath a rude and namelefs Jlcne he lies.
In the note upon which verfe, he tells us, that ' the tomb
* of Mr. Dryden, was creeled upon this hint, by the Duke
* of Buckingham, to which was originally intended this epU
« taph:
< This Sheffield rais'd, The facred duft below
* Was Dryden once; the reft who does not know?
M 3 f Which
1 66 DRYDEN, of Canons-Afl%.
* Which the author fince changed into the plain infcriptkw^
* on it, being only the name of that great poet :
* J. Dryden,
* Natus Aug. 9, 1631.
* Mortuus Maii 1, 1701.
* Johannes Sheffield, Dux Buckinghamienfis, fecit/
He left three fons ; Charles, the eldeft of them, brought up.
at Trinity-college, in Cambridge, had a genius for poetry, as
appears by a copy of his verfes, printed before the Earl of Rof-
common's eflay on tranflated verfe, and might have done great
things, if he had not been unfortunately drowned at Datchet-.
ferry, near Windfor. John, the fecond, went to Rome, and
was entertained by the Pope, as Gentleman of his Bedchamber.
He likewife, turned his thoughts to poetry, and wrote one
play, The Hujba?id his own Cuckold. He died at Rome, of a
pleuritick fever, and was honourably interred tfrere by the
Pope's command.
Sir Erafmus-Henry, brother to the faid Charles, and John,
Succeeded to the title of Baronet, on the death of Sir John
Dryden, Bart, beforementioned, his coufin; but dying unmar-
ried, he wa; buried at Canons-x\fhby, in 171 1, and the hon-
our devo-ved on Sir Erafmus Dryden, Bart, his uncle, the
fecond fon of Erafmus Dryden, of Tichmarih, Efq;
This Sir Erafmus Dryden, Bart, married Elizabeth, the
daughter of Mr. Edward Martyn, of the city of Weftminfter,
by whom he had one fon, Edward, and two daughters; Eliza-
beth, the wife of Richard Martyn, D. D. Prebendary of Weft-
miniter ; and Mary, the wife of John Shaw, of the Board of
Green-cloth, Efq;
Edward, his only fon, died a year before his father, on the
3d of No. ember, 1717. He married Elizabeth, the daughter
of Mr. Allen, (on of Sir Thomas Allen, Knt. a Turky Mer-
chant, in London, by whom he had iilue five fons; Sir John
Dryden, fucceiibr to his grandfather ; Robert, Erafmus, Ed-
ward, andBevile; and three daughters ; Elizabeth^ Mary, and
Anne.
Sir John Dryden, the prefent Baronet, has married two
wives; 1. Frances, daughter and heir of Thomas Ingram, of
Barraby, in Yorklhire, Efq; by whom he had no iffue : 2. Eliza*
beth, daughter of John Roper, of Berkhamftead, in Hertford-
fhire, Efq; by whom he hath likewife no ifTue.
Tne Rev. Mr. Erafmus Dryden, Rector of Eaft Hempftead,
in Berkfhire, and brother to the prefent Sir John, married, in,
Oct. 1747, Mifs Blagrave, of Sotithcoate, near Reading, Berk-
fhire.
Arms.
MILL, of Camois-Court. 167
Arms. Azure, a Lion rampant, and in Chief, a Sphere be-
tween two Etoiles, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Demi -Lion, fuftaining in his ri*ht
Paw, a Sphere, as in the arms.
Seat. At Canons- Afhby, in Northamptonfhire.
35. Mill, of Camois-Court, SufTex.
Created Baronet, Dec. 31, 1619.
THIS family hath, in ancient times, been written Attc-Mill,
Atte^Mull, Mull, Mille, and for many ages down to this
time, Mill, is of good antiquity and reputation, and have flourilh-
ed for many generations, in the county of SufTex, fome or" whofe
defendants likewife, branched into the county of Southamp-
ton, from whom the prefent Sir Richard Mill, Baronet, is de-
scended.
John Atte-Mill, had iiTue two fons, Robert Atte-Mull, or
Mille, of Guilford, in Surry, who lived temp. Ric. II. he was
Sheriff of SufTex and Surry, 13 Ric. II. and died without iiTue,
(leaving his coufin, Robert, his heir;) and Richard Mille, h'.s
brother, which Richard had a fen, John Atte-Mull, of Nut-
borne, living 8 Hen. V. and 12 Hen. VI. The faid John Atte-
MuH, had iiTue, Robert Mull, alias Mille ; he had ifTue two
fons; 1. Richard Mille, of Gretham, who died 1504., and 2. Ed-
mund Mille, of Pulborough in EfTtx, which line terminated in
a daughter, married to Nicholas Anftie. The lad named Richard
Mille, married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Lcwknor, relict of
Andrew Sackvile, (fhe married to her third hufband ■
Kighley,) and had iiTue two fons ; 1. William Mill, of Gretham
in SufTex, living 13 Henry VII. and 22 Hen. VIII. frcm whom
Thomas Mill, of Gretham, aforefaid, E(q; that was living 1634^
and married Dorothy, daughter of R-alph Cooper, of Slingford,
in the county of SufTex, Efq; was line^.l!y defended ; and from
him defcended Wiiliam Mill, of Gretham, Efq; who died, June,
1729, whereupon this branch terminated in daughters and co-
heirs.
John Mill, of Hampton, (fecond fen of Richard,) by Alice,
his wife, (living 38 Hen. VIII.) had iiTue, John Mill, of Gre-
tham, aforefaid, who married Catharine, daughter and coheir
of Sir Roger Lewknor, of Trotton, in Suflex, Knt. by Ellen,
his third wife, daughter of Thomas rVfefant ; lineally defcended
from Roger Lewknor, High Sheriff of SufTt-X an J Surry,
M 4 20 Edw*
i68 ,MIL L, of Camois-Court.
20 Edw. III. fon of Thomas, fon of Roger de Lewknor, High
Sheriff of Surry, 12 Edw. I.
The laft mentioned John Mill, by Catharine, his wife* had
iflue, Lewknor Mill, of Camois-Court, in SufTex, only fon and
heir, who married Cicely, daughter of John Crook, of South-
ampton, Efq; by whom he had iflue four fans, and four daugh-
ters, viz. 1. Sir John Mill, of Camois-Court, in Suflex, andT
alfo of Newton-Berry, in Southampton, advanced to the dig-
nity of a Baronet, the feventeenth of James I. Lewknor, fecond
fon, who died Dec. 5, 1567. John, third, and Thomas, fourth
fon; which three laft died without iflue: Dowfabella, eldeft:
daughter; Catharine, fecond ; Mary, third, , fourth daughter.
The faid Sir John Mill, Bart, was elected a Member for the
town of Southampton, in the Parliament, 21 Jac. I. as alfo in
feveral fucceeding ones, in the reign of King Charles I. He
married to his firft wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George
More, of Loiley, in Surry, Knt. who died without iflue; and
afterwards he took to wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas
Flemming, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice of England, by whom he
had iflue eight fons, viz. 1. Sir John Mill, of Newton-Berry,
in Southampton, Knt. who was made a Knight Banneret by
King Charles I. (and killed near Oxford, in the life time of his
father.) 2. Thomas Mill, of Nutfhelling, in Southampton, Efq;
(who married Catharine, daughter and fole heir of Andrew
Mundy, of Nutfhelling aforefaid, Efqj) 3. Anthony, died young.
4. Richard Mill, of Oxford, died unmarried. 5. Lewknor Mill,
of Plaitford, in Wilts, who died unmarried. 6. Edward Mill, of
Eling, in Southampton, (married to Jane, daughter of Thomas
Burgefs, of By ton, in the faid county, by whom he had two
daughters;) George, feventh, and William, eighth fons, both
died young.
The laft mentioned Sir John Mill, Knt. (who died vita
fatris) married Philadelphia, daughter of Sir Henry Knollys, of
Grove-Place, in the parifh of Nutfhelling, in Southampton,
Knt. Comptroller of the Houfhold to King Charles I. fhe fur-
viving him, married Chriftopher Roper, Lord Teynham, (from
whom Lord Teynham, is lineally defcended) by v/hom he had iflue,
Sir John Mill, of Newton-Berry, aforefaid, Bart, only fon
and heir, fucceflbr to hisgrandfather, who died in the twenty-
eighth year of his age, 1670. He married Margaret, daughter
of Colonel Henry Sands, of Mottisfont, in Southampton (who
was mortally wounded on the King's part, in the fight of $ram-
dene, near Alsford, in the faid county, March 29, 1644, and
died April 6, following,) by Jane, his wife, daughter of Sir
William Sandys, of Muferden3 in the county of Gloucefter,
|Cnt. The laid Colonel Henry Sandys, was fon of Sir^Edwin
Sandys,
MILL, of Camois-Court. 169
Sandys, of Latimers, in Bucks, Knt. by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter and heir of William, Lord Sandys, of the Vine, lineally
defcended from Sir William Sandys, Knight of the Moft Noble
Order of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain of the Houfhold to King
Henry VIII. firft Lord Sandys, of the Vine, by Margaret,
daughter and fole heir of John Bray, Efq; (fon of Sir Richard
Bray, Kntf one of the Council to King Henry VI.) and niece
to Sir Reginald Bray, lilcewife one of the Knights-companions of
the faid Moft Noble Order of the Garter.
The aforefaid Margaret, wife of Sir John Mill, was fifter of
Edwin, laft Lord Sandys, of the Vine, and at length one of his
coheirs, who died unmarried.
Which Sir John Mill, Bart, (the nephew of Edwin, Lord
Sandys) was High Sheriff for the county of Southampton, 1685:
he married Margaret, daughter and heir of Thomas Grey, of
Woolbeding, in Suffex, Efq; by whom he had iffue two Ions,
and four daughters, viz. 1. Sir John, his eldeft fon and fucceffor;
2. Sir Richard, of whom hereafter. The daughters were, 1. Mar-
garet, (married to Robert Knollys, younger brother of Henry,
and fon of Robert Knollys, of Grove-Place, in Southampton,
Efq;) 2. Mary, who died unmarried ; 3. Elizabeth, (married to
$ir Thomas Hobby, of Somerley, in the faid county of South-
ampton, Bart.) and 4. Philadelphia.
Sir John Mill, Bart, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father in title
and eftate, but dying unmarried, was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir Richard Mill, who ferved the office of High Sheriff for the
county of Southampton, 1723, and was a reprefentative in Par-
liament for Midhurft, in Suffex, and afterwards elected for
Penryn, in Cornwall. He married Margaret, eldeft daughter of
Robert Knollys, of Grove-place, in Southampton, Efq; by whom
he had iffue four fons, and five daughters; 1. Richard Mill, Efqj
2. John; 3. Henry; and 4. Charles. The daughters were, Mar-
garet, Philadelphia, Elizabeth, Mary, and Martha. He died
May 16, 1760, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir Richard Mill, the prefent Baronet, who married, Auguft,
1760, Mifs Dorothy Warren, daughter and fole heir of Richard
Warren, of Redclift, in Somerfetfhire, by whom he has iilue two
daughters, the youngeft born Nov. 1766. Sir Richard is Knight
of the Shire for the county of Southampton in the prefent Par-
liament.
Arms. Party per Fefs, Argent and Sable, a Pale counter-
changed, and three Bears, faliant, 2 and j counterchanged, muz-
zled, and chained, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Demi-Bear, as in the arms.
Motto. Aides Dieu.
Seats. At Mottisfont and Newton-Berry, both in South-
ampton, and Woolbeding, in Suffex, 36, Fouus,
j7o F O U L I S, of Ingleby.
36. Foulis, of Ingleby, Yorkfhire,
Created Baronet, February 6, 1619.
HpHOUGH this family, for many ages, inhabited in that
*■• part of Great-Britain, called Scotland, yet, in all probabi-
lity, it was originally Englifh, ftnce one of the name made a.
confiderable figure in Kent, before the Norman invafion, and
that he, together with feveral others, who oppofed King Wil-
liam I. being treated with much rigour and Severity, fled into,
Scotland, with Margaret, the After of Edgar Atheling, (after-
wards married to Malcom Conmore, King of Scotland) and
fettled there, where his defcendants flourifh to this day.
After this removal, it is likely this family fettled in the north
of Scotland, and gave denomination to a town of their name,
which now belongs to the Monroes: it is certain, that feveral
thereof bore confiderable offices under the Kings of Scotland;
for William Fowlis was Keeper of the Privy- Seal to King
James I. 1430, and left iflue, William, his fon and heir, who
married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Walter Ogilby, Knt,
by whom he had two fons ; William, who died without iflue,
and Jarnes, who, by his wife, Margaret, the daughter of
Sir Thomas Henderfon, Knt. had iflue a fon, James, who was
heir to his uncle, William. He was Keeper of the RegHter
to King James V. of Scotland, 1530, and having married Bar-
bara, daughter of Brown, of Fordee, in Fyfe, was fuc-
ceeded by Henry Foulis, his fon and heir, who efpoufed Mary,
daughter of Hadden, of Glenargis, by a daughter of the
Earl of Mar, by whom he had, iflue, 1. James ; ?. David FouIis>
and others.
This David, was agent from King James VI. of Scotland,
to Queen Elizabeth, and after the death of that Princefs, was
knighted by his Royal Matter, at the Tower of London, May
13, 1603, before his coronation; two years after which, waiting
on his Majefty to Oxford, he had the dignity of a Baronet con-
ferred upon him, by letters patents, bearing date February the
6tb, 16 19 : he was Cofferer to Prince Henry, eldeft fon of the
faid King James, and after his deceafe, he bore the fame office
under Prince Charles, (afterwards King Charles I.) He was
made one of his Majefty's council for' the northern parts, and
Cuitos Rotulorum, Deputy-Lieutenant, and Juftice of the Peace
for the north-riding of that county.
But as he appeared with fome zeal, in 1632, againft thecom-
miflion which was iflued to compel Gentlemen to compound for
not
F O U L I S, of Ingleby. 171
riot having taken the honour of Knighthood, to which they were
obliged, by an old obfolete law, and had let fall fome exprefiions,
reflecting upon Thomas, Lord Vifcount Wentworth, Lord Pre-
fident of the Council in the North, for his proceedings therein ;
he and his eldeft fon, Henry, were cenfured for it in the court of
S tar-Chamber, in 1633 ; Sir David, was declared incapable of all
the offices and places which he held, was committed prifoner to
the Fleet, during his Majefty's pleafure, fined 5CO0I. to the King,
and 3000I. to the Lord Wentworth ; for the payment of which
fines, he was forced to fell part of his eftate. His fon and heir*
Henry, was alfo committed prifoner to the Fleet, during his Ma-
jefty's pleafure, and fined 500I.
This Sir David, married Cordelia, the daughter of William
Fleetwood, of Great-MhTenden, in Bucks, Efq; Serjeant at Law,
and Recorder of London, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by
whom he had iflue two daughters; 1. Anue, married to George
Purvis, M. D. 2. Elizabeth, who died unmarried; and five fons ;
I. Sir Henry, his fuccefTor in the title and eftate ; 2. Robert ;
3. John; 4. Edward; and 5. William, who all died without
iflue : Sir David, died in 1642, and was fucceeded by his eldeft
ion,
Sir Henry Fowlis, Bart, who married Mary, the eldeft daugh-
ter of Sir Thomas Clayton, of Sexho, in Yorkfhire, Knt. by
whom he had iflue four fons, and four daughters, viz. 1. Sir
David, his fucceflbr ; 2. Henry, who was fellow of Lincoln-
College, in Oxford, and was the Author of the hiftory of the
wicked plots and confpiracies of the Prefbyrerians, in 1674, and
the hiftory of Romifti Treafons, i68j. Anthony Wood, fays,
i The produces of his writings {hew him to have been a true fon
c of the church of England, a hater of Popery, Prefbytery, and
* Seclarifm. He was endowed with a happy memory, underltood
4 books, and the ordering of them fo well, that with a little in-
* induftry, he might have gone beyond the great Philobiblos-
* Jamefius. He had alfo in him a moft generous and noble fpirit,
* a careleflhefs of the world and things thereof, (as moft bookifh
' men have,) a moft becoming honefty in his dealings, a juft ob-
* fervance of collegiate difcipline, and a hatred to wrangles, and
* the French fooleries of his time,' He died Dec. 24, 1669,
aged thirty-three; 3. Edward, who died unmarried ; 4. Thomas,
who was Captain of a man of war, and loft his life in the Dutch
wars, in the reign of King Charles II. He left two fons, and a
daughter, who all died without iflue.
Of the daughters of Sir Henry, 1. Cordelia, died unmarried;
2. Mary, was wedded to Robert Shafto, of Benwell, in Nor-
thumberland, Efq; 3. Catharine, was wife to Sir Ralph Cole, of
Jrancepetb, in Durham, Bart. 4, Elizabeth, died unmarried.
Sir
,172 F O U L I S, of Ingleby.
Sir Davis Foulis, Bart, the fecond of that name, fucceeded his
father in the eftate and title, and married Catharine, the eldeft
daughter of Sir David Watkins, of Middlefex, Knt. and had
iflue fix fons, and five daughters, viz. i. David; 2. Henry ;
3. Sir William ; 4. Thomas; 5. Charles; 6. John, who all
died without iflue, except Sir William, his, third fon.
The daughters were, 1. Honor, married to William Chaloner,
of Gifborough, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Edward Chaloner, of Gif-
borough, in Yorkshire, Knt. 2. Mary, married to William
Turner, of Stainfby, Efq; fecond fon of John Turner, of Kirk-
leatham, in Yorkfhire, Efq; Serjeant at Law, kinfman and heir
of Sir William Turner, Knt. Lord- Mayor of London. 3. Ca-
tharine, married to John Rudd, of the city of Durham, Efq;
4. Anne, to Sir Reginald Graham, of Norton Conyers, ir^
Yorkfhire, Bart. 5. Jane.
This Sir David ferved in Parliament for the borough of Norths
Allerton, in the firft year of King James II. and departed this
life the 13th of March, 1694, in the iixty-fecond year of his
age, and was fucceeded in title and eftate by,
Sir William Fowlis, Bart, his third, but eldeft furviving fon,
who married Anne, daughter of John Lawrence, of Weftmin-
fter, Efq; widow of Sir Lumley Robinfon, of Kentwell-Hall,
in Suffolk, Bart, by whom he left ifTue only one fon, Sir Wil-
liam, and died Oct. 174I5 aged eighty-three.
Sir William Fowlis, only fon and fucceflbr to his father in dig-
nity and eftate, married Mildred, the eldeft daughter of Henry,
Lord Vifcount Downe, in the kingdom of Ireland, and of Co-
wick, near Snaith, in the weft-riding of Yorkfhire, by whom
he had Iflue one fon, William, and four daughters, Mildred,
Anne, Catharine, yet unmarried ; and Mary, married to Boyn-
ton Langley, of Wykeham Abbey, in Yorkfhire, Efq; Sir Richard,
dying in 1756, was fucceeded in title and eftate by his only fon,
' Sir William Foulis, the prefent Baronet, who, in 1758, mar-
ried Hannah, the only daughter of John Robinfon, of Buckton,
in the Eaft Riding of Yorkfhire, by whom he has two fqns,
William and John-Robinfon.
Arms. Argent, three Laurel, or Bay Leaves, erect, proper.
Crest. On a Wreath, out of a Crefcent, Argent, a Crofs
Forme Fiche, Sable,
Seat. At Ingleby-manor, near Stokefley,, in Cleavelarjd, Jr!
Jhe North- riding of Yorkfhire.
37. Bernev,
B E R N E Y, of Parkhalli 17
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37. Berney, of Parkhall, in Reedham, Norfolk.
Created Baronet, May 5, 1620.
*TP HIS ancient family were denominated from the town of
. Berney* near Walfingham, in this county, where they were
feared about the time of the Conqueft, and have ever Cmco been of
coniiderable note.
In fome very ancient writings, which belonged to the Priory
of Bynham,
1. Roger de Berney is found mentioned as Lord of Berney, as
alfo,
2. Sir Henry de Berney, Knr» his fon ; whofe fon,
3. Richard de Berney, by Catharine, daughter of Roger Gygney,
Efq; had ifTue,
4. Henry de Berney, who lived at Berney 1268, and was
father of,
5. John de Berney, who refided chiefly in the city of Norwich,
at his capital mefluage there, called Berney's Inn, which, or
another of the fame name, that came into the family with the
eftates at Reedham, by marriage, very foort after this time, has
continued in it ever fince. This John de Berney, married Joan,
daughter and heirefs of Bartholomew de Witchingham, Efq; he
left ifTue by her,
6. John de Berney, who refided at Witchingham. He was
one of the Citizens for Norwich, in the Parliament held at York,
g Edw. III. alio he, with Robert Clare, Efq; were the King's
Commiffioners, before whom an inqueft was taken upon a writ
of Ad quod da?nnu?n concerning the fee of the caftle of Norwich,
19 Edw. III. In the following year he was elected one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Norfolk, as he was agaia
two years afterwards, 22 Ed. III. together with the faid Robert
Clare, Efq; and were allowed 14I. 10s. for thirty-four days at-
tendance. He alfo ferved in Parliament, 31 Edward III. and for
attending thirty-two days, had 61. 8s. allowed for his expences.
His firft wife was Sarah, daughter of Bartholomew Batman, and
his fecond, Catharine, daughter of Peter Bedingfleld, Efq; He
left two ions Robert and Thomas. The eldeft, Sir Robert
Berney, who was a Knight Batchelor of the Duke of Guyen
and Lancafter, continued at Witchingham, and from whom
were defcended the two branches of the family, viz. the Wit-
chingham and Gunton, which having continued feveral defcents
are now both extinct. This Sir Robert married Margaret,
fecond daughter, and one of the co-heirefles of Walter de Wal-
cot9 who was a. lineal defcendant of two very ancient families
united
t?4 B £ R N E Y, of ParkfialL
united in him ; one derived from Sir Clement Clopton, Knt.
and the other from Sir Matthew de Gunton, Knt. who lived
22 Hen. I. 1 122. Margery, another fifter to the faid Margaret^
was a nun in Carrow Abbey. By this marriage he had the man-
nor of Gunton, where^ four generations afterwards, a Sir Robert
Berney, his defcendant, who v/as Steward of Lord Morley,
Marfhal of Ireland, and Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, 7 and
1.1 of Henry IV. built a very capital houfe.
7. Thomas de Berney, fecond fon of the above mentioned John
Berney de Witchingham, who was afterwards knighted, mar-
ried Margaret, daughter and heirefs of William de Reedham,
Efq; by Margaret, daughter and heirefs of Sir Robert Caflon,
Knt. of a very ancient family feated at Reedham, in Norfolk^
at the time of the Conqueror's furvey. By this marriagej befides
feveral other eflates and lordfhips, he had the manor of Reed-
ham, whither he removed in the reigri of Edw. III. from Wit-
chingham, which continued the feat of his elder brother, Sir
Robert, and his defendants, as abovementioned, and Reedham
became the feat of this branch of the family.
8. John Berney, of Reedham, his fon and heir, married Ifabel,
daughter and heirefs of Sir John Herringham, Knt. and died
anno 1440, leaving iffue three fons 5 1. Thomas; 2. Robert,
of Barrow, Knt. and 3. John, who died ifTuelefs, 1461.
9. Thomas Berney de Reedham, the eldefl fon, by Eva, daugh-
ter of John Clipfby, of Cliplby, Efq; left iflue,
10. John Berney de Reedham, who married Catharine, daugh-
ter of Ofbert Munford, of Hockwold, whofe fon, and heir,
11. John Berney de Reedham, married, firft, a daughter of
- Richard Southwell, Efq; and afterwards a daughter of John
Wentworth, of Suffolk, leaving iffue,
12. John Berney de Reedham, whofe firft wife was Margaret,
daughter of William Reade, of Beccles, in Suffolk, and his
fecond Alice, daughter of Richard Joyner, and relief of Paul
Syd nor, of Kent, Efq; he died 1557, leaving iffue, Thomafine,
married to Thomas Ofborne, of Kirby Bedon, Efq; another
daughter married to Sydnor, of Blundeflon, Efq; Mary,
married to Robert Jenny, of Heringfleet ; and the youngeft to
Cuddon of Shadingfield, all in Suffolk. Alfo one fon and
heir,
13. H-enry Berney de Reedham, who, in the reigns of Philip
and Mary, removed the old feat of the family, which flood near
the church a: Reedham, into the park there, in which he built
a magnificent houfe (part of which is now (landing) and made
very large gardens, anno 1577, calling it Park-hall, in Reed-
ham. He died 1584, having had a numerous iffue, by Alice
his firil wife, daughter of Roger Applcton, of Comb, in Effex,
and.
BERNEY, of Parkhail. 175
and Agnes, his fecond, who was daughter of Walter Clarke, of
Hadley, in Suffolk, Efq; and heirefs of her brother Edward.
Of whom,
14. Sir Thomas Bcrney d« Reedham, Knt. his eldeft fon and
heir, was High Sheriff of Norfolk, 7 James I. 1609, and died
1616, leaving iffue, by Juliana, daughter of Sir Thomas Gaudy,
of Redenhall, in Norfolk, Knt. one of the Juftices of the Com-
mon Pleas, feveral children. Of whom, William, the eldeft fon,
married the daughter of the Lord Chief Juftice Coke, but had
no iffue ; and John, the fecond fon, dying unmarried ; Richard,
the third fon, became his heir. Thomas, the feventh, and
youngeft fon was High Sheriff of Norfolk, 22 Charles I. 1647,
and married Dorothy, daughter of John Smith, of Arminghall,
from whom is defcended that branch of the family which re-
fided for a long time at Swardifton, but is now removed to
Bracon, the feat of the prefent John Berney, Efq; his defen-
dant, who was High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1760.
15. Sir Richard Bemey de Reedham, the third fon of Sir
Thomas, by his two elder brothers dying without iffue, become
his heir, and was created a Baronet, May 5, 16 20, the 18th of
James I. He was High Sheriff of Norfolk, the 20th of the
fame King, 1622, and died 1668. By Anne, daughter of Michael
Smallpage, of Chichefter, in Suffex, Efq; befides four daugh-
ters; he had 1. Sir Thomas, his eldeft fon; 2. Richard; 3. John;
4. William; 5. Henry. He left all his eftates at Reedham, and
elfewhere, belonging to the family, to his fecond fon, Richard
Berney de Reedham, Efq; who was twice High Sheriff of Nor-
forlk, 14 Charles II. 1662, and alfo the 22d of the fame King,
1670. He married a daughter of Sir Jacob Gerrard, of Lang-
ford, in Norfolk, Bart, and by her had only one fon and heir,
Richard Berney de Reedham, Efq; who was High Sheriff of
Norfolk, 4 William III. 1692, and died the fame year unmar-
ried. He lies buried on the fouth fide of the chancel, in the
church at Reedham, with many of this family, of which he was
the laft who refided or enjoyed the eftates there, after they had
been in the poffeilion of his anceftors for many generations, from
the marriage of the abovementioned Thomas Berney, fecond fon
of John Berney de Witchingham, with Margaret, daughter and
heirefs of the faid William de Reedham, in the reign of Ed. III.
John Berney, of Weftwick, third fon of Sir Richard, married
£>ufan, daughter of John Stains, and left two fons, John, and
Richard. The eldeft, John Berney, married firft Bridget, daugh-
ter of William Branthwate, of Hethel, Efq; and had two daugh-
ters, Julian, married to Thomas Brograve, of Hertfordshire, Efq;
and Elizabeth, to John Petre, now of Weftwick, Efq; to his
fecond wife, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Maurice Ken-
dall,
176 B E R N E Y, of Parkhall.
dall of NorthwaMham, Efq; but by her had no ifTue. Richard
Berriey, late of Langley, in Norfolk, fecond fan of John Berney *
of Weftwick, was formerly Recorder of Norwich, for which
city he was returned Member in the two laft Parliaments of
Queen Anne. By Mary, daughter of Auguftin Briggs, of the
fame city, Efq; he left ifTue only one daughter, Elizabeth* mar-
ried to Thomas Bramfton, of Skreens* in EfTex3 Efq; formerly
one of the Knights of the Shire for that county. William, the
fourth fon of Sir Richard, married a daughter of Thomas Browne,
of Elfinghall, in Norfolk* Efq; and had iiTue. Henry* the fifth
fon, died a batcbelor.
16. Sir Thomas Berney, of Norwich, Bart, (eldeft fon of Sir
Richard) by Sarah, his fecond wife* daughter of Thomas Tyrrel*
of EfTex, Efq; Governor of Land-guard Fort, on the reftora-
tion of Charles II. had feveral children ; of whom John Berney*
of Wefenham, Efq; the third fon, married Philippa, daughter of
Thomas Browne, of Elfmg, Efq; and befides other ifTue, left
Thomas Berney, Efq; late Recorder of Lynn Regis in Norfolk*
who married Julian, one of the daughters of Sir Richard Berney,
of Kirby, Bart, hereafter mentioned, by whom he had ifTui
two fons, Thomas, and Richard, both now living at Lynn.
William Berney, Clerk, fourth fon of Sir Thomas, late of Wor-
ftead, and Reclor of Stokefby and Weftwick, by Mary, daugh-
ter of Henry Harcock, Gent, had one fon William Berney,
Rector of Newton Flotman, in Norfolk, who married Dorothy*
another daughter of the faid Sir Richard Berney, of Kirby, Bart*
by whom he had feveral children, of which Richard Berney, his1
eldeft fon and heir, is Rector of Weftwick, and continues now
to refide at Worftead. Sir Thomas Berney, died 1693, and was
fueteeded by*
17. Sir Richard Berney, of Kirby Bedon, Bart, his eldeft fon
and heir, who married Dorothy, daughter of William Branth-
wayte, of Hethel, Efq; and had a numerous iffue, of which, be-
fides the two daughters married as above mentioned, and Sir
Richard, and Sir Thomas, who fucceeded to the title, Robert
his third fon refided feveral years, and died in Barbadoes; John
Berney his eighth fon, Doctor of Divinity, is one of his Ma-
iefty's Chaplains in Ordinary, Arch-Deacon of Norwich, and
Rector of Saxlingham, and Hetherfet, where he now refides. He
married the eldeft daughter, and one of the co-heireffes of John
Baron, D. D. late Dean of Norwich, by whom he has no ifTue.
Sir Richard, died 1706, and was fucceeded in title and eftate,
by his eldeft fon and heir,
:8. Sir Richard Berney, of Kirby Bedon, Bart, who died un-
married, 1 710, at the age of twenty-two years, by which means
the title and eftate defcended to,
19. Sir
PAKINGTON, of Ailfbury. 1 7y
19. Sir Thomas Berney. of Kirby Bedon, his next brother,
who married Elizabeth, only daughter and heirefs of 8imo:i
Follces, of Suffolk, Efq; by Elizabeth his wife, who was daugh-
ter and one of the co-heircfTes of Samuel Hanfon, of the iflanJ
of Barbadoes, Efq; by whom a plantation called Hanfon's, in
that ifland, came into the family. He died 1742, and left iffue
only two ions, Sir Hanfon, his fucceffor, and Richard, four
other children having died in their infancy. Richard Berney
lives now at Norwich, and is Rector of Stokefby and Bramer-
ton in that county, and,
20. Sir Hanfon Berney, of Kirby Bedon, the prefent Baronet,
the twentieth male heir, in a lineal defcent, from Roger de
Berney, fucceeded his father, Sir Thomas, in title and eftate.
He was High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1762, being the ninth time
that office has been in the different branches of the family. By
Catharine, only daughter and heirefs of William Woolball, of
Walthamftow, in Effex, Efq; he has one fon, John, and two
daughters, Elizabeth and Catharine, now living, and has had
two other children, Juliana and Hanfon, who died infants.
Arms. Quarterly. 1. Per Pale, Azure and Gules, a Crofs,
engrailed, Ermine. 2. Gules, a Chevron between three
Reed Sheaves, Or. 3. Gules, a Chevron between three
Eagles difplayed, Argent, armed Or. 4. Argent, on a Can-
ton, Gules, a Crofs, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, Ermine and Gules, aPiumeofOf-
trich Feathers, per Pale, Azure and Gules. Formerly, this
family, while they rcfided at Reedham, bore for Creft, on a
Wreath, Ermine and Guies, a Reed Sheaf, Or.
Motto. Nil te?nere^ neque iimore.
Seat. At Kirby Bedon, in Norfolk.
38. Pakington, of Ailfbury, Buckinghamshire.
Created Baronet, June 22, 1620.
THAT the family of this name is of great antiquity, is
evident from unqueftionable records ; neither is it to be
doubted but they were fo called, from the place of their abode,
from one of the Pakingtons, of Staffordfhire, Warwicklhire,
or LeicefteHhire ; for in each of thofe counties we meet with
Lordfhips of that name, whofe owners anciently wrote them-
felves, de Pakino-ton: And that the family flourished in the
reign of King Henry I. fon of William the Conqueror, is
manifeft from the foundation of the monaftery of Kenelworth,
Vol. L N (fee
173 PAKINGTON, of Ailfoury.
(fee Dr. Hickes's prefatory epiftle to his Saxon grammar,) and
a learned antiquary has obferved, that, Pagington (now Pak-
ington) in StafYorufhire, within two miles of Tame, was held
of the Bifhop, by Vetchel, in the twentieth year of William
the Conqueror ; in Henry Illd's time, by Robert de Pakington ;
and in the twenty-fourth of Edw. I. David de Pakington,
held it of the Bimop, by the fourth part of a Knight's fee.
Richard de Pakington married one of the fillers and co-heirs
of Robert de Kaily, Lord of Frefeley, in Warwickfhire, who
lived in King Henry lid's time ; and there are now in the pof-
feflion of Sir Herbert-Perrot Pakington, Bart, two ancient
deeds, without date; one, of Robert Wittington, Clerk, figned
and fealed in the prefence of Peter Wyke, Hugh Pakington,
and Alexander Abbetot, Knts. the other attefted by Richard
Spechell, and Hugh Pakington, Knts. the lateft of which deeds
is judged to be at lead above 400 years old.
Thomas de Pakington was Prior of Burton-abby, in Staf-
fordihire, and prefided in the fame, thirty-fix years. He died
33 Edw. I. 1305, and was buried there.
Another Thomas de Pakington, named of Brailsford, found-
ed a chauntry in the chapel of Chelmfcote, 1322.
Henry Abbot, of Lillefhull, grants lands to Roger de Pak-
ington, and Agnes his wife, in Blackfordby, 13 Edw. III.
William de Pakington was a perfon of great note, temp.
Edw. III. being Secretary and Treafurer to Edward, the Black
Prince, in Gaicoigne, and wrote a chronicle in French, from
the ninth year of King John, to 138c, his own time. Some
extracts from this Chronicle have been printed at Oxford, in
Mr. Leland's Collectanea, torn. 1. part 2. p. 455-
Robert Pakington, (the certain anceftor of the prefent Sir
Herbert-Perrot Pakington, Bart.) lived in the reign of King
Henry IV. and was father to John Pakington, Efq; recited in
an office found before Robert Ruflel, Efcheator of the county
of Worcefter, 14 Hen. VI. He had iflue a fon of his own
name, John Pakington, Efq; who, by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter and heir to Thomas Wafhbourne, of Stanford, in
Worceflerfhire, Efq; had iffue three fons, John, Robert, (an-
ceftor to the branch we are to treat on,) and Humphrey.
John, the cldeit, being brought up to the law, in the fociety
of the Inner-Temple, was, in the twenty-fourth of Henry VII.
conftitutcd Chirographer of the Court of Common-Pleas, during
lie, with power to act by fufficient deputies; and, being
learned in the laws, was, in 11 Henry VIII. elected Lent-rea-
der, alio in the twentieth of the fame reign, Treafurer of the
Society of the Inner-Temple; in which year, he had a memo-
rable orant from the King, permitting him, for the time to
ccrne,
P A K I N G T O N, of Ailibury. 179
come, to wear his hat in his prefence, and his fuccefTors, and
not to be uncovered on any occafion or caufe whatfoever,
againft his will and good liking, and excufed him from every
kind of office or incumbrance. The many other honours con-
ferred on this Gentleman are too numerous here to be repeated.
At the time of his death, anno 2 Eliz. he was feized of thirty-
one manors, and of other lands that he had purchafed of
feventy feveral perfons, as appears from a large book con-
cerning his eftate, now among the evidences of the family, at
Weft wood.
His Lady was, Anne, widow of Tychbourne, and of
the family of Rolle, who dying the 22d of Auguft, 1563, was
buried in the earl: end of the chancel of St. Buttolph's, Alderf-
gate-ftreet, London.
The great eftate this Sir John Pakington left, was divided
between his daughters, and his two younger brothers, Robert,
and Humphrey. Urfula, his eldeft daughter, married Sir John
Scudamore, Knt. of whom defcended the late Lord Vifcount
Scudamore, whofe daughter and fole heir was the Duchefs of
Beaufort ; and Bridget, married Sir John Lyttelton, of Frank-
ley, in Worcefterfhire, Knt. anceftor to Sir Thomas Lyttel-
ton, Bart.
Humphry Pakington, youngeft brother of Sir John, was a
Merchant of London ; and left an only fon, John, who was
of Harvington, in Worcefterfhire j which line expired in two
daughters, great heirefTes ; one of them married Sir John
Yate, Bart, the other, Sir Henry Audley, Knt.
Robert Pakington, the next brother of Sir John beforemen-
tioned, was one of the Members of Parliament for the city of
London, temp. Henry VIII. and barbaroufly murdered in the
ftreet, 1537, as he was going to church, for he then oppofed
the Papifts, and was (hot by them, and by his laft will a/id
teftament, bearing date the 25th of Novemb. 1535, (the pro-
bat whereof is on the 24th of April, 1537,) it appears, that
he forfook the fuperftitious errors of the church of Rome, in
thofe times, when many fuffered on account of their religion ;
the murderer was never difcovered, but by his own confeifion,
made when he came to the gallows, at Banbury, to be hanged
for felonv.
He had iflue by Catharine, one of the coheirs of Sir John
Baldwin, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice of the Common-Pleas, and
his wife, daughter of William Dormer, of Wycombe,
in Bucks, Efq; (by this match came the manor of Ailfbury,
in Bucks, with other confiderable lands) an only fon, Thomas,
and three daughters, viz. Elizabeth, wife of John Lane, Efq;
and afterwards of Sir Richard Mallory, Knt. Alderman of
N 2 London j
j So P A K I N G T O N, of Ailfbury.
London ; Anne, wife of Richard Cupper, of Glympton, in
Oxfordshire, Efq; and Margaret of Benedict Lee, of Burfton,
in Bucks, and afterwards, of Thomas Scot, of the county of
York, Efqrs,
Thomas, fon and heir to the faid Robert, was in ward to
the Lord Privy-Seal, in 37 Henry VIII. when Catharine, his
mother, then twenty-three years of age, was found one of the
coheirs to Sir John Baldwin, (who died the 22d of December,
the fame year;) he received the honour of knighthood from
Queen Mary, and on the death of his uncle, Sir John, fuc-
ceeded to a great eftate. He was Sheriff of the county of
Worcefter, in 3 Elizabeth, and dying the 2d of June, at Bath-
Place, in Holborn, 12 Eliz. 157 1, was conveyed to Ailfbury,
in great pomp, (the officers of the college of arms attending
his corps) and bured in the parifh-church there. His Lady,
who furvived him, was daughter of Sir Thomas Kitfan, of
Hengrave, in Suffolk, Knt. (and afterwards marrying Thomas
Tafmagh, Efq;) died in the 'fixty-fifth year of her age, 1^75.
This Sir Thomas had five fons, of which, only John, the
eldcff, furvived his father ; and three daughters ; Mary, mar-
ried to Sir Walter Long, of Draycot, in Wilts, Knt. Catha-
rine, to John Davis, of the fame county, Efq; fecondly, to
Sir Jafper Moor ; and laitly, to Sir Mompeflbn, of Ted-
dington, in Wilts, Knts. and Margaret, to Thomas Litch-
field, Efq; Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber to Queen Eliza-
beth.
This Sir John Pakington, who was bred at Chrift Church,
in Oxford, under the tuition of Dr. Lewis, dean of Glouccfler,
became a great favourite of Queen Elizabeth's, and one of her
Privy Council. She firft took notice of him in her progtefs to
Worcefter, when fhe invited him to attend her court, where he
lived, at his own expence, in great fplendor and reputation,
with an equipage not inferior to fome of her greateit officers,
though he had no other honour beiides that of Knight of the
Bath, which was conferred on him in the life-time of his father.
He was remarkable for his feature and comely perfonage, and,
by his ability in all manly excrcifes, had diffinguimed himlclr"
to that degree, that he was generally called by the name of
Lufty Pakington : of which, among many inilances, it may
not be amifs to mention this one ; he entered into articles to
iwtm againft three noble Courtiers, for 3000I. from the bridge
at Weftminfrer, to the bridge at Greenwich ; but the Queen,
by her fpecial command, prevented the putting it in execution.
It could not be otherwife imagined, but that by this expen-
five life, great debts muft be contracted, which, in lime, would
bfitig him into diiHcuhrv, Of this he was io fenftbie, that
he
P A K I N G T O N, of Ailfbury. J 81
he took a fudden and wife refolution of retiring into the coun-
try, and, as he laid himfelf, would feed on bread and verjuice ,
till he had made up his extravagancies. The Queen foon had no-
tice of it, and therefore, taking into confederation thefe his ill
circumfbnces, which the zeal for her fervice had brought him
into, gave him a grant of a Gentleman's eftate, in Suffolk,
of eight or nine hundred pounds per ann. befides goods and
chattels, which had efcheated to the crown : but Sir John,
after he had been in the country to take poffelBon, found too
great a tendernefs in his nature, (notwithstanding the bad con-
dition of his affairs) to behold the miferies of that diftreffed fa-
mily, without a due regard and companion for them \ and the
melancholy fpectaclc of the forrowful Lady and her children,
i'o effectually wrought upon him, that, with the greateft gene-
rofity, he repaired immediately to court, and humbly befeech-
ed her Majefty to excufe him from enriching himfelf by the
calamities of that Gentleman, who fell by a combination of
his enemies, and would not leave the Queen till he had ob-
tained his requeff.
Soon after, he left the court, but before he parted from the
town, he took care to fatisfy all his creditors j and then, with
great reputation and honour, he began his journey into the
country, being handfomely attended with fervants and tenants,
to the number of fixty, well mounted and accoutred, who
came purpofely out of the country to pay him this comple-
ment, and waited at the court-gates, while he was taking leave
of the Queen.
After his fettlement in the country, her Majefty was not
unmindful of him, for fhe, to repair his fortune, granted him,
for ftxty years (in the twenty-fifth year of her reign) feveral
lordfhips, manors, and lands, that were come to the crown
by forfeiture, &c. in feventeen different counties ; alfo, when
the Earl of Pembroke was made Lord-Prefident of the marches
of Wales, and Lord Lieutenant of the adjacent counties, he
was put in the fame patent, Lieutenant of Worccfterfhire, and
upon the vacancy of the office of Cuftos Rotulorum.* that was
likewife conferred upon him : fhe alfo made him Bow-bearer
of Malverne-chace, one of the beft in England,, which he held
till he had finifned his noble park at Kampton-Lovet, and
then, that chace being at too great a diftance from his dwelling,
he obtained her Majefty's leave to difpofe of it.
He was in her favour even to the laft of her days. Fie was
conftantly the firft named in all commimons of importance,
and was the principal director in the government of his county,
none being thought more worthy of an intire confidence, by
the CHieen and her Council, than himfelf. And as he took all
N 3 imagin-
182 P A K I N G T O N, of Ailfbury.
imaginable care to anfwer their expectation, by his diligence
and fidelity, fo he was not wanting to convince his country,
that their intereff. was always at his heart.
By his affability and obliging behaviour, Jie acquired the good
opinion of his equals and inferiors ; and by his courage and re-
lolution, on all proper occafions, he had rendered himfelf awful,
even to thofe who were above him : a memorable proof of
which, he gave his country, when he executed the office of
Sheriff; for the Lord Chief- Baron Periam, having committed
a Gentleman at the Affizes, Sir John, fitting in his Sheriff's
feat, called to him to ftay, telling the Judge, he would anfwer
for his forth-coming ; neither could he be diffuaded, by all the
menaces he received from the bench, from adhering to this re-
solution, boldly alledging, in his defence, that the Gentleman
W3s his prifoner, and he, as Sheriff, was accountable for him.
This brave reply, very much increafed the efteem his country
had for him, and gained a general applaufe throughout the king-
dom.
His prudence and conduct did not only extricate him out of
thofe difficulties, in which his Court-life had involved him, but,
in a fhort time, put fo much money into his pocket that he
was enabled to become, what he intended to be, a great builder.
He bought at one time, fo much timber of the Earl of
Leicefter, out of the foreft of Wire, (which borders upon
Worcefterlhire and Shropihire) that the very marking them,
at 4d. per tree, one with .mother, amounted to 48I. This,
Mr. Tomkins, Prebendary of Worcefter, a Gentleman of
good credit, who perfonally knew this Knight, and has left
MS. memoirs of his life, (now in the family) from which this
account is chiefly collected, affirms to have received from Sir
John's own rnouth, who, he allures us, was a perfon of too
much honour to allow himfelf the lead: liberty injhis difcourfe,
which was not confident with the ftricteft truth. Many of
thofe trees he buried under ground, thinking thereby to keep
out the freih fprings that broke in upon his brine-pits; but
that undertaking did not anfwer his expectation, and the ex-
pence which his falt-pits and coftly buildings had obliged him
to, hindered him from making an addition to his eftate by pur-
chafe, which (as my author writes) would undoubtedly have
extended to a good part of the lhire wherein he lived, had he
thought fit to have employed his money to that purpofe.
He did not feek after marriage till he had paid all his debts,
and cleared his eftate ; and then he was fo happy as to meet
with a beautiful young widow, in London, and a great fortune,
being the daughter of Mr. Humphry Smith, of Cheapfide,
Queen Elizabeth's Silk- man, of an ancient family, yet fiourifh-
*n&>
PA KING TON, of AHfbury. 183
ing, in Leicefterfhire. She had been before married to Bene-
dict Barnham, Efq; one of the Aldermen of London, who left
her a very rich widow ; and that confideration, together with
her youth and beauty, made it impoflible for her to escape the
addrelTes, even of the greateft perfons about the court : but
Sir John was the only happy man who knew how to gain her,
being recommended by his worthy friend, Mr. William Sea-
bright, Town-Clerk of London. This Lady had, by her firfr.
hufband (the Alderman) four daughters, which were very
young when they loft their father, and therefore needed a faith-
ful friend to manage and improve their fortunes ; in which
truft, Sir John acquitted himfelf fo honourably, that they had
1 0,000 1. each for their portion, when they came to marry ; an
immenfe fum in thofe days. One of thefe ladies was wedded to
my Lord Audley ; another, to Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Vif-
count St. Albans ; a third, to Sir William Soames ; and the
fourth, to Sir William Conftable. When he had done this
fervice to his daughters-in-law, he took care to do a piece of
juftice to himfelf, which, indeed, was alfo a great argument of
his wifdom, by getting his accounts parTed in Chancery, and
obtaining an effectual difcharge there, which could not be other-
wife efteemed, than as a public teftimony of his honefty and
integrity.
The defign of this work obliging me to brevity, I cannot
therefore tranfcribe all the memorable paffages of his life, which
Mr. Tomkins has recorded to his honour : but it appears that
he had a fpirit truly great and noble, which discovered itfelf
upon every proper occafion ; for, as his ends and defigns were
always generous, and fuch as became a man of honour, fo he
fcorned to compafs them by bafe and unworthy means ; he had
a regard to his reputation in every thing that he did, which
had this infeparable effedt, that the whole fcene of his life was
nothing elfe but a continued feries of bright and laudable ac-
tions.
It is not to be denied, but his fenfe of injuries was fome-
what too nice, and (which is a frailty the manlieft tempers arc
often fubjecr. to) he knew not how to bear a neglect from his
fuperiors with that fubmifiion which was ufually expedted.
This was fufficiently evident from the following fiory : Upon
the death of the Earl of Pembroke, King James appointed the
Lord Zouch, his fucceflbr in the Prefidentlhip of the Marches
of Wales, &c. which Lord, as foon as he had obtained his
commiffion, fent his letters of deputation, to the Gentlemen
of Worccfterfhire, and among the reft, to Sir John Pakington,
to be one of the Lieutenants of that county ; but Sir John,
rinding that the Lord Zouch did not (hew him the refpeft as
N 4 his
j84 P A K I N G T ON, of Ailfbury.
his predecefibr did, (for he had the honour to be particularly
named a Lieutenant, in the fame patent the Earl of Pembroke
had) refufed to take the letter of deputation from the meffen-
ger, telling him, That he had an ejiate as -well as his majler, and
did not mean to venture it in mujfertng the King's fubjefis^ with no
better a warrant than that which was only f.gncd by his Lord's hand.
And though, on all other occafions, his bounty and generofity
extended to the meaneft, yet, on this, he never afked the mef-
fenger to eat or drink : but nothing could be a greater proof
of the haughtinefs of his ilomach, than his behaviour in re-
lation to his fifh-pond.
As he had been at great expences in building his houfe very
fumptuoufly, fo he was defirous that every thing about itfhould
be as noble, therefore, he caufed a large pool, or canal, of
122 acres, to be made in his new park of Weftwood, and
brought a brook, or river, to run into it, cut through a con-
siderable extent of ground : but the misfortune was, this great
defign could not be eirecled without making the highways part
of the pond; which, indeed, the country very willingly con-
sented to, Sir John, having taken care to provide a more con-
venient road for them. However, it appeared foon after, that
this grant was defective in point of law, which one of his
neighbours obferving, and thinking either to mortify Sir John,
or ingratiate himfelf with him, got an order from the Exche-
quer to deftroy his pool, and reitore the highway as it was be-
fore ; yet at the time of Serving the order, Signified, that it
was not his intention to give him any moleifcation, but, if he
pleafed, his pond might continue, without the le:ift apprehen-
sion of diftufbance from him. But Sir John, fcorning to hold
any thing of courtefy from fuch a neighbour, and that he might
know how little he valued him, wentimmediately to the pool,
caufed the flood-gates to be torn up, and the banks to be thrown
down, whereby the water went out with fuch rapidity, that
Surpriz'd the neighbourhood, difperfed great quantities of fifh
about the country, and the river of Severn, at Worcdter,
was difcoloured for a week. Soon after, this matter was finally
determined to Sir John's Satisfaction, by referrees of the Siril
quality in the county, viz. Gervaie, Bifhop of Wcrcefter,
John Talbot, of Grafton, Efq; and Mr. Sheldon, of Beoly;
he repaired his pool again, and left it in the condition in which
it has continued ever Since.
He was a Gentleman that knew how to value his time ; and
as he had the happinefs of a good memory, he took care to
improve it with obfervations in hiftory and phyfick, which
were parts of learning; he moft delighted in; and for that pur-
pole,
P A K I N G T O N, of AiUbury. 1 85
pofe, he was provided with one to read to him, in thofe fciences,
at his leifure hours.
This appetite after knowledge, naturally inclined him to
love the converfation of learned men, which he often confult-
ed in difficulties, and by that means, daily informed and per-
fected his judgment.
In the choice of his friends, he did not forget the Clergy ;
with the moft eminent of which body, the neighbourhood of
the city of Worcefter gave him an opportunity of fettling a
lafting correfpondence, which was evident from the frequent
vifits made him by the Bifhop, the Dean, and Prebendaries of
that church. Thefe vifits were far from being barely formal
and ceremonious ; for, upon fuch occafions, he would ufually
lament to them the ill condition of the church, the dangers
that threatned it, as well from the Puritans as the Papifts, and
the fubject of their difcourfe often was, how to provide reme-
dies againft thofe evils j for the intereft of the eftablifhed church
was his grand concern ; to this he was refolved to facrifice
every thing that was dear to him, and he fcorned to enjoy the
friendfhip of the greateft man living, upon terms that were not
to her advantage.
It was one great part of his happinefs, that there was a fet
Gentlemen in his neighbourhood, worthy of his acquaintance
and familiarity : with thefe he lived in a very friendly and hos-
pitable manner, and he was never better pleafed than when he
had fome of their company at his table. His ordinary houfe-
keeping was fuch as became a Gentleman of a plentiful for-
tune ; and in his entertainments, he loved to (hew he valued
his friends more than his money, for they were generally very
cofHy and noble.
After he had finifhed his {lately ftructure at Weftwood, (a
verv delisrhtful habitation, in the midft of a wood, from whence
it took its name) he invited the Earl of Northampton, Lord
Prcfident, and his Lady, to a houfe- warming ; and as his Lord-
fhip was an honourable and jovial companion, a train of above
an hundred Knights and Gentlemen accompanied him, who
ifaid there fome time, and, at their going away, acknow-
ledged they had pfrc-t with fo kind a reception, that they did not
know ivhether they Lad pojffeffed the place, or the place them : the.
delightful fituation of his habitation was what they had never
before feen, the houfe ftanding in the middle of a wood, that
is cut into twelve lars;e ridings, and at a good diitance, one
ring-riding through all of them, and the whole cncompafTed with.
a park of fix or feven miles, at the father end whereof, facing-
the houfe, is a pool, or canal, of 122 acres, which gives a.
noble
1S6 P A K I N G T ON, of Ailfbury.
noble Iuftre, the trees gracing the water, and the water the
woods.
His moft magnificent entertainment was that which he gave
King James, and his Queen, (with the greateft train that
ever accompanied them) at Ailfbury, when his Majefty hon-
oured him with a vifit, after his arrival from Scotland, and be-
fore his coronation ; upon this occafion he fct no bounds to
his expence, thinking it a difparagement to be out-done by
any fellow-fubjec"t, when fuch an opportunity offered ; and the
King and the whole court acknowledged, they never met with
a more noble reception.
At length, this great man having lived to fee his children's
children, departed this life, at his houfe at Weftwood, in the
feventy-feventh year of his age, and was interred near his fa-
ther, at Ailfbury, on the 1 8th of January, 1625. A year be-
fore his death, he was feized with a fit of the gout, which
diftemper, at laft, put an end to his life; otherwife, he was
very happy in a ftrong and excellent constitution of body,
which had never met with any ihock, till about the year be-
fore Queen Elizabeth died, and then fhe did him the honour
to order her own Phyficians to attend him, defigning to have
taken him again to court, which her death prevented.
His Lady furvived him, and fo noted for her riches, that
it was difficult for her long to efcape the fnares laid for her
by the Court, to engage her in another marriage. She had, firft,
the Lord Kilmurry, who lived about two years ; then fhe mar-
ried Thomas, Earl of Kelly, one of King James's favourites.
By Sir John Pakington fhe had one fon, John, and two
daughters ; Mary, the ydungeft, was wife of Sir Robert Brook,
of Naclon, in Suffolk, Knt. and Anne, the eldeff, married
Sir Humphry Ferrers, of Tamworth, Knt. and furviving him,
was afterwards the fecond wife of Philip, (Stanhope) Earl of
Chefterfield.
John Pakington, Efq; the only fon of Sir John Pakington,
Knt. beforementioned, had the eftate at Ailfbury, fettled on
him by his father, foon after his marriage, (though he con-
tracted it without the old Gentleman's confent) who likewife
procured him to be created a Baronet, when he was but twenty
years of age, by letters patents bearing date the 22d of June,
1620. He refuted at Ailfbury, in Bucks, for which town he
was elected in the Parliament, 21 Jac. I. was peculiarly
cifceemcd, and dying generally lamented, in the twenty-fourth
year of his age, was buried with his anceftors, at Ailfbury,
the 29th ot October, in the year 1624, leaving iffue by the
Lady Frances, his wife, daughter to Sir John Ferrers, o.f Tam-
worth, Knt. John, his only fon, and a daughter, married firfl
to
P A K I N G T O N, of Ailfbury. 187
to Colonel Wafhington ; and fecondly, to Samuel Sandys, of
Omberfley, in Worcefterfhire, Efq; The Lady Frances, their
mother, was, by a fecond marriage, the wife of that noted
General, Alexander Lefley, Earl of Leven.
Sir John Pakington, Bart, only ion and heir of the laft Sir
John, fucceeded in the title and eftate, and refided at Weft-
wood, after his grandfather's deceafe, who left him, in his mi-
nority, at the age of four years, four months, and fix days,
under the guardianfhip of Thomas, Lord Coventry, Keeper
of the Great Seal of England, by whofe vigilant care of his
education, both by travel, and other advantages, he became
an accomplished Gentleman, and gained the love and efteem of
all who knew him.
He was elected one of the Knights for Worcefterfhire, in
15 Car. I. and when the rebellion broke out, was a Member
in Parliament for the town of Ailfbury ; and having, on all
occafions, given proofs, both of his fidelity to the crown, and
and the rights of the fubjedt, was entrufted by the King, in
the year 1642, (on the Houfes paffing an ordinance for fettling
the militia in fuch hands as they could confide in) with a com-
miffton for arraying men for his fervice, in Worcefterfhire, to
which his Majefty appointed none, in the feveral counties, but
perfons of the firft quality, and unexceptionable to the public,
having charged the ordinance beforementioned, to be againft
law.
Sir John Pakington endeavouring, with all his power, to
execute this commiffion, was taken prifoner, and committed to
the Tower, fined five thoufand pounds, had his eftate fequeftred,
and, for his loyalty and fervices in the King's caufe, his houfe
in Buckinghamfhire, (one of the beft of that county) levelled
with the ground, and fuch great waftes committed in his woods,
that the lofs could never be computed. The eftimate of his
fufferings is in fome meafure demonftrated, by a particular ac-
count kept by his excellent lady, which makes it amount to
20,3481.
His zeal to the Royal Family never fwerved ; for notwith-
Handing he had fuffered fo much for his loyalty, he had the
courage to go in, with a troop of horfe, to King Charles II. at
the battle of Worcefter, and was taken prifoner there, yet was
fo entirely beloved in his own country, that when the rebels
tried him for his life, by Commifiioners appointed for that pur-
pofe, (upon an indictment of his raifing and heading a troop
at the battle of Worcefter) they could not procure one witnefs
to fwear againft him, by which means he was acquitted, and
fet at liberty, but was afterwards fined 7670I. and forced, for
the laid fine, to convey the market-houfe, the tolls, court-leet,
and
1 88 P A K IN G T O N, of Ailfbury.
and certain grounds called Heydon-hill, parcel of his eftare at
Aii<fbury to Scot, (who was one of the King's Judges) and
other truftees, for the ufe of the town, which they kept till
after the reiteration, when, by a fpecial Acl: of Parliament, the
faid conveyances v/ere made void.
His Lady was one of the daughters of the aforefaid Thomas,,
Lord Coventry, Keeper of the Great Seal of England, the molt
accomplished perfon of her fex for learning, and the bright-eft
example of her age for wifdom and piety. Her letters, and
other difcourfes ftill remaining in the family, and the hands of
her friends, are an admirable proof of her excellent genius and
vaft capacity ; and as me has the reputation of being thought
the author of The Whole Duty of Man , fo none that knew her
well, and were competent judges of her abilities, could in the
ieaft doubt of her being equal to fuch an undertaking, though
her modcfty would not fufter her to claim the honour of it ;
but as the manufcript under her own hand now remains with
the family, there is hardly room to doubt it.
By her great virtues and eminent attainments in knowledge,,
fhe acquired the eiteem of all our learned Divines, particularly
Dr. Hammond, Bifhop Morley, Bifhop Fell, Bifhop Pearfon^
Bifhop Henchman, and Bifhop Gunning, who were ever ready
to confefs they were always edified by her converfation, and
inftructed by her writings.
Sir John Pakington, Bart, fon and heir to the laft Sir John,
was, in his perfon, very comely and graceful, and no iefs con-
siderable for the good qualities and perfections of his mind : his
appreheniion was quick, and his judgment naturally folid ;
which being well improved, and cultivated by a learned educa-
tion, diftinguifhed him early among his neighbours, and re-
commended him more particularly to the efteem of the Bifhop,
and Clergy, of thcdiocefe of Worcefter. Nothing would have
been too hard for his abilities, had he thought the dinrculteft
parts of learning worth his conquering ; but delighting chiefly,
in a retired life, he was contented to be known but to a few,,
%nd being fuperior to nioft he converfed with, in wit and good
fenfe, he had the kfs ambition to attain to an eminency, by
any extraordinary acquifitions in knowledge. His death was
generally lamented throughout Worcefterihire, and as a testi-
mony of their affection to the father, they chofe his fon, Sir
John Pakington, their Knight for the county, when he was
fefiwee nineteen years of age. He ferved in Parliament, in the
ans of Kim; Charles II. and King fames II. as one of the
Knights for Worcefterfhire, and was flcady to the eftablifh-
nt in church and date, as his anfwers, in writing, to the
three queries proposed to him by the Lord Carrington, Lord
Lieutenant
P A K-I N G T O N, of Ailfbury. 189
Lieutenant of the county of Worcefter, in thofe trying times
of the late King James, fufRciently {hew.
This Sir John was buried at Hampton-Lovet, the sSth of
March, 1688; ami having married Margaret, daughter, of Sir
John Keyt, "of Ebrington, in Gloucefterfhire, Bart. -left iiTue
his only fon and heir, Sir John Pakington, Bart.
Which Sir John, was a ftrenuous aftcitcr of the rights and
liberties of his country, and in the year 1702, made that re-
markable complaint to the Houfe of Commons, againft William,
Lord Biiliop of Worcefter, and Mr. Lloyd, his ion, for inter-
fering in the election for the county of Worcefter, and fending
letters to the Clergy and Freeholders, threatning them, if they
voted for him, &c. and afperfing his behaviour in Parliament;
when the houfe of Commons, after hearing the evidence, and
mature confideration,
* Refolved, Nemine iontradicevtc^
*■ That Sir John Pakington has, by evidence, fully made
* out the charge which he exhibited againft the Lord Bifhop
* of Worceiler. '
1 Refolved, Ne?mne contradice?itey
* That Sir John Pakington has, by evidence, fully made
* out the charge againft Mr. Lloyd, the faid Lord Bi/hop's
< fon.'
' Refolved,
* That it appears to this houfe, that the proceedings of Wil-
c liam, Lord Bifhop of Worcefter, his fon, a*id his agents, in
c order to the hindering of the election of a Member for the
* county of Worcefter, has been malicious, unchriftian, and
* arbitrary, in high violation of the liberties and privileges of
c the Commons of England.'
* Refolved,
c That an humble addrefs be prefented to her Majefty, that
4 fhe will Jje gracioufly pleafed to remove William, Lord
* Bifhop of Worcefter, from being Lord-Almoner to her
« Majefty.'
6 Ordered,
c That Mr. Attorney-General do prafecute Mr. Lloyd,
' the Lord Bifhop of Worcefter's fon, for his faid offence,
* after his privilege, as a member of the lower houfe of convo-
c cation, is out.'
*■ Veneris, 20 dieNovembris, 1702.
* Mr. Comptroller reported to the houfe, That their Refolu-
tion and Addrefs to her Majefty, for the removing William,
Lord Bifhop of Worcefter, from being Lord-Almoner to her
Majefty, had been prefented to her Majefty, and that her Ma-
jefty was pleafed to give this moft gracious anfwer :
* I am
i9o P A K I N G T O N, of Ailfbury.
4 lam very forry that there is occafion for this addrefs,
* againft the Bifhop of Woreefter; I (hall order and direct,
4 that he (hall no longer continue to fupply the place of Almo-
* ner, but I will put another in his room, to perform that
« office/
Sir John, was conftantly elected one of the Knights for
Worcefterfhire, in every Parliament, from his firft being chofen,
at nineteen years of age, (except one, when he voluntarily de-
clined it) to his death, notwithstanding the powerful opposi-
tion which was generally made againft him ; and was fworn
Recorder for the city of Woreefter, in the room of the Earl
of Plymouth, who deceafed, Feb. 21, 1725-6.
His firft Lady was Frances, eldeft daughter of Sir Henry
Parker, of Hunnington, in Warwickfhire, Bart, by whom he
had two fons, John who died at Oxford, in the nineteenth
year of his age, 17 12, and Thomas, who died on his travels,
at Rome, 1724, unmarried; alfo three daughters, Margaret,
Frances, married to Thomas-Charles, Lord Vifcount Tracy,
of the kingdom of Ireland, and Dorothy, which laft, died in
her infancy.
Sir John had, for his fecond Lady, Hefter, daughter and
fole heir of Sir Herbert Perrot, of Haroldftone, in the county
of Pembroke, Knt. (who died, 1715;) by whom he had one
Ion, Sir Herbert-Perrot, his fucceUor, and dying, Auguft 13,
1727, was interred at Hampton Lovet, with his anceftors.
Sir Herbert-Perrot Pakington fucceeded his father, not only
in the title and eftate, but his feat in Parliament, and was
elected one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of
Woreefter. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Conyers,
of Walthamftow, in EfTex, Efq; by whom he had two fons, John,
and Perrot, and two daughters, Hefter and Cecilia. Sir Her-
bert Perrot dying the 24th of Sept. 1748, at Leyden, in Hol-
land, was buried in the College-church there, the 30th of the
fame month, in the forty-feventh year of his age, and was
fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir John Pakington, Bart, who in 1761, married Mifs Mary,
daughter of Mr. Henry Bray, of Bromyard, in Herefordfhire,
Gent, and dying without iffue the 30th of Nov. 1762, in the
fortieth year of his age, was fucceeded in title and eftate by
his only furviving brother,
Sir Herbert-Perrot Pakington, the prefent Bart, who, in
1759, married Mrs. Elizabeth Wylde, widow of Mr. Herbert
Wylde, of Ludlow, in Shropfhire, Gent, by whom he hath
ifTue, two fons, and two daughters, viz. John, Elizabeth,
Dorothy Ann, and Herbert Perrot, all in their minority.
Arms,
B I S H O P P, of Parham. 191
Arms. Party per Chevron, Sable and Argent *, in Chief,
three Mullets, Or; in Bafe, as many Garbs, Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Elephant paiTant, Or, armed
Gules.
Seat. At Weftwood, in Worcefterfhire.
39. Bishopp, of Parham, Suflex.
Created Baronet, July 24, 1620.
f*\ F this family, anciently feated in Yorkfhire, was —
^^ Bifhopp, who left two fons, John, and Thomas ; the
former whereof dying without ifiue male, his two daughters
were his coheirs ; Anne, the wife of Benyon; and
Elizabeth, of Hugh Towers, of the county palatine of Lan-
cafter, Efqrs,
The faid Thomas Bifhopp taking to wife Elizabeth, re-
lict of William Scot, of the county of EfTex, Efq; and only
daughter of Sir Edward Belknap, Knt. Privy Counfellor to
Henry VII. and VIII. by Alice, daughter of Barton,
Efq; became thereby poflefTed cf a good eftate in the county of
Suffex, and refiding at Hendneld, left ifiue by the faid Eliza-
beth, (who died in the year 1569,) Thomas, his fon and heir.
Which Thomas Bifhopp, Efq; born in the year 1549,
(4 Edw. VI.) ferved in Parliament for Gatton, in Surrey, in
the 27th of Queen Elizabeth ; and the year following was
elected for Steyning, in SufTex; and had afterwards the honour
of knighthood conferred on him by that Queen ; he was again
returned for Steyning, in the firft parliament called by King
James I. and by that Prince was created' to the dignity of a
Baronet, 19 Jac. I. He married two wives, and lived to a
great age. By Anne, his firft wife, who was daughter of
William Cromer, of Tunftall, in Kent, Efq; he had no iiftie ;
but by his fecond wife, Jane, daughter of Sir Richard Wcfton,
of Sutton, in Surrey, Knt. he had three fons ; Thomas, who
died abatchelor; Sir Edward, his fucceilor in title and eftate;
and Henry, who died unmarried ; as alfo two daughters, Eliza-
beth, who efpoufed Sir John Greiham, of Titfey, in Surry,
Knt. and Frances, wedded to John Aldford, of Omngton, in
SufTex, Efq;
Sir Edward Bifhopp, Bart, ((on and heir of Sir Thomas,)
was knighted by King Charles I. at Hampton-Court, on the
1 8th of December 1625, and was returned for Steyning, to
the firft Parliament called by that Prince. He married, Mary,
fourth
1 92 B I S H O P P, of Parham.
fourth daughter of Nicholas Tufton, Earl of Thanet, by whom
he had iflue four daughters; F ranees, (aged eight years, 1634,)
who married Sir George Warburton, of Arley, in Chefhire,
Bart. Diana, (born in the year 1628,) efpoufed to Sir Henry
Goring, of Highden, in SufTex* Bart. Mary, (born 1633,)
who died an infant; and Chriftian, who wedded Sir Thomas
Cobb, of Adderbury, in Oxfordfhire, Bart, alfo three fons,
Thomas, (aged feven years, 1634,) who died unmarried ; Ed-
ward, who died an infant \ and Sir Cecil, who fucceeded to
the eftate and title.
Which Sir Cecil Bifnopp, Bart, married Anne, daughter
and heir of George Berry, of Cullum, in Oxfordfhire, Efq*
and died the third of June, 1705. He had by his Lady two
fons, and three daughters; Edward, who died in the life-time
of his father, in the twenty-firir. year of his age; and Sir
Cecil, his fuccefibr : Sarah, married to Sir Richard Newdi-
gate, of HarfielcMn Middlefex, Bart. Chriftian, the wife of
Sir Robert Fa^g, of Wifton, in Suflex, Bart, and Mary,
married to Thomas Man nock, of Great Bromley-Hall, in
EfTex, Efq; younger fon of Sir Francis Mannock, of Gifford's
Hall, in Suffolk, Bart.
Sir Cecil Bifhopp, Bart, the only furviving fori, and fuccefibr
to his father, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry
Dunch, of Newington, in Oxfordfhire, Efq; and had rfTue, Sir
Cecil, his fucceiTor, Henry, Charles, who died at Prague of a
fever, March 29, 1739, unmarried; James, dead; and John;
alio Mary, married to the Honourable Mr. Dormer, fon to the
Lord Dormer ; (fhe died November 2, 1739.) Sir Cecil, dying
October^ 1725, was fucceeded* in dignity and eftate, by his
eldeft fon,
Sir Cecil Bimopp, the prefent Baronet, who was reprefenta-
t*ve for Penryn in Cornwall, in the firft as he was for Borough-
bridge in the laft Parliament of his late Majefty, and was re-
elected for the laft mentioned place in the late and prefent Par^
liaments, called by his prefent Majefty. In Auguft, 1755, he
was appointed Superintendant of his Majefty's Founderies. He
married, in 1726, Lady Anne, fecond daughter of the Right
Hon. Hugh Bofcavven, Vifcount Falmouth ; by which Lady,
who died in May, 1 741, he had feveral children; of whom,
the fecond daughter was married to the prefent Sir William May-
nard, and died May 16, 1762; another of his daughters mar-
ried the Hon. Robert Brudenell, brother to his Grace die prefent'
Duke of Montague; Frances, another of the daughters, was ap-
pointed one of the Maids' of Honour to her prefent Majefty, in
Sept. 1761, and married, Feb. 4, 1764, to Sir George Warren*
Knkht of the Bath; Harriot, married Thomas Dummer, Efq;
0$
VINCENT, of Stoke-D'abernon. 193
of Cranbu-ry in Hampshire; and another daughter married, 1767,
Sir Charles Cope, of Brewern, in Oxfordfhire, Bart. The fons
are, 1. Cecil; 2. Edward, one of the Chief Clerks in the Trea-
fury; 3. Thomas, a Captain in the Coidftream regiment of
Foot Guards.
Arms. Argent, on a Bend cottiz'd, Gules, three Bezants.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Grifnn fejant, refling his dexter
root on a Shield, or Efcutcheon, Argent.
Seat. At Farham, in Suflex.
4c. Vincent, of e-D'aberiion, Surry.
Created Baronet, fuly 26, 1620.
'Tp H I S family, on the marriage of Thomas Vincent, Efq;
(in the beginning of the iei^n of Queen Elizabeth) with
Jane, only daughter and heir to Thomas Ly field, ot Stoke- D'a-
bernon, Efq; became pofleiled of that inheritance; which feat,
of Stokc-D'abernon, has ever iince been their principal residence,
though they were, for ages before, eminent in the countv of
Leiccller, and afterwards in the county of Northampton.
Some of the family were alio at Swinford, in Leieefterfhire,
For in 10 Edw. IL Miles Vincent was owner of much lands
there, in the hundred of Guthlackfton, upon the banks of the
river Avon, which divides that county from Northamptonfhire.
He had ifiue two fons, John, and Robert Vincent, of Roth well,
living 49 Edw. III. father to John Vincent, of the fame place.
John, the eldeft fon, feated alio at Swinford, in 6 Edw. lil.
was, by the King's letters patent., made receiver of his rents and
profits in the county of Pontive, in France, October 15, in the
fourth year of his reign ; about which he fufifered irtiprifonment
in the Tower of London, 8 Edw. ill. until he had fettled his
accounts.
This John had ifiue, Sir .Thomas Vincent, of Swinford,
Knt. living 10 Henry IV. who added to his eftate the Lordfhip
of Bernake, by marriage with Joan, daughter and heir to Sir
John Bernake, of Bernake, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. fon and
heir ot Geffry Bernake, of the fame place, by Iiblda, his wife,
daughter and heir to Henry Paas of Bernake.
Son and heir to Sir Thomas, was John Vincent, of Bernake,
and Swinford, who, by Margaret, his wife, daughter to Sir Bald-
win Drayton, of Cranford, had uTue Richard Vincent, Lord of the
faid manors, who was {lata by Henrv Kiiligrew, 12 Henry V[.
having had, by Elizabeth, his wife, four fons ; 1. John ; 2. Ro-
bert, who had the lands in Swinford, from whom the Vincents
Vox. I. O 0£
i94 VINCENT, of Stoke-D'aber non.
of Thingdon, in Northamptonfhire, defcended ; 3. Richard,
from whom the family at Sheppey, in Leicederfhire, is derived;
and 4. William, a Monk, in the Abbey of Crowland, who died
March, 1437.
John Vincent, of Bernake, (elded fon and heir of Richard)
married Margaret, daughter of John Jordain, of the county of
Stafford, and had two fons, Robert, and Richard;, from which
Richard, thofe of the name, at Meflingham, in Lincolnshire,
and of Peckleton, in the faid county, and of Smeeton, in
Yorkmire, and thofe of Horpole, in Northamptonfhire, are
derived.
Robert Vincent, theeldeft fon, took to wife Catharine, daugh-
ter, and coheir of Thomas Semark, and was father of Thomas
Vincent, who was feated at Bernake, in 1 Edw. IV. and having
married twice, had illue only by his laft wife, Cicely, daughter
of Sir John de Caufton, Knt. viz. John Vincent, of Bernake,
temp. Hen. VII. who wedded Anne, daughter to Charles Hill,
and was fucceeded by David, his fon and heir.
Which David Vincent, Efq; in 22 Hen. VIII. had a grant
for life, of the Office of Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, with-
in his manor of Richmond, and the next year, of Keeper of
the Wardrobe, at Greenwich; alio in 27 Henry VIII. had a
grant for life of the office of Warden of the Mint, within the
Tower, after the death or furrender of John Pate. In the reign
of Kino- Edward VI. he was one of the Gentlemen of the Bed-
chamber, and died 1565.
His firfr. wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Spencer, of
the county of Northampton, Efq; by whom he had, Thomas,
Henry, and Anne, who married Sir Edward Heron, Knt. one
of the Barons of the Exchequer. His other wife was Jane,
daughter to William Rotfey, of Worceilerfhire, Efq; who had
iiTue by him three daughters, Elizabeth ; Mary, who died un-
married ; and Jane, married to John Chaworth, of Crophill-
Butler, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; and was mother to Sir George
Chaworth, Knt. Vifcount Chaworth, of the kingdom of Ire-
land.
His elded furviving fon, Thomas Vincent, Efq; married Jane,
daughter and fole heir of Thomas Lyfield, of Stoke-D'abernon,
Efq; by Frances, his wife, daughter and coheir of Edmund, Lord
Brav; and in her right, was poiTefTed of that eilate which lies
upon the river Mole, and for diftinCtion, is called D'abernon,
from the D'abernons, ancient Lords of that place.
Which faid Thomas Vincent, Efq; fixing his refidence at
Stoke, as beforementioned, exchanged his manor of Bernake,
with Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, for lands in the county of
Surry, that his eftate might lie more contiguous. He lived in
great
V I N C £ N T, of Stoke-D'aberrion. 195
great reputation and efteem, and Queen Elizabeth, as a mark of
her favour, gave him the honour of a vifit, at Stoke, on the
25th of September 1601, at which time her Majefty conferred
on him the honour of knighthood.
They had ifTue two fons, Francis, and Bray, who died un-
married ; alfo a daughter, married to Sir Matthew Brown, of
Beech worth- caftle, in Surry, Knt.
The eldeft fon, Sir Francis, was knighted in his father's life-
time, with many more, by King James I. at Whitehall, 23 July,
1603, before his coronation; and was afterwards created a Ba-
ronet by letters patents, dated the 26th of July, 1620, and in
the firft: year of the reign of King Charles I. ferved in Parlia-
ment for the county of Surry. He had three wives, firft-, Sarah,
daughter of Sir Amias Paulet, Knt. Governor of Guernfey and
Jerfey, and of the Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth : 2. Marv,
daughter to Sir Henry Archer, of Efl'ex, Knt. and 3. Eleanor^
daughter and fole heir of Robert Mallet, of Welley, Efq; and
widow to Sir Arthur Ackland, Knt.
By Sir Francis ih^ had feveral fons, (who died without ifTue,)
fend two daughters; Eliz-abeth, married to John Ackland of
Ackland, in Devonshire, Efq; and Margaret, to Sir Francis
Gabell, ofCobha-m, in Surry, Knt. but of the fons, only An-
thony, the youngeft, furvived his father.
Which Sir Amhony Vincent, Bart, born 1594, was Sheriff
of the county of Surry, in the 1 2th year of the reign of King
Charles I. which county, before that year, was united with
Sufiex, and one Sheriff ferved both. He behaved himfelf with
all dutiful allegiance to his Prince, during the great rebellion in
1 64 1, and fuflefed with other loyalifts on that account. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Arthur Ackland, of Killers-
ton, in Devonshire, Knt. and was fucceeded in title and eftate*
by his fon and heir,
Sir Francis Vincent, Bart, who was a member for the Port
of Dover, in the long Parliament, in the reign of King Ch. II.
and taking to wife, 1. Catharine, daughter of George Pitt, of
Harrow on the Hill, in Middlefex, Efq; Serjeant at Law, had
by her three fons, Sir Anthony, Sir Francis, and Arthur, who
died without ifTue ; as alfo two daughters, Catharine, and Eliza-
beth, who both died unmarried. And by a fecond wife, Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Henry Vane, of Hadlow, in Kent, Knt. had
two fons, 1. Thomas, of Fetcham, in Surry,, who married
twice; firft, Margaret, daughter and heir of William Bluck,
of Hadley, in Middlefex, Efq; by whom he had one fon Francis,
who died unmarried ; fecondiy, Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur
Onflow, of Weft Clandon, in Surry, Bart, relicl of Sir Robert
Reeve, of Thwait, in Suffolk, Bart, by whom he had no ifTue;
O % Henry ,
H)t V I N C E N T, of Stoke-D'abernon. "
Henry, fecond (on of Sir Francis, died in the late wars in Spain
without iflue ; S<r Francis, had likewife two daughters, Eliza-
beth, married to Philip Hildyard, of Eafl Horlley, in Surry, Efq;
and Frances, who died unmarried. This Sir Francis, was fuc-
ceeded by his elded Ion,
Sir Anthony Vincent, Bart, who married Anne, daughter of
Sir James Auflen, of Southwark, Knt. and left only a daughter,
Catharine, married to the Rev. Dr. Warren, of Ma-rden, in
Hertford!}) ire, whereupon the title and cflatc devolved on his
brother. Sir Francis Vincent, Bart.
Which Sir Francis, was eie<5ted one of the Knights for the
county of Surry, in two Parliaments, the one in the fecond year
of the reign of King William and Queen Mary, and the other
in the 9th year of Queen Anne-; and having married Rebecca,
daughter of Mr. Jonathan Afhe, of London* Merchant, had
iflue bv her fix fons, Anthony, Francis, Thomas, Henry,
Richard, and William: as alfo four daughters, Catharine, Fran-
ces, Elizabeth, and Anne. Anthony, the elded fon, died young ;
Francis, deceafed at the age of twenty-eight years, unmarried ;
and Thomas, who died in Spain, unmarried.
Of the reft, Sir Henry, the elded furviving fon, was his fuc-
ceflbr ; Richard, deceafed ; and William, married the daughter
of the Rev. Dr. Warren, of Marden, in Hertfordmire, by whom
he hath two fons, and two daughters, William, Arthur, Diana,
and Catharine, all unmarried.
Of the four daughters of Sir Francis, Catharine, the elded,
married George Phipps, of Oxford, Efq; Frances, the fecond,
wedded Mr. William Ward, of London, Merchant; Elizabeth,
third daughter, married the Rev. Mr. John Butterfield, Reclor
of Stoke D'Abernon ; and Anne, the fourth, died young. Sir
Francis, died Feb. 10, 1735-6, aged 90, and was fucceeded in
dignity and edate, by his elded furviying fon,
Sir Henry Vincent, who in Feb. 1727-8, was elected Mem-
ber of Parliament for Guilford, in Surry : He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Bczalcel Sherman, of London, Efq; Turkey-Mer-
chant, and$;had iilue two fons, Francis, the prefent Baronet ;
Thomas, who died unmarried ; and five daughters, the tv/o elded,
named Anne, both died young ; Elizabeth, who died May 25,
1759, unmarried; Heller, married, July, 1740, the Right Hon.
the; Earl of Clanrickard, of the kingdom of Ireland ; and Sarah,
deceafed. Sir Henry, died Jan. 20, 1757, aged 70, and was
fucceeded in title and edate by
Sir Francis Vincent, Burt, his only, fon and heir, who has had
three wives, 1. Elizabeth, daughter arid folc heir of Mr. David
Kilmaine, of London, Banker. This Lady died Nov. 22, 1744,
without iflue. 2. Mary, daughter of Lieut. General Thomas
j * CD
Howard,
T I C H B O R N E, of Tichborne. 197
Howard, by whom he had four Tons and a daughter ; Francis,
and Henry, both living and unmarried ; George and Thomas,
who both died young ; and Mary, who is unmarried. This fecond
Lady died Aug. 16, 1757. 3. Mary, daughter and coheir of
Sir John Aftley, of Patefhull, Bart. relic~t of Anthony Langley
Swymmer, Efq; by whom he has no iilue. Sir Francis, in 174O,
was chofen reprefentative for the town of Guildford, and in the
laft and prefent Parliaments for the county of Surry.
Arms. Azure, three quatuor foiles, Argent.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Crown, proper, a Bear's Head, Ar-
gent.
Motto. Vincenti Dabitur.
Seat. At Stoke-D'abernon, near Cobham, in Surry.
41. Tichborne, of Tichborne, Hampshire.
Created Baronet, March 8, 1620.
np H I S family, varioufly written Titchcbourn, Tichbourne,
and Tichborne, is prefumed to be of Saxon original; de-
duced from Ticceburn. But to come to what is certain, it is
found in ancient deeds, records, &c. that Sir Roger de Tiche-
burne, a valiant and daring Knight, was pofieiied of the Lord-
fhip of Tichburne, in the county of Southampton, temp. Hen. II.
and, by marriage with Mabell, fole heir of the family of Lymer-
fton, in the Ifle of Wight, had alfo pofleffion of that efrate,
and left iflue by her two tons and a daughter; Sir Walter de
Tichbourne, Knt. GefFery, and Phelippe.
Sir Walter, fucceeded as Lord Tichbourne, and left iflue,
Sir Roger de Tichborne, Knt. of the fame place, as alfo an-
other fon, named John. By his wife, Alicia Hake, or Hacket,
he had no ifiue, fo that John de Tichbourne, his brother, fuc-
ceeded.
Which John had to wife, Margaret, daughter and heir of
R.oger Sipherwafl, the chief of a noted family. He had ifiue
by her, two daughters, Catharine, and Margaret ; as alfo two
fons, Sir Roger, and John Tichbourne ; which Margaret, furviw
ing her hufband, afterwards married Thomas Durant.
Thefaid Sir John Tichbourne, was a perfon of great eminence :
ferving in the Parliaments of the ninth and tenth of King Ed-
ward II. as one of the Knights of the Shire for the county
of Southampton; he had (as ufual in thofe days) his expenses
allowed. He was Sheriff of the fame county, in 14 Edw. II.
and at the fame time (conjunctively with Adam W air and,) w
O 3 Shear!
i98 T I C H B O R N E, of Tichborne.
Sheriff of Wiltfhire, and Dorfetfhire, which office had then
great power and authority. He continued Sheriff of the two
3aft counties, the two following years. In i Edw. III. he, and
John de Warblyngton, having ferved in parliament as Knights
of the Shire for Southampton, had 21I. 1 8s. for fifty-four days
expences. In 8 Edw. III. he, and John Mauduit, were Sheriffs
of Wiltfhire j and, not long after, departed this life, having
married Amicia , by whom he had a daughter, Catharine,
a Nun, at Whorwell, as alfo four fons ; 1. Roger; 2. Richard,
who took to wife, Alice, daughter and coheir of John de la
Hode, of Tided, and had iffue, Richard, who affumed the name
of Tifted, from the inheritance that came by his mother, and
was anceitor to the Tided?, of Tifted, that in the fourth gene-
ration teiminated in heirs female 3 3. Walter de Tichborne*
who married Agatha, the other daughter and coheir of John la
Hcde; 4. Thomas.
Roger Tichebourne, (eldeft fon and heir of Sir John) married
Catharine, daughter of Roger Loveday, fifler and heir of Richard
Loveday.
This Roger de Tichborne, died before his father ; for, m
II Edw. III. his fon, Roger Tichebome, was found to be
twenty-three years of age, and coufin and heir to his grand-
mother, Margaret, late wife of Thomas Durant.
This faid Roger, was fucceeded by John, his fon and heir,
who, was knighted ; and, by his wife, Cicely, daughter and
heir of Sir Adam de Rake, had iffue a daughter, Olivia, and a
ion, John.
Which John was Sheriff of the county of Southampton, in
6 Hen. IV. and in the tenth year of that King's reign. The
fame arms, creft, and fupporters, that his defcendants now bear,
are appendant to a dced^ wherein he is ililed, John Tichebourne,
fon and heir of John Tichebourne, Knt.
He married Margaret, daughter to John Moking, of London,
of a family, furnamed from Moking, their capital refidence,
fituate in Middlesex j and had iffue by her, John, William, and
Eleanor; of whom,
John Tichborne, Efq; the eidefr, took to wife, Joan, daugh-
ter to Thomas Wandesford, Alderman of London, lifter and co-
heir to William Wandesford, Efq; and had iffue another John
Tichborne, Efq; who was Sheriff of Hantfhire, in 3 Hen. VII.
He had to wire Margaret, daughter and heir to Richard Mar-
tin, of Eden -bridge, in Kent, by Margaret, his wife, daughter
and heir of Walter Wallis, of Cowden, in SufTex ; and had
iffue by her, four fons; j. William, that died without iffue;
2. Nicholas; 3. Thomas ; the fourth fon was, Henry Tichborne3
who married Annea daughter of *—- — ' Marvin, and had a nu-
merous iffue, Nicholas,
TICHBORNE, of Tichborne. 199
Nicholas, the ckleft •Ton and heir, was Sheriff of the county o£
Southampton, in i Edw. VI. but dying foon after, left iflue by
his wife, Anne, daughter of Robert White, of Southwarn-
borough, in Southampton, Dorothy, married to John Sam-
bourne, of Berkfhire; Margaret, efpoufed to John Bruin, from
whom the Bruins, of Farnham, oefcended; and Dorothy, who
was the wife of Thomas Leigh, of Chemire. He had alfo four
ions, Nicholas, Bartholomew, Roger, and William.
Of which, Nicholas, the elueft, in i Queen Mary, was Sheriff
of the county of Southampton ; as alio elecled for the fame
county, one of the Knights of the Shire in the Parliament that
Queen called to meet at Oxford.
By his firft wife, Juliana, daughter and heir of Robert Fen-
rother, Alderman of London, he had only a daughter, Juliana,
who married Thomas CrciTwell, of Odiam, in Southampton,
Efq; but by his fecond wife, Elizabeth Rythe, of Rythe, (fo!e
heir of her brothers, Thomas, William, and James,) proceeded
five fons, and three daughter, viz. Conftance, the wife of Ro-
bert Knight, of Lyford, in Berks; Anne, of John Beronfam ;
and another, who married Bend, of Sufiex. The five
ions were, Benjamin, Gilbert, Ambrofe, Martin, and Jeremy,
whereof the eldeft fucceeded to the eftate.
Which Benjamin Tichborne, of Tichborne, Efq; was Sheriff
of the county of Southampton, in 21 Eliz. as alfo in the laff
year of the reign of that Queen, whereby he diftinguifhed him-
felf in a very particular manner; for, as foon as he had notice
of the death of his Sovereign, he (without any order from the ad-
miniftration,) immediately proclaimed at Winchefter, and through
the whole county of Southampton, the happy acceflion of King
James I. to the crown of England : which zeal was fo acceptable
to his Majefty, who was informed of the o;reat intereit he had
in his country, that he conferred the honour of knighthood on
him, and his four fons ; and for other his faithful fervices,
granted the Caftle of Winchefter, in fee farm, to him and his
heirs for ever; as alfo a penfion of iool. per ann. during his
own life, and the life of his fon, Sir Richard. His faid Ma-
jefty likewife honoured him with feveral vifits, at his feat, at
Tichborne. Atone, in the year 1618, he knighted his third
fon, Benjamin ; and, that an hereditary dignity might be iri his
family, Sir Benjamin was advanced to the title of Baronet,
two years after. He married Arriphilfs, daughcer of Richard
Wefcon, Efq; one of the Juftices of the Common-Pleas, and
had four fons, Sir Richard, his fucceflbf in thie and eftate, here-
after mentioned; Sir Walter, Sir Benjamin, and Sir Henry, all
three Knights; and three daughters; and departed this lite,
1621.
O4 H«
200 TICHBORNE, of Tichborne.
He was a Gentleman of great honour, and of an excellent re-
pute in his country ; who, on all occafions, {hewed himfelf a
true patriot thereof, both as a Magi (irate, and in the Parlia-
ment, being elected thereto in 35 Eliz. as one of the Knights
of the Shire for the county of Southampton. In his private
capacity he was a moff. tender hufband, indulgent father, and
a kind mafler, and of fuch an admirable frame of temper, that
made all eafy about him.
■ Of his daughters, Elizabeth, married Robert Garth, and after
his deceafe, William Owen, Efqrs; Anne, wedded, firft, William
Brock, Efq; and fecondly, Sir William Timperly, Knt. and
Amphilis, his youngeft daughter, efpoufed William Gratwick,
Efq;
Sir Walter, his fecond fon, knighted at Whitehall, the 16th
of Nov. 1604, married Mary, daughter and coheir to Robert
White, of Alderfhot, in Hants, Efq; (bv the daughter of
Fofter, the heir of Bradley, of the county of Derby) fon of Sir
John Whit?, lord-Mayor of London. And from this Sir
Walter, defc ended James. Tichborne, ofFrimley, in Surry, and
of Alderfhot, aforelaid, Efq; likewi'fe, by a fecond fon of the
iaid Sir Walter, defcended Sir Benjamin Tichborne, of Rick-
manfworth, in Hertfordfhire, Knt.
Sir Benjamin, his third fon, knighted at Tichborne, 29 Aug.
1618, and elecled for Petersfteld, in two Parliaments, in the
reign of King Charles I. died without iflue.
Sir Henry Tichborne, his fourth fon, diftinguiflicd himfelf by
many brave actions, and an unfhaken love to his country, in
which refpecc, I fhall diftinclly treat of him and his defcendants,
before we proceed to the eider branch. This Sir Henry, born \n
the year 1581, (24 Eliz.) having a martial fpirit, was, from his
youth, trained up in military difcipline in Ireland, and the Low-
country wars, and was by King James I. preferred to the com-
mand of an independent company of foot, in Ireland, and con-
stituted Captain and Governor of the Cattle of Liffgrd. After
which, his Majefty conferred on him the honour of knighthood,
at his (late) father's feat, at Tichborne, the 29th of Aug. 1623.
He was Colonel of a regiment of foot, at the breaking out [the
3d of Oct. 1641] of the horrid rebellion and cruel mailacre of
the Protectants in Ireland ; and being then eftcemed the bell
officer in that kingdom, was appointed, with his own regiment
of 1000 men, S;r Thomas Lucas's, and Sir Adam Lo(tus's
troops of horfe, to fecure the town of Drogheda, and to
be Governor thereof; which town, fituate on both fides the
river Boyn, about three miles diftant from the {en, was become
the rebels chief aim ; and of fuch importance, that, next to
Dublin, i: was the chief care of the ftateto preferve 3 and* with
Lcik:
TICHBORNE, of Tichborne. 201
Cork and Carrickfergus, were the only places the Proteftants
could then keep in that kingdom.
Sir Henry Tichborne arrived at Drogheda with his forces,
the 4th of November, 1641 ; but was i'o coldly received by the
Popifh inhabitants, that he waited in the ftreets from two o'clock
till nine, before he could get a lodging, and then was forced to
take one by his own authority. He found the town without bul-
wark, rampire, or any other fortification, than an ordinary ditch,
and an old wall; yet, by a diligent application in repairing thofe
defects, he fuflained a fiege of three months, againir. the whole ,
power of the rebels, (who, with 14,000 men, fat down be-
fore the place in three weeks after he came) notwiihftanding he
had many traitors within the town, who plotted to deliver it up;
as alio, his garrifon pinched with the hardfhips of famine, to the
degree of eating horfes, dogs, and cat:. He mewed in thefe ex-
tremities, a peculiar conftancy of mind, an uncommon intrepi-
dity, and excellent conduct. In one (kirmiih, wherein 2000
Iriili (having notice from fome of the townlmen) had furprifed
juft without the gates, 350 foot, and two troops of horfe, and
pat them in great confuiion (by means of a tog, and fo loud a
fnout, as proclaimed their number to be very great) were yet, by
the valiant deportment of the Governor, who presently came to
their afftftance, put into fuch order, that charging the rebels
briikly, they retreated, with the lofs of two hundred men, and
were purfued for a mile. And, at another time, when, with the
aiTiftance of their Popifh friends, the rebels had made a breach in
the wall, in an obfeure place, whereby, at four o'clock in the
morning, 500 of them had marched fo far into the town, that,
thinking it their own, they made a great (bout ; Sir Henry Tich-
borne, with only his piftols in his hands, ran down ftairs, was
the fir ft that caufed a drum to beat, and having got fome foldiers
about him, and the Lord Moor coming in feafonably with fome
horfe, thole rebels were put to flight, with the (laughter of
above two hundred of them, and fome of their heft officers.
Thefe advantages, and other fuccefsful fallies, fo difpirited the
enemy, that at length they drew off with great lofs, before the
Earl of Ormond (who intended the railing the liege) marched
out of Dublin.
Sir Henry, being afterwards reinforced, defeated the rebels
in feveral encounters, and forced thofe of the pale into Ulfter;
in confederation of which fervices, he was fworn of the Privy
Council; and on the 12th of May, 1642, one of the Lords
Juftices of Ireland, in the room of Sir William Parlbns; for
which alteration, no reproach could be feftened on the King,
as*imy Lord Clarendon afTerts, c Sir Harry Tichborne^ being a
I man of fo excellent afamey thai) though the Parliament was heartily
4 angry
3
202 T I C H B O R N E, of Tichborne.
* angry at the removal of the other ^ and knew this would never he
* brought to ferve their tum7 yet they had nothing to objeft againji
* biniS
He continued one of the two Lords Juftices, till the Marquis
of Ormond was fworn Lord Lieutenant ; and during his admi-
niftration, (which was two years) endeavoured, by all ways, to
fupport and relieve the diftrefied proteftants, with fuch zeal and
difmtereftednefs, that he preferved the good opinions both of the
King and Parliament; for when the royal caufe was quite ruined,
and the Marquis of Ormond had furrendered Dublin to the Par-
liament forces, and their Commimoners had reduced fome regi-
ments, they yet kept Sir Henry Tichborne in pay, as alfo con-
tinued him in his government of Drogheda ; and he, joining their
General Jones, was a means of gaining the great viclory at Dun-
gan-hill, (that happened on the 18th of Auguft, 1647) 6000 of
the rebels being killed on the fpot : but after the murder of King
Charles I. he forfook the fervice, and contented himfelf with
jiving retired, till fuch time as the confufions among thofe who
had ufurped the Government of thefe nations, had given oppor-
tunity to the well-wiihers of the Royal Family to fhew them-
felves ; and then he was with the moll forward in that work
and had a chief hand in difpofing the kingdom of Ireland, to
their early appearance for a reftoration of the old conftitution.
Which fervices, his Majefty King Charles II. had fo juft a
fenie of, that, on the enjoyment of his crowns, he conftituted
him Field Marfhal of his forces, in the kingdom of Ireland, which
honourable poit, Sir Henry held till his death, 1667, when he
was in the eighty-fixth year of his age. He lies buried at
Drogheda, with Jane, his wife, daughter of Sir Robert New-
comen, of Ireland, Bart, who lived with him many years, and
died about the year 1664. They had five fons, and three
daughters*
Benjamin, their eldeft fon, a Captain of horfe in the fervice
of King Charles I. was killed by the rebels, at Belruddery, in
Dublin, in the twenty-firft year of his age, unmarried ; William,
fecond fon, fucceeded to the eftate of his father ; Richard, third
fon, was Major of the Horfe-guards, in Ireland, both to King
Charles II. and King James II. and died unmarried ; as did
jikewife Henry, fourth fon; and Samuel, fifth fon, died young.
Of the daughters, Dorcas, married William Toxteth, of Drog-
heda, Efq; a native of Lancafhire ; Amphilis, married Richard
Broughton, Efq; Major of the Foot-guards in Ireland, in the
reign of King Charles II. younger brother of Sir Edward Brough-
ton; and Elizabeth., efpoufed ^"Jloger Weft, of the Rock, in
Wicklow, Efq;
Williajn
TICHBORNE, of Tichborne. 203
William Tichborne, eldeft furviving fon and heir, beforemen-
tioned, refided at Beaulieu, in Louth, was knighted by his Ma-
iefty King Charles If. and, by Judith, his wife, daughter and
one of the coheirs of John Byfte, Efq; Lord Chief Baron of the
Exchequer, in Ireland, (a branch of the family of Byfle, of Somer-
fetfhire,) had fix fons, and one daughter; Margaret, who mar-
ried Stephen Stanley, of Grange-Gorman, in Dublin, Efq; fa-
ther of Sir John Stanley, Bart. The faid Sir William Tich-
borne, died in the fifty-eighth year of his age? on the 12th of
March, 1693.
His fix fons were, 1. Henry, Lord Tichborne, of Ireland ;
2. Benjamin, who was killed in the thirty-ninth year of his age,
at the battle of Hocftet, in Germany, 1704, and, by Elizabeth,
his wife, daughter of Major Edward Gibbs, of the city of Glou-
cefter, left only three daughters, whereof, Judith, married, firft,
Charles, Earl of Sunderland; fecondly, Sir Robert Sutton, Knt*
of the Bath ; William, third fon, a Captain in the fea fervice,
in the reign of King William II F. was caft away off Ply-
mouth, 1692, in the twenty-third year of his age, unmarried;
John Tichborne, fourth fon, was a Colonel, and alfo Govern
nor of Athlone, in Ireland ; Richard, fifth fon, was mafter of
arts of Trinity-college, Dublin, and fometime of Magdalen-
J ' O. ' * o
College, Oxford, and died unmarried, in 1692, in the twenty-*
firft year of his age; BylTe, youngeft fon, was a Captain of foot,
and loft his life in the defence of Gibraltar, 1704.
Henry Tichborne, Efq; eldeft fon and heir, born in the year
1663, fuceeded his father, at Beaulieu, in Louth, Ireland, and,
in confideration of his fervices on the Revolution, was knighted
by his Majefty King William, in 1694, and created a Baronet
of England, in the ninth year of his reign, by letters patents,
bearing date the 29th of July, 1697; alfo on the acceflion of
his late Majefty King George, was advanced to the dignity of
a Peer of the kingdom of Ireland, by the title of Baron Far-
rard. He was married at Cumbeimere, in Chefhire, 1683, to
Arabella, fixth daughter of Sir Robert Cotton, of Cumbermere,
Knt. and Bart, by whom he had three fons, Henry, William,
and Cotton, which laft died young; alfo three daughters, where-
of only Salifbury lived to maturity, and married William Afton,
of the county of Louth, Efq; Henry, eldeft fon and heir, born
the 20th of April, 1684, took to wife, Mary, daughter and fole
heir of John Fowke, of Atherdee, Efq; and coming to England,
in the year 1709, was unfortunately caft away in the bay of
Liverpool; leaving his wife with child, who was after delivered
of a daughter, named Elizabeth, who died young; Wirliam,
fecond fon, married Charlotta-Amelia, fecond daughter of Ro-
bert, late Lord Vifcount Molefwortha of the kingdom of Ire-
land j
204 T I C H B 0 R N E, of Tichborne.
land ; by whom he left no iffue ; fo that, upon Lord Farrard's
death, the Peerage in this familv became extincL
I now return to Sir Richard Tichborne, Bart, cldcft Ton and
heir of Sir Benjamin Tichborne, Knt. and Bart, which Sir
Richard, had the honour of knighthood conferred on him at
the Charter- Houfe, the nth of May, 1603; and on his fa-
ther's deceafe, fucceeded to the title of Baronet. He was lent
by King Charles I. Ambaffador to the Queen of Bohemia ;
and when that Prince was opprefTed by his rebellious fubje£b,
he afTifled him to the utmoft of his power ; fee u ring for him
Winchcfter-Caftle, of which he was owner ; and by his in-
tereft, a garrifon v/as brought into it, under the command of
Lord Ogle, that made a brave defence, and did not iarrender,
till the King's affairs were quite ruined. He had two wives ;
his fir it Lady was Ellen, another daughter and coheir of the
beforementioned Robert White, of Alderfhot, Efq; by whom
he had only a daughter, Amphilis, efpoufed to Sir Laurence
Hyde, Knt. Serjeant at Law. By Sulan, his fecor.d Lady,
daughter and coheir to William Waller, of Olditoke, Efq; (of
which family was Richard Waller, of Groombridge in Kent,
Efq j who, ferving in the wars of Fiance, temp. Hen. V. took
prifoner, Charles, Duke of Orleans, father to King Lewis XII.
and kept him in England twenty-five years.) He had three funs,
^nd as many daughters, viz. Anne, married to Charles, fon
and heir of Sir John Tafborough, of Flixton-hall, in Suffolk,
Knt. Su fan, who died unmarried ; and Elizabeth, the wife of
Sir James Philips, of Stoke-Charity, in Southampton, E>art.
Of the fons, Richard, and John, died infants; and Sir Henry,
fucceeded to the title and eifate.
Which Sir Henry Tichborne, Bart, took early to arms, in
defence of Kins; Charles I. and hazarded his life in feveral en-
terprizes; He was in the battle of CherLdown, in Hamp-
shire, and with the Lord Ogle, in Winchester Cattle, where-
in he behaved with great conduit and bravery ; which drew on
him the malignity of the ufurpers, who fequeftcred his eflate,
and.forced him to live in an obfeure condition, till the reftora-
tion of the Royal Family. His Majefty King Charles II. made
him Lieutenant of New-Foreft, in Hampshire, and King
James II. conilituted him Lieutenant of the Ordnance. He
departed this life, in the year 1689 ; and, by Mary, his wife,
daughter of William Arundel, Efq; brother to Thomas, Lord
Arundel, of Wardour, had iffue three fons, Sir Henry-Jofeph,
his fucceilbr in title and eftate ; John, and Charles, who died
young; and three daughters ; Winifred, who died an infant;
I.ettice, who married Henry Whettenhall, of Pcckham, in
Kent, Efqj and Mary, who veiled heifeif a Nun.
Sir
PALMER, of Wingham. 205
Sif Henry-Jofeph Tichborne, who fucceeded his father in
title and eftate, married, in 1689, Marv, daughter of Anthony-
Kemp, of Slyndon, in the county of Suifex, Efq; and by her
was the father of three tons, Henry, Henry- John, and John,
who are all deceafed ; and three daughters, Mary-Agnes, mar-
ried to Michael Blount, of Maple-Durham, in Oxfordihire,
Efq; Frances-Cicely, to Doughty, of Henley, upon
Thames, in the fame county, Efq; and Mabel la, who mar-
ried John Webb, Efq; eldeit Ion of Sir John Webb, of Ra-
throp, in Glouceftcrihire, Bart, and died, Sept. 1727. Sir
Henry-Jofeph, died in July, 1 74.^-> and was fucceeded by
Sir J mes Tichborne, Bart, who defeended from Sir Waiter,
fecond foil of Sir Benjamin, the firft Baronet, but dying, with-
out iflue male, the title and cftate defeended to
Sir Henry Tichborne, the pre fent Baronet, who is married
to Mary, the daughter of Michael Blount, of Mapledurham,
in Oxfordfhire, Efq; by Mary, the daughter cf the late Sir
Henry-Jofeph Tichborne, and by her has one Son, Henry,
born in ihe year, 1757.
Arms. V aire, a Chief, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, aHind's Plead, couped, proper, be-
tween a Pair of Wines, Gules.
Supporters. Two Lions guardant, Gules.
Motto. Pugna pro patria.
Seat. At Tichborne, in Hampfhire.
4-2. Palmer, cf Wingham, Kent.
Created Baroket, June 29, 1621.
*"p HIS is a family of great antiquity ; the furname of Pal-
A mer, owes ics rife to that zeal for the Holy Land, which,
for fome ages, was very warm in Chriftendom ; and drew
many perfons of <liiltnci:ion, from divers countries, to embark
in the cruia ics, for carrying on the holy war. The foldiers,
who returned home, frequently brought a branch of Palm, of
the growth of Paltitine, and wore it as a facred badge and token,
that they had performed their vows of fighting againft the in-
fidels ; and from this, they were called Palmers, as Sir Henry
Spelraan, tells us. In the number of thefe warriors, were
fome of the anceftors of this ancient and worthy familv : at
the head whereof, after the Englifh military expeditions to
Jerufalem were dropped., on the death oi our King Edw. I.
we find,
Ralph
2o6 PALMER, of Wingham.
Ralph Palmer, poffefTor of a great eftate in the county of Su£
fex, in the reign of Edw. II. 1307, vvhofe fon,
John Palmer, married a daughter of Sir John Pelham, Knight
of the Bath, Sheriff of Suffex and Surry, by whom he had,
Adam Palmer, who matched with one of the coheirs of John
Sedinghoufe, and by her left a fon,
Robert Palmer, of Steyning, in Suffex, Efq; He married
Ifabel, daughter and coheir of William Stopham, of Stophatrij
Efq; in that county ; and left his fon,
Robert Palmer, of Angmerin, Efq; and from him defcended
his fon and heir,
John Palmer, Efq; who, by Joan, daughter of Julian,
Efq; was the father of another
John Palmer, Efq; who married Ifabel, fole heirefs of Edward
Bilton, Efq; and by her had three fons, Edward, (who was
knighted) Robert, and Thomas. The youngeft of thefe, came
to be Sir Thomas Palmer, of Calais, in France, that died with-
out iffue. Robert, the fecond fon, married Beatrix, fole heirefs
of John Weffe, and became the head of a younger branch of the
family, feated at Parham, in Suffex, vvhofe fecond fon, Robert,
married Mary, daughter of James Audley, Efq; younger brother
of the Lord Audley ; but his eldcft fon was Sir Thomas Palmer,
of Parham, Knt. that had two wives ; firft, Bridget, daughter
of Caryll, Efq; Serjeant at Law, by whom he had only
three daughters, Elizabeth, married to John Leeds, of Steyningj
Mary, to Thomas Palmer, of Angmerin ; and Dorothy, to
Henry Roberts, Efq; and bv his fecond wife, Catharine, daugh-
tei of Sir Edward Stradling, of St. Donats, in Glamorganfhire,
Knt. left a fon, John; and he by Elizabeth, daughter of
Hugh Verney, of Fairfield, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; left another
Sir Thomas Palmer, Knt. that died in Spain, leaving, by a
daughter of John Mallet, Efq; a fon, William Palmer, Efq; who
fettled at Fairfield, in Somerletfhire.
Sir Edward Palmer, Knt. the elded fon, continued on the
fuccefiion of the family, atAnpinerin: he married one of the
fillers and coheirs of Sir Richard Clement, of the Aloat, in
Ightam, in Kent, Knt. and by her had three fons, born on three
Sundays fucceiiiveiy, who all lived to be eminent in their gene-
ration' John, the eldefr, was twice Sheriff of Suffex, and Surry,
25 and 35 Hen. VIII. and marrying Mary, daughter of William,
T,o:d Sandys, left Sir Thomas Palmer, Knt. who, marrying
Maty, daughter of Sir Thomas Palmer, of Parham, Knt, was
the father of another Sir Thomas Palmer, Knt. that nrfr. mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Sir John Parker, Knt, fon of Arch-
bi(hop Parker, and after her death, with a daughter of Sir Miles
Sonds, Knt. but left no iiTue.
Thomas,
PALMER, of Wingham. 207
Thomas, the youngeft of the three brothers, made his fortune
at the court, under Hen, VIII. and Ed. VI. and was knighted ;
but unfortunately taking part with John Dudley, Duke of Nor-
thumberland, in favour of the Lady Jane's title to the crown,
by virtue of King Edward's will; he was, upon Queen Mary's
acceflion to the throne, beheaded, with the Duke, upon Tower-
hill, where he had the chriitian courage and conftancy upon the
fcaffold, to own his religion to be proteftant.
The fecond of the three brothers was advanced, likewife, to
the honour of knighthood, and came to be,
Sir Henry Palmer, of Wingham, in Kent, Knt* which eftate
he became poflefTed of foon after the fuppreffion of themonafteries,
and where his family continued for many years. This gentle-
man followed the camp, and made fome addition to his paternal
fortune by the fvvord. He was Mailer of the Ordnance, at
Guifnes, in Picardy; and in 30 Hen. VIII. was conftituted
Supervifor and Warden of the foreft of Guifnes, during life;
and the year following had a grant of the office of Bailiff, or
Steward, of the county of Guifnes, during life. In 36 Hen. VIII.
he was at the taking of Bullogne, had his arm broke when he
was old, in a rencounter with the French ; and when their forces,
under the conduct of the Duke of Guife, firft made themfelves
matters of the important fortrefs of Calais, at the latter end of
the reign of Philip and Mary, and then, with their victorious
army, fat down before Guifnes, this brave man, (whofe motto
was, Vie pur ??wn Prince) in the noble defence thereof loft his
life, at above feventy years of age ; and that caftle quickly fol-
lowed the fate of Calais ; both which places had been above two
hundred years in the pofTeiiion of the Englifh. He married Jane,
daughter of Sir Richard Windebank, of Guifnes, Knt. and by
her left three fons, Thomas, Arnold, and Edward.
Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham, elded ion and heir, was
knighted by the Earl of ElTex, for his valour at the taking and
Yacking of Cadiz, and advanced to the dignity of a Baronet
19 Jac. I. He married Margaret, daughter of Edmund Poley,
of Badly, in Suffolk, Efq; and by her he was the father of fix
fons, (three of which were dignified with knighthood, Sir
Thomas, Sir Roger, and Sir James,) and five daughters; three
fons and three daughters died young : Margaret, the youngeft
of the furviving daughters, became the wife of Richard Amhurft,
of Bay-hall, in Kent, Efq; Serjeant at law ; and Jane, the elder,
was firft married to Sir William Meredith, Knt. Treafurer and
Pay-mailer, in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, and King James I.
of their Majefties armies ; and, after his death, fhe married
John, Lord Vaughan, Earl of Carbury, who had no ifTue by
her; to her firft hufband, ihe brought Sir William Meredith,
Bart.
2o8 PAL M E R, of Wingham.
Bart, anceftor to the late Sir Roger Meredith, of Leeds-abbey,
in Kent, Bart, and two daughters ; Anne, married to Francis,
Lord Cottington, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mafter of
the Court of Wards, under King Charles 1. and commiilioned
by King Charles II. in his exile, to be Lord High Treafurer
of England ; and Jane, married to Sir Peter Wyche, Am-
bafiador to the Grand Seignior, to whom fhe brought, Sir Peter,
and Sir Cycil Wyche, and a daughter, Jane, married to Sir
John Greenvill, created Earl of Bath : Of the fons, Sir Roger
Palmer, the fecond, was Knight of the Bath ; and having been
Cup-bearer to the two Princes of Wales, Henry, and Charles,
was firft made Mafter of the Houfhold, and Cofferer to King
Charles I. He married Catharine, daughter of Sir Thomas
Porter, of Gloucefterfhire, Knt. relidt of Sir Ralph Welfh,
Knt. but died without iffue, leaving his eftate to the descen-
dants of his two brothers ; the younger of which was,
Sir James Palmer, Knt. of the Bed-chamber to King James I.
and Gentleman of the Privy-chamber to King Charles I. and
Chancellor of the moft noble Order of the Garter ; who had
two wives j by his firft wife, Martha, daughter of Sir William
Garrard, of Dorney, in Bucks, Knt. he left Sir Philip Palmer,
of Dorney, aforefaid, Knt. Cup-bearer to King Charles II.
who married Phebe, daughter of Sir Henry Palmer, of How-
leech, in Kent, Knt. Vice-Admiral of the narrow fcas, under
King Charles I. and had by her four fons, Roger, Henry,
Philip, and Charles. Roger Palmer, of Dorney, Efq; the
eldeft fon, married Anne, daughter and heir of Henry Ferrers,
Efq; by whom he had two fons, that died infants. Henry,
the fecond fon, died unmarried. Philip, the third fon, married
Catharine, daughter of Sir George Southcote, Bart, relicft of
James Palmer, Efq; brother to Roger, Earl of Caftlemain, and
died without iiTue. 4. Charles Palmer, of Dorney-court, Efq;
heir to his brothers, who married Jane, daughter of John
Jenyngs, of Hayes, in Middlefex, Efq; and died, Auguft 8,
1714, leaving iflue two fons, 1. Sir Charles Palmer, Bart.
hereafter mentioned ; 2. Philip, who married Jane, daughter
of Mr. Thompfon, of LudgatMiill, Mercer ; alfo one daugh-
ter, Phebe, married to Richard Harcourt, of Wigfell, in SufFex,
Efq; Sir James Palmer, Knt. aforementioned, married to his
fecond Lady, Catharine, relict of Sir Robert Vaugh.an, of
Lloydwrd, in Montgomeryshire, Knt. and daughter of Sir
William Herbert, Knight of the Bath, created Earl of Powis,
(and Lady Eleanor Peircy, his wife, daughter of Henry Earl
of Northumberland,) and v/as father of Roger Palmer, Earl
of Caltlemain, in Ireland, who was lent by King James IE
Ambaflkdor extraordinary to Rome, who married Barbara
Villiers,
PALMER, of Wingham. 209
Villiers, fole daughter and heir of the Lord Vifcount Grandi-
fon ; fhe was created by King Chailes II. Baronefs of Nonfuch,
Counted of Southampton, and Dutchefs of Cleveland ; {he
died at Chelfea, in Middlesex, Oct. 9, 1709, and he, in Norm
Wales, 1705, without iflue.
The eideir. fon of Sir Thomas Palmer, of Wingham, Knt.
and Bart, aforefaid, was,
Sir Thomas Palmer, Knt. who married Margaret, daughter
of Herbert Pelham, of SuiTex, Efq; and died in the life-time
cf his father, leaving two fons : Herbert, the younger, was
bred a fcholar, but died unmarried. -
Sir Thomas Palmer, of Wingham, Bart, the eldeft fon,
fucceded his grandfather in dignity and efrate ; he fuffered,
much for his loyalty to King Charles, and zeal to the church,
by feveral fequeftrations of his eftate, and imprifonmenrs of
his perfon; and died at laft, under confinement. He married
Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir John Shirley, of Isfield,
in Suffex, Knt. by -whom he had fix fons, Sir Henry, Roger,
Herbert, James, Thomas, and John : and fix daughters; Mar-
garet, the fecond wife of Sir Arnold Bream, of Bredg, in
Kent, Knt. Sibylla, married to John Everard, of Seabrights^
in Efiex, Efq; and after his death, to William Mildrnay, Efq;
(who bore arms in defence of King Charles I.) Elizabeth, to
Samuel Argol, Doctor of Phyfick; Mary, wedded, firft, to
Francis Scmmers, Efq; and fecondly, to Sainthill, Efq;
Anne, died young ; and Efther, married George Clayton, of
London, Efq;
Of the fons, Roger, and James, fellow of Trinity-college,
in Cambridge, with John, who travelled into France, with the
Lord Hollis, when he went Ambaflador from Kino; Charles II»
to the French King, died batchelors. Herbert, the third
fon, married Dorothy, one of the daughters and coheirs of
John Pincheon, of Writtel, in EfTex, Efq; and dying in
1700, left by her two fons, Sir Thomas, hereafter mention-
ed, and Henry, who died a batchelor, 1710, in the twenty-
fixth year of his age ; and two daughters, Anne, the wife of
Robert Whitfield, of Chartham, in Kent, Gent, and Eliza-
beth, who died a maid. The fifth fon was, Thomas Palmer,
of London, Efq; who fined for Sheriff of the city. He mar-
ried Lucy, daughter of James Young, of London, Merchant,
defcended from an ancient family of the Youngs, of Axrtdnftef,
in Devonfhire, and died without iffue.
The eldeft fon and heir, who fucceeded his father, 1606,
was,
Sir Henry Palmer, of Wingham, Bart, always loyal to the
crown, faithful to the church, refpected by the county, cf
Vol. I, P * which
2io PALMER, of Wingham.
which he was Sheriff in the year 169 1. He married Anne,
daughter of Sir William Luckin, of Waltham, in Effex, Bart*
but died without ifTue in 1706, in a good old age, leaving his
eftate and dignity to his nephew, Sir Thomas, fon of his
brother Herbert.
Which Sir Thomas Palmer, of Wingham, Bart, was Knight
of the Shire for Kent, in the Parliament fummoned 8 Queen
•Anne, and in the firft Parliament called by King George I.
was chofen for Rochefter. He married, firft, Elizabeth, one
of the daughters of Sir Robert Marfham, of the Moat, near
Maidfrone, in Kent, Knt. and Bart, and lifter to the firft Lord
Romney, by whom he had three fons, Henry, Thomas, and
Robert, who all died young ; and four daughters ; 1. Marga-
ret, who died unmarried; 2. Anne, married, firft to the late
Sir Brooke Bridges., of Godneftone, in Kent, Bart, (by whom,
fhe was mother of Sir Brooke Bridges, Bart.) ftcondly, to the
Honourable Charles Fielding Efq; brother to the Earl of Den-
bigh ; 3. Elizabeth ; and 4. Mary, married to the Earl of
Winchelfea. Sir Thomas, married to his fecond Lady, Mrs.
Cox; and to his third, Mrs. Markham, but dying, 1725,
without ifTue male, the title defcended to
Sir Charles Palmer, of Dorney-court, in Bucks, Bart, eldeft
fon of Charles Palmer, Efq; grandfon of Sir Jair.es Palmer,
Knt. Chancellor of the Garter, who was the youngeft fon of
Sir Thomas Palmer, of Wingham, in Kent, the firft Baronet
of the family.
Which Sir Charles Palmer, of Dorney-court, the prefent
Baronet, married, June, 1729, Anne, daughter of Richard
Harcourt, of the Inner-Temple, Efq; (by Elizabeth, his wife,
daughter of Sir Philip Harcourt, Knt. half fifter to the Right
Hon. Simon, the firft Lord Vifcount Harcourt,) by whom he
hath had feven children, three fons, and four daughters ;
Charles, Harriot, and Dorothy, living, Thomas, and Har-
court, twins, and two Anna's, dead. Charles was an Enfign
in the fecond regiment of foot guards, and afterwards a Capt.
in the Eaft India fervice under Lord Clive, and died, in 1764,
in the ifland of Sumatra, leaving a fon, Charles-Harcourt
Palmer, by Sarah his wife, daughter of Mr. Clack, and lifter
to the prefent Vifcountefs Courtenay, and is in his minority.
Harriot married William Dottin Battyn, Efq; of the ifland of
Barbadoes, and now a Merchant in London ; Dorothy mar-
ried GoufTe Bonnirt, Efq; of the ifland of Antigua. Sir.
Charles's brother, Philip Palmer, who married Jane, the daugh-
ter of Mr. Thompfon, of Ludgate-hill, Mercer, has had three
fans and two daughters, viz. Philip, John, Charles, Jane, and
Anna,
RIVERS, of Chafrbrd. 211
Anna, all now living. This is the only remaing branch of
the male line.
Arms. Or, two Bars, Gules, each charged with three
Trefoils of the field ; in Chief, a Greyhound, currant, Sable.
Crest. A Demi-Panther, rampant, ifruing Flames out of
his Mouth and Ears, holding in his Paws a Holly Branch, with
Leaves and Berries, proper.
Motto. Palma virtuti.
Seat. At Dorney-Court, near Windfor, in Bucks.
43. Rivers, of Chafford, Kent.
Created Baronet, July 19, 1621.
/~\F this name of Rivers have been many eminent perfons,
in former ages. Richard de Ripariis, by his wife, Maud,
daughter of Sir Richard Lucy, had a fon, Richard, a noble
Baron, in the reign of King John, (and by defcent from his
q other, was Lord of Angue, in Efiex,) whofe grandfon and
heir, John de Rivers, was fummoned among the Barons, from
25 Edw. I. (1298) to 9 Edw. II. Nicholas de la Rivers was
iummoned, in 22 Edw. I. 1295, to appear with horfe and
arms.
The firft we find mentioned in a pedigree of this family, is,
Richard Rivers, father of Thomas, whofe ion, John, was
father of Richard Rivers, living temp. Edw. IV. and had a
fon William, father of Edward, who had two fons ; i. Richard,
of Penfhurft, in Kent, and 2. Sir John Rivers, of ChafFord,
in Kent, Knt. Lord -Mayor of London, 15 Eliz. who mar-
ried EUzabeth, daughter of Sir George Barnes, Knt. Lord-
Mayor of London, and had feveral fons, and daughters.
Sir George Rivers, Knt. his eldeft fon, was Member of Par-
liament for Eaft-Grinfted, in Suflex, 39 Eliz. and married
Frances, daughter and coheir of William Bbwyer, of Suflex,
Efq; by whom he had three fons; 1. John; 2. George Rivers,
of Hadlow, in Kent, Efq; 3. William, Citizen of London,
who, by Elizabeth, daughter of the Reverend Mr. Thomas
Cobbet, of London, left ifiue,
John Rivers, Efq; the eldeft fon, who was advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet, 19 jac. I. and by Dorothy, his wire,
daughter and heir of Thomas Potter, of Wefterham-parifh, in
Kent, Efq; had iiTue four fons ; 1. James ; 2. John, who died
iiluelefs ; 3. George, who married the daughter of Bar-
rington3 but had no iffue \ 4. Nizell, of Oakham, near Lewes
P2" in
212 RIVERS, of Chaffoid.
ifc Suflex, who tnarriccl the widow of Culpepper, Efq;
and died without ifiuc : Sir John had alio three daughters;
Elizabeth, married to John Baker of Mayfield, and Dorothy,
to William Newton, of Southover, both in Suflex, Efqrs. and
Cicely, to Sir Robert Goodwin, of Fairleigh, near Eail-Grin-
Ited, in the fame county, Knt.
James Rivers, Efq; the cldeik fon, married Charity, daugh-
ter of Sir John Shirley, of Isheld, in Suflex, Knt. by whom
he had four fons, and eight daughters; i. Sir Thomas, fuc-
' ceflbr to his grandfather ; 2. Sir John, fuccefTor to his brother ;
3. James, who died ifTuelefs ; and another fon who died young :
of his daughters, Elizabeth, married > Bodenham ; Charity,
to John Eldred, of Saxham, in Suffolk; another, to
Hambden; another to Bridger, of Well-ftreet, in Welter-
ham, in Kent, Efqrs.
Sir Thomas Rivers, Bart, cldeft fon and fuccefTor to Ins
grandfather, dying unmarried, was fucceeded in title and eitate,
by his next brother,
Sir John Rivers, Bart, who married Anne, daughter of Sir
Thomas Hewet, of Pifhbbury, in Hertfordfhire, Bart, and
filler to the Lord Vifcount Hewet, by whom he had four fons;
I. Sir George, his fuccefTor ; 2. John, who died iffuelefs ;
3. Thomas Rivers, LL.D. Prebendary of Winchefler, and
Reclor of Eaflon, in Hampfhire, who married Mary, daugh-
ter of Richard Holbrooke, of the Ifle of Wight, Gent, and
died Sept. 8, 1731, leaving three fons; Sir John, of whom
hereafter ; Peter, and James ; and had one daughter, Anne,
who died young; 4. Colonel James Rivers, who died before
Barcelona, having rendered himfelf famous at that fiege, as
well as at the fiege of Gibraltar ; but left no ifiue : Sir John
had alfo two daughters, Margaret, and Anne.
Sir George Rivers, Bart, eldeil fon and fuccefTor to his
father, married Dorothea, daughter of Sir William Bever-
fham, of Holbrooke-hall, in Suffolk, Knt. one of the Mafters
of the High Court of Chancery ; by whom he had four fons
and feven daughters ; of which, Beverfham, died unmarried,
at the age of twenty-three ; George, married Ifabella, daughter
of Philip Packer, of Groombridge, in Kent, Efq; by whom
he had no illue ; Thomas, and William, both died infants;
of the daughters, Dorothea, married Thomas Good all, of
Duke- ftr'ect, St. James's, Efq; Anne, died unmarried; Phila-
delphia, married George Baker, of Mayfield-place, in SuiTex,
Efq; Henrietta-Maria, married Jof. Webb, Surgeon ; Char-
lotte, died, aged twelve ; Margaret, married John Groom-
bridge, of Tunbridge, Gent, and Elizabeth, died young. Sir
George Rivers, Bart, leaving no ifTue male, was fucceeded by
his
H E W E T, of Headley-HalL 213
his nephew, Sir John, eldeft Ton of his brother, Dr. Rivers*
Which Sir John Rivers, dying unmarried, was fucceeded by
his next brother,
The Rev. Sir Peter Rivers, the prefent Baronet, who has
lately taken the name of Gay, and married, 1768, the daugh-
ter of Cox, Efq;
Arms. Quarterly, ftrft and fourth, Or, a Fefs, Sable, charg-
ed with five Lozenges, Argent, between three Efcallops, Azure.
Second and third, Azure, two Bars, dancette, Or ; in Chief,
three Befants, quartering, as an Augmentation, Azure, on a
Fefs, engrailed,* between three Swans, Argent, a Bar, Gules,
charged wilh three Rofes of the fecond.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Arm, emhov/ed, in Armour,
proper, holding an Arrow.
44. He wet, of Headley-Hall, Yorkshire.
Created Baronet, October 11, 1621.
HP H E family of Hewet is of ancient extraction, of
**• which was, Robert Hewet, Efq; who pofleffed a confi-
derable eftate, at Killamarch, in Derbylhire, in the reign of
Hen. VIII. He left two fons, Robert, who died without iffue,
and William, who fucceeded his father, and died 1599, aged
feventy-feven.
He left four fons; John, Solomon, Thomas, and William 5
from the three laft are defcended the families of Hewet, of
Pimiobury, in Hertfordshire, (of which was, Sir Thomas
Hewet, created a Baronet, 19 July, 1660, and afterwards an
Irifti Vifcount,) the Hewets, of Shire-Oakes, in Nottingham-
{hire, both now extinct ; and the Hewets, of Stretton, in
Leicefteririire.
John, the eldeft fon, furvived his father but three years*
dying in 1602. He left iffue by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir Robert Hampfon, Knt. Alderman of London, who wag
afterwards wTife to Sir Gilbert Wakering, and Sir Robert
Bevile, of Chefterton, in Huntingdonshire, Knight of the
Bath, fuccefiively,) one fon, John, and a daughter, Catharine,
who, in 1617, married George Byng, of Wrotham, in Kent,
Efq; great grandfather to Pattee, Lord Vifcount Torrington.
John, who fucceeded his father, was created a Baronet,
19 Jac. I. and having married Catharine, daughter of Sir
Robert Bevile, fen. Knight of the Bath, (who died 1636,}
and filter and coheir of Sir Robert Beviie, of Chefterton, in
P 3 Hunting-
214 H E W E T, of Headley-Hall.
Huntingdonihire, jun. Knight of the Honourable Order of
the Bath, in the reign of King James I. who died 1640, by
her had two fons, Sir John, his fuccefier, and Robert, and
five daughters, viz. Elizabeth ; Catharine, married to Robert
Cheek, of Pyrgo, ki Eflex, Efq; .Frances, Anne, and Grace,
wife of Sir Thomas Brograve, of Hamels, in Hertfordfhire,
Bart. Sir John, died 1657, after he had feated his family at
Warefly, in Pluntingdonfhire ; and by his fufferings in the
troublefome times, rendered himfelf remarkable for his loyalty.
Sir John, his elder! fori, who fucceeded him, and married
Frances, daughter of Sir Toby Tyrre', of Thornton, in
Bucks, Baronet, (furviving him,fhe afterwards married, Philip
Cotton, of Connington, in Cambridgefliire, Efq; grandfon of
Sir Robert Cotton, founder of the' library.) by whom he had
a numerous offspring, viz. eleven fons; 1. Sir John, his fuc-
ceflbr ; 2. Tyrrell, who married, but died without ifiue ;
3. Robert, who died unmarried; 4. Thomas, who died yoking ;
5. Benjamin, who died unmarried ; 6. Charles ; 7. William,,
of St. Neots, who left iffue three fons, Sir William, here-
after mentioned, Tyrrell, who married a daughter of Mr.
.Robert Gedding, of the Poft-ofUce, and had one daughter, and
a fori ; 8. James, blown up at fea, being a Lieutenant in the
Carlifle man of war; 9. Thomas, M. D. who married Mrs.
Pinkney, and left a fon, Thomas of Clare-hall, a Clergy-
man, living, and unmarried in 1741 ; and a daughter Anne ;
10. Toby, and 11. Benjamin : alfo feven daughter ; 1. Hefter,
married to Ulyiles Blount, Efq; feventh fon of Sir Henry
Blount, of Titenhanger, in Hertfordfhire, Knt. 2. Frances3
married to Henry Scrope, of St. Neots, in Huntingdonihire,
Efq; but had no iiiue; 3. Theodora; 4. Edith, married to
William Dove, of Upton, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; 5. Ca-
tharine; 6„ Arabella, and 7. Elizabeth, married to Broke,
of Na&on, in Suffolk, Efq; mother of Philip Broke, of Nac-
ton, Efq; late Member of Parliament for Ipfwich. Sir John,
dying September 30, 16S4, was fucceeded in honour and
eitate, by
Sir John Hewet, Bart, his elder! fon, High Sheriff of Cam-
bridge, and Huntingdonfhires, 2 Jac. II. who firft married
Anne, daughter of Francis Stokes, of Tiderton, in Wilts,
Efq; (fon "of Chrifiopher Stokes, of Tiderton, Efq; whofe
wife was fitter to Lord Cr ancellor Hyde, Earl of Clarendon,)
by whom he had two fons, who died iffuelefs, and two daugh-
ters; of which, Aiine, the eldeft, married John Kagar, of
Bourn, in the county of Cambridge, Efq; and left one fon,
Hewet H:\gar. Efq; Sir John married to his fecond wife1*
Eleanor, eldeft daughter to the late Sir John Olborne, of
Chick-
J E R N I N G H A M, of Coffey. 215
Chickfands, in Bedfordshire, Bart, by whom he had no iflue ;
and dving without any ifTue male, was fucceeded in the title
by his nephew, Sir William, fon of his brother William, of
St. Neots.
Which Sir William Hewet was Captain of the Colchefter
man of war, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Leve-
more, of Gofport, in Hampfhire, and had three fons, William,
Levemore, and Herbert ; and one daughter, Elizabeth. Sir
William died in 1749, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir William Hewet, late Captain of his Majefty's fhip the
Due d'Acquitain, which was loft before Pondicherry in the
laft war, on the firft of January, 1761. With Sir Wil-
liam, periihed his brother Levemore, who was a Lieutenant
on board the faid fhip. Herbert, the youngeft fon, being dead
fome vears before, the title defcended to the firft Sir William's'
younger brother,
Sir Tyrrell Hewet, the prefent Baronet, who has two fons,
being born about the year 1752, and now in the fervice of the
Eaft-India Company, and Thomas, a minor.
Arms. Gules, a Cheveron, engrailed, between three Owls,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, on a ftump of a Tree, proper, a
Faulcon, ftanding, Or.
Motto. Ne te quafiveris extra*
Seat. At Potton, in the county of Bedford,
45. Jernegan, or Jerningham, of Coffey,
Norfolk.
Created Baronet, October 16, 1621.
TH E ancient family of the Jernegans have been feated in
Norfolk, ever fince the grant of Queen Mary, to Sir
Henry Jernegan, Knight, her Vice-Chamberlain, and are a
vounger branch of the Jernegans, of Somerley-town, in the
iiland of Lothingland, in Suffolk; but that eldeft branch being
extinct, this became the eldeft furviving branch, and fo con-
tinues.
The firft that I meet with of this family was called,
1. Hugh, without any other addition, whofe fon was named,
2. Jernegan, and was always called, Jernegan Fitz-Hugh,
©r the fon of Hugh ; he is mentioned in the Caftle-acre re-
gifter, as a witnefs to a deed without date, and died about
1182. He married Sibill, who, in 1183, paid icol. of her
P 4 g'lft>
2 16 T E R N I N G H A M, of Coffey.
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gift, into the Exchequer, after her hufband's death ; his foa
was called,
3. Hugh, cr Hubert, fon of Jernegan, who gave a lar^e
fum of money to King Henry 11. and paid it into the trea-
fury, in 1 182; he married Maud, daughter and coheir of
Thorpine, fon of Robert de Watheby, of Weirmorland : he is
mentioned by the name of Hubert de Jernegan, in the black
book of the Exchequer, published by Mr. Heme, at Oxford,
1728, and died in 1203, and the King granted the warefhip
of all his large poflefiior.s, and the marriage of his wife and
children, toRobert.de Veteri Ponte, or Vipount, fo that he
married them without difparagement to their fortunes.
4. Sir Hubert Jernegan, of Horham, in Suffolk, Knt. his
fon, fucceeded, who had been a rebel againft King John; but
on the acccflion of Henry III. to the crown, fubmitted himfelf,
and obtained his pardon.
5. Sir Willian Jernegan, fon and heir of Hubert, married
Julian, daughter and coheir of Gymingham, of Burnham;
and Hush de Polfted, married Hawife, the other coheir. He
died without iffue, and was fucceeded by,
6. Sir Hugh Jernegan ; his younger brothers, Godfrey, and
Robert, being dead. He married, for his fecond wife, Ela,
cr El'kn, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas de Ingaldfthorp,
Knt. who furvived him.
7. Sir Walter Jernegan, his fon, married Ifabel, daughter,
and at length heir of Sir Peter Fitz-OfDert, or Ofborne, of
Somerley-town, in Suffolk, Knt. (relict of Sir Henry Wal-
pole, of Houghton, in Norfolk, Knt.) who, it fecms, died be-
fore him, leaving,
8. Sir Peter Jernegan, his fon, who became heir to his fa-
ther and grandfather, and alfo coheir to the Fitz-Gfbert's
eftate, in right of his mother. He fir ft married Alice, daugh-
ter of Hugh Germayn, and Bafil, his wife, by whom he had
no iilue. The pedigree fays, he married a daughter cf Sir
— — Hailing, of Eaft-Harling, in Norfolk, Knt. for his fecond
wife, which feems true, by the quarter ings of the Jerne-
gan's, as they were to be feen in Horam church, anno 1663,
being put up by Sir John Jernegan, who married Ifabel, daugh-
ter and heirefs or Sir Jervafe Clifton: 1. Jernegan. 2. Ingle-
thorp. 3. Fitz-Ofbourn. 4. Harling. 5. Mortimer. 6. Gon-
vi!e \ thefe two are Harling's quarterings. 7. Kelvedon, or Kel-
don. 8. Clifton. And for his third wife, Ellen, daughter of
Sir Robert Kuntingfield, of Huntingfield, in Suffolk, Knt.
He was fucceeded by,
9. Sir John Jernegan, fenior, his fon and heir, who mar-
ried Jane, daughter and coheir of Sir William de Kelvedon,
relict
J ERN INGHAM, of Coffey. 217
relic"t of Lowdham. He died on the Thurfday before the
feaft of the Annunciation in 1375.
10. In 1 37-|, John Jernegan, junior, his fon and heir, mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Vile de Lou, Knt.
and had Thomas, and Humfry, buried at Somerley-town,
1446.
11. Sir Thomas Jernegan, their fon and heir, married Joan,
daughter of William Appleyard, of Dunfton, in Norfolk,
and had,
12. John Jernegan, fenior, Efq; who married Agnes, daugh-
ter of Sir John Da: ell, of Kent, Knt. who died before him,
and was buried in St. Mary's Chapel, in the Priory of St.
Olave's, at Heringfleet, in Suffolk, (now called St. Tooley's
bridge.) This John, married Ifabel, daughter of Sir Gervafe
Clifton, in 1459 ; in 1473, made his will, and died 1474. He
had two fons, John and Gfbert, and three daughters, Anne,
Thomafine, and Barbara ; he had alio another daughter,
Elizabeth, married to John Denton.
13. John Jernegan, Efq; his fon, fucceeded, and died in
1503, leaving, by Ifabel, his wife, daughter of Sir Gervafe
Clifton, Knt.
14. Edward Jernegan, Efq; his fon and heir, who was after-
wards knighted ; he had two wives, nril Margaret, daughter
of Sir Edmund Bedingfield, of Oxborough, in Norfolk, Knt.
by whom he had Sir John Jernegan, of Somerley-town, in
Suffolk, Knt. who married, firft, Bridget, daughter of Sir
Robert Drury, of Hawfted, in Suffolk, Knt. from whom the
Jernegans, of Somerley-town, in Suffolk, defcended. And
for his fecond wife Mary, daughter of Richard, Lord Scroop,
of Bolton, in Yorkfhire, and coheir to Stephen, her brother,
(who furvived him, and remarried to Sir William Kingfton^
Knight of the Noble Order of the Garter,) by whom he had
Sir Henry Jernegan, of Huntingfield, Knt. the founder of
the Coffey family; Edmund, who died Feb. 9, 1546, and
Edwa-d, born after his father's deceafe ; Frances, who died
without iffue, and Elizabeth, Maid of Honour to Queen
Mary: Sir Edward, died Jan. 6, 1 5 15.
15. Sir Henry Jernegan, or Jerningham, of Huntingfield,
in Suffolk, eldeft fon and heir of Sir Edward, by his fecond
wife, was a great favourite of Queen Mary I. being the firft
that appeared openly for her, after the death of Edward VI.
being with he; at Kenninghall- place, or caftle ; and continued
her trufly friend, for which fervices fhe made him Vice-Cham-
berlain, and M after of her Houfhold. He married Mary,
daughter of Sir George Baynham, of Cloriwell, in Gloucefter-
fhire, Knt. (by daughter and heir of Sir Anthony King-
fton,
2i8 JERNINGHAM, of Coffey.
iron, Knt.) arid had iffue, Henry, William, and two daugh-
ters, Jeronyma, married to Charles Waldegrave, of Stanning-
hall, in Norfolk', Efq; (anceftor to the prefent Earl of Walde-
grave,) and Margaret, wife of Sir Thomas Southwell, of Riling,
in Norfolk, Knt. he died in 1571.
16. Henry Jerningham, or Jernegan, Efq; their fon and
heir, married two v/ives ; 1. Eleanor, daughter of William,
Ifjrd Dacres, of Gillefla'nd, (and Elizabeth, his wife, daugh-
ter of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and Anne, his
wife, daughter of William, Lord Haftings, Chamberlain to
Edward IV,) by whom he had, 1. Henry; 2. William;
3. George, married to Eleanor, daughter of Sir George Phil-
pot, of Hampfhire, Knt. 4. Thomas, who died without rffue;
and 5. Edward; and a daughter, Anne, married to John, fon
and heir of Sir John Arundel!, of Lanberne, in Cornwall,
Jvnt. His tecoiid wife was, Prances, daughter of Sir John
Jernegan, of Somerletown, Knt. widow of Thomas Beding-
field, ofOxborcugh, Efq; He died June 15, 1619, and was
buried in St. Margaret's Church, Weftminfter.
17. Henry Jerningham, or Jernegan, Efq; his eldefl fon, wa$
created a Baronet, 16 October, 1621 : he married Eleanor,
daughter of Thomas Throckmorton, of Coughton, in War-
wickihire, Efq; by whom he had three Tons, 1. John ; 2. Wil-
liam, who had two wives, firft, the relict of Lee ; and fecondly,
the relict of Young. I fuppofe he was knighted, for he is
cften called, Sir William; 3. Thomas, who, I fuppofe, was
knighted alfo, for I meet with him, called Sir Thomas ; the
faid Henry had alfo two daughters, Anne, who died fingle,
2nd Catharine, married to Francis Saunders, of Shankfton, in
Leicefterfhire, Efq; and died September 5, 1646.
18. John Jerningham, or Jernegan, Efq; the deleft fon, died
in his father's life-time, in 1619; ne roamed Anne, daughter
cf Sir P'rancis Moore, of Fawley, in Berkfnire, Bart, and left
two fons, Sir Henry, fucceiibr to his grandfather ; and Francis^
'married to Philippa, daughter of Crambleton, of New-
thorn, in Yorkfhire, Efq;
19. Sir Henry Jerningham, or Jernegan, Bart, fucceffor to
his grandfather in title and eflate, married Mary daughter of
Benedict Hall, of High-Meadow, in Gloucefterfhire, Efq; by
whom he had two fons, Sir Francis, his fucceffor, and Bene-
dict, who died at Paris, unmarried, in 1668 ; and one daughter.
20. Sir Francis Jerningham, or Jernegan, of Coffey, Bart,
married Anne, daughter of Sir George Blount, of Sodington, in
Worcefterfhire, Bart, by whom he had fix fens; 1. Sir John,
his fiiccelfor; 2. Sir George; 3. Charles, M. D. who mar-
wd the Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Roper, daughter of Philip, late
Loi4
PHI LIP PS, of Pidon-Caftle. 219
Lord Teynham; fhe died Nov. 14, 1736, without iflue;
4. Henry, who married Mary, daughter to Nicholas Jonquet
L'Epine, of London, Merchant, and had ifTue five fons, and
three daughters, Francis, Henry, Charles, Nicholas, Hugh,
Mary, Elizabeth, and Edwardina ; 5. Francis died unmarried,
Nov. 20, 1739; 6. Edward, who married Elizabeth, daughter
of John Keighly, of Gray's-Inn, Efqj and had iflue, a fon,
George, and one daughter ; Sir Francis, left alfo two daugh-
ters, Anne, and Mary. He died, Aug. 20, 1730, and his
Lady, Feb. 13, 1 735, by whom he left,
21. Sir John Jerningham, or Jernegan, Bart, his eldeft. fon,
who fucceeded him, and married Margaret, daughter of Sir
Henry Bedingricld, of Oxborough, Bart, fitter to Sir Henry
Bedingfield, Bart. Sir John died, without iflue, June 14,
>737-
22. Sir George Jerningham, the prefent Baronet, married
Mary, daughter of Francis Plovvden, of Plowden, in Wor-
ceftcrmire, Efq; (by Mary, his wife, filler to the late Earl of
Stafford,) by whom he has had four fons, 1. John, who died
in June, 1757. 2. William, who married, June 16, 1767,
the Hon. Frances Dillon, eldeft daughter of Lord Vifcount
Dillon, and by her has a daughter, Mary; 3. Edward;
4. Charles-Louis, born in April, 1742. Alfo a daughter Mary,
born in Sept. 1744, and died in Sept. 1749.
Arms. Argent, three arming Buckles, Gules.
Crest. A Faulcon, iflfuing from an imperial Crown, proper.
Motto. Virtu s, bafts vitsz.
Seat. At Cofiey-hall, in Norfolk.
46. Philipps, of Pi&on-Caftle, Pembrokefhire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 9, 1621.
nr HIS family, which is of great antiquity in South-Wales,
"*• is lineally defcended from,
1. Cadi for ap Colhoyn, of Blaenkych, Lord of Dyfed, or
Pembrokefhire, who, on account of his large eftate, was called
Cadifcr-Vavvr, or the Great. He was of the fame tribe with
Vortigern, King of Britain, and paternally defcended from
Maximus, King of Britain, and Emperor of Rome. He mar-
ried Hellen, daughter and fole heir to Llwch Llawen Vawr,
a Lord of South- Wales, by whom he had three fons.
2. Bledri, married Clydwen, daughter to GryfFydh ap
Cydrych, and by her had illue,
3. Rhys
220 PHILIPPS, of Pfcton-Caftle. '
3. Rhys ap Bledri : he took to wife, Ancreta, daughter t$
Rhys ap Gryffydh, Prince of South-Wales, commonly called
Lord Rhys, (who was lineally descended from Cadwaladar, last
King of Britain, of the Britifh race) and had iffue by her,
4. Sir Aaron ap Rhys, who attended King Richard I. into
the Holy Land, anno 1190, and behaved himfelf fo gallantly,
againft the Saracens, that he received the order of knighthood
of the Sepulchre of our Saviour. He married Tanylwlt, daugh-
ter of Ednyted Fychan, by whom he had, Gwyllim ap Aaron ;
Ednyfed Eycan, was Prince of Wales, and was father to
Gronw ap Ednyfed, paternal anceftor to King Henry VII.
5. Gwyllym ap Aaron, of Kylfant, Efq; married Jennet,
daughter to Meyric ap Trahearn, by whom he had,
6. Madog ap Gwyllym, Efq; he left iffue by his wife, Jen-
net, daughter of Griffith ap Ivor, of Oaftleodwin, Efq;
7. Evan ap Madog, Efq; who married Catharine, daugh-
ter of Sir Elidor Ddy, Knight of the Sepulchre, and by her
had,
8. Philip ap Evan, Efq; he took to wife Hellen, daughter of
William ap Cradog ap Henry, Efq; and left iiTue,
9. Meredith, who was the firffc of the family that took on
him the furname of Philipps, ftiling himfelf, Meredith Philipps,
xnftead of Meredith ap Philip : he married Gwendolena, daugh-
ter to Evan ap Gwyllym, Efq; by whom he had,
10. Philip Philipps, of Kylfant, Efq; who, by his wife Jen-
net, daughter to Jenkin Lloyd Ychan, of Pwlldyfarch, Efq;
left iffue,
11. Sir Thomas Philipps, Knt. He married Jane, daughter
and heir to Henry Done, of Pi&on, Efq; fon of Owen Done,
of Mudlefcombe, Efq; by Catharine, daughter and heir of
Sir John Wogan, of Pi&on, Knt. great-grandfon of Sir John
Wogan, of Wilton, Knt. who married Jane, daughter and
heir of Sir William Pi&on, of Pi6lon, Knt. (whofe anceftor
came to Dyfed, or Pembrokeihire, with Arnulph, of Mont-
gomery, in the time of King William Rufus, and then had
Pi&on-caftle, for his partage.) Sir Thomas had iffue, John,
and Owen, who married Jennet, daughter to Lewis-Thomas
ap John, of Cwmgwylly, Efq; and by her had David Philipps,
Efq; anceftor to William Philipps, of Kylfant, Efq; High
Sheriff' of the county of Carmarthen, 1739.
12. John Philipps, of Pi£ton-Caftle, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir
Thomas, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Griffith,
of Penryn, Knight, and by her had iffue, William, and
Morgan ; William, married Jennet Perrott., and left only
daughters.
13, Morgan
PHI LIP PS, of Piaon-Caftle. 221
13. Morgan Philipps, of Pi&on-Caftle, Efq; took to wife
Elizabeth, Slaughter to Richard Fletcher, of Bangor, Efq;
and by her had,
14. Sir John Philipps, of Pidton-Caflle, the firft Baronet
of the family, fo created, Nov. 9, 19 Jac. I. He married Anne,
daughter and coheir to Sir John Perrot, of Haroldfton, Knt.
Lord-Deputy of the kingdom of Ireland, and Piivy-Councel-
lor to Queen Elizabeth ; by whom he had iiiue, 1. Sir Richard,
who fucceeded him; 2. Hugh ; 3. John, who died without
iiiue ; 4. Dorothy, who married Francis, Vifcount Valentia,
and Lord Mountnorris, and had by him, Arthur, Earl of
Anglefey, anceftor to the prefent Earl 5 5. Lettice, who mar-
ried" John Owen, of Trecoone, Efq; 6. Jane, who married
James Hamilton, Lord of Clandeboy ; 7. Elizabeth; and 8.
Mary, who married John Scourfield, of New-Mote, Efq$
9. Olive, who married Sampfon Lort, of Stackpole, Efq 5
10. Frances, who married Sir Hugh Owen, of Orielton, Bart,
and by him had Sir Hugh, father of Sir Arthur Owen, Bart.
11. 12. Two other daughters. Hugh Philipps, Efq; fecond
Ton of Sir John, married Anne, daughter to Roger Lort, of
Stackpole, Efq; by whom he had, Richard, who fucceeded
him, and married Frances Noel, of the Gainfborough family;
he had iiiue by her, Charles, who fucceeded him, Richard
Philipps, Efq; 'late Major-General of his Majefty's forces,
Colonel of a regiment of foot, and Governor of Newfound-
land, and Nova Scotia; John, and Edward, both Captains of
foot, and the former, Weigher and Telier of his Majefty's
mint; Dorothy, Laundrefs of his Majefty's table and houihohl
linen, and feveral others who are deceafed. Charles Philipps,
Efq; married to his firfr. wife, Anne, daughter of William.
Philipps, of Haythogg, Efq; by whom he left iiiue, William -p
Martha, the wife of Captain William Shewen ; and Frances,
the wife of Captain Daniel : his fecond wife was, Philippa,
daughter of Rowland Laugharne, of St. Bride's, Efq; by whom
he had, Theodofia, married to Thomas Skyrme, Efq; Anne,
married to Samuel Smith, Gent. Rowland, (who married
Martha, daughter of John Edwardes, Efq; by whom he had
t> i__j t? 1 j xj u 1 r l j„..~u..~..-, > „.,j ui,;i:
whom he had no iflue. William Philipps, Eiq; fucceeded his
father, Charles, and married Albinia, daughter of the laid
Rowland Laugharne, Efq; by whom he left iiiue, Charles,
and four daughters, Anne, Theodolia, Mary, and Albinia,
Charles Philipps, of Hill, Efq; fucceeded his lather, William,
and married Arine, daughter oi Thomas Skyrme, Efq; by
Theodofia,
t&'2 P H I L I P P S, of Pidton-Caffle.
Theodofia, before mentioned, and had iiTiie William, and
Anne.
15. Sir Richard Philipps, Bart, fucceeded his father Sir John,
and garrifon* d his Caftle of Pi&on, for King Charles I. in
the time of the civil wars ; he married Elizabeth, daughter to
Sir Erafmus Dryden, of Canons-Afhby, in the county of Nor-
thampton, Bart, by whom he had Sir Erafmus, and one daugh-
ter, Frances who married James Philipps, of Tregibbye, in
Cardigan, Efq;
16. Sir Erafmus Philipps, Bart, fucceeded his father, Sir
Richard, and married, firlt, Lady Cecily, daughter of Thomas
Finch, Earl of Winchelfea, by whom he had one fon, who
died young, and Anne, who married, firft, Thomas Bowen,
of Trelloyne, Efq; arid then, Thomas Heywood, of Rud-
baxton, Efq; Sir Erafmus's fecond Lady was, Catharine,
daughter and coheir of the Hon. Edward Darcy, Efq; (by Lady
Elizabeth, daughter to Philip Stanhope, Earl of Cnefterneld,)
by whom he had iilue, 1. Edward Philipps, Efq; who married
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Canon, of Killgetty,
Efq; but died without ifi'ue, 1694, in his father's life-time ; fhe
afterwards married Simon Harcourt, Efq; but died without
iffue, 1706 ; 2. Sir John ; 3. Captain Erafmus Philipps, who
was killed in the engagement at Ba-ntry Bay, and was unmar-
ried ; 4. William, who died young ; 5. Elizabeth,, who mar-
ried John Shorter, Efq; and by him had three fons, John,
Erafmus, and Arthur; and two daughters, deceaied, Catharine,
(who married Sir Robert WaJpole, Knight of the moft noble
Order of the Garter, and by him had, Robert, Lord Walpole,
Edward, and Horatio;) and Charlotte, (who married Francis,
late Lord Conway, and by him had, Francis, Lord Conway ;)
6. Arabella, who married'Richard Vaughan, of Derwith, Efq;
a Welfh Judge, and Member of Parliament for the town of
Carmarthen, and died without iffue. Sir Erafmus Philipps
was fucceeded in that ofHce, as well as in dignity and eftate,
38 Jan. 1696, by his fon,
17. Sir John Philipps, Bart, who married, Dec. 12, 1697,
Mary, daughter and heir to Anthony Smith, Efq; Eaft-India
Merchant, who died Nov. 18, 1722; he had iftue by her,
three fons, Erafmus, his fucceffor ; John, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Mr. Henry Shepherd, of London, by whom he
had iffue, Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine, and Joyce; Bulkeley,
married Philippa, daughter of William Adams, of Pembroke,
Efq; and three daughters, Catharine, Elizabeth, and Mary,
all which daughters died unmarried. Sir John ferved in feve-
ral Parliaments for Pembroke and Haverfoidweft, and died
Jan. 5, 1736.
18. Sir
STEPNEY, of Prendergaft. 223
iS. Sir Erafmus Philipps, Bart, who fucceeded his father in
dignity and eftate, was Member for Haverford-v.eft, in four Par-
liaments. He was unfortunately drowned in the river Avon,
near Bath, Oct:. 15, 1743, and dying unmarried, the title and
eitate defcended to his brother,
19. Sir John Philipps, Bart, who was Member for Carmarthen,
at the time of his brother's death ; in 1754, he was elected foi
Petersfield ; in 1761, was chofen for the county of Pembroke,
and was one of his Majefly's Privy-Council. He died Juns
23, 1764, leaving one fon, his fucceflbr, and three daughters,
Mary, Catharine, and Joice.
20. Sir Richard Philipps, the prefent Baronet, fucceeded
his father, and is Member for the county of Pembroke. He
married, June 2, 1764, to Mifs Philipps, of Puntipark, in
Pembrokefhire, but has no ifTue.
Arms. Argent, a Lion rampant, Sable, ducally gorged,
Gules, and chained, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion rampant, as in the Arms.
Motto. *D licit amor patriae .
Principal Seats. At Piclon-Caftle, and Trelloyne, both in
the county of Pembroke.
47. Stepney, of Prendergaft, Pembrokefhire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 24, 1621.
HP H E origin of this family is deduced, by the Englifh genea-
logifts, from Ralph Stepney, of St. Alban's, Efdj Lord of
Aldenham, in Hertfordfhire, who was interred in Aldenham.
church, the 3d of December, 1548. He had ifTue by the daugh-
ter and heir of Crefly, William Stepn who had ifTue,
Thomas Stepney, Efq; He married the daughter and heir to
John Wynde, (or Wyld,) of Fromfey, in Huntingtonfhire,
Efq; and had ifTue, Robert, and Alban.
Robert, married, and had ifTue, Pool Stepney, Efq;
Albany Stepney, Efq; fecond fon, married, ftrft, Margaret,
daughter and coheir to Thomas Catharn, of Prendergaft, Efq;
by whom he had no ifTue. He married to his fecond wife,
Mary, daughter and coheir to William Philipps, of PicTon-
Caftle, Efq; By the latter, he had ifTue three fons, J hn ;
Philip, who did without iffue ; and Sir Thomas Stepney, Knt.
who was twice married, firft, to the daughter of Fiiher,
of Hants, Eq; relict of Wallop, of the fame county,
£(<{'> by whom he had no iffue 3 fecondly, to Mary, eldeft
daughter
224 STEPNEY, of Prendergaft.
daughter and coheir of Sir Bernard Whetflon, of Woodford,
in Eflex, Knt. by whom he had, Bernard, and other children ;
the laid Alban, had alfo two daughters, Dorothy, married to
Sir Francis Manfell, of Muddleicombe, Bart, and Joan, to
John Philipps, of Nafh, in Pembrokefhire, Efq;
John Stepney, Efq; fon and heir, was of Prendergafr, and
created a Baronet, the 19th of James I. He married Catharine,
daughter to Sir Francis Manfell, of Muddlefcombe, in Car-
marthenmire, Bart, by whom he had four fons, 1. Sir John,
his fucceflbr j 2. Alban, who died, aged twenty-one ; 3. Tho-
mas, who married Price, daughter and coheir of Sir Henry
Jones, of Albermarles, in Carmarthenmire, Bart, by whom
he had Sir John, hereafter mentioned; 4. Charles, who mar-
ried , daughter cf Sir Richard Pryfe, of Gogartham, in
Cardiganshire, Bart, relicl: of Vaughan, of Lhanelthy,
Efq; by whom he had three fons ; Richard, who married the
daughter of Tancred, and died without iffue ; Charles,
who died of his wounds received at Cork, 1690, without ifllie ;
and Alban, who died at fea, without iffue ; and one daughter,
Jane, married to Mr. Bloyfdon, of Drefden in Germany : Sir
John, had alfo four daughters, Jane, married to Thomas
Vaughan, of Pentcparke, in Carmarthenmire, Efq; Dorothy,
wife of Richard Bloome, of Aberguilly, in Carmarthenmire,
Efq; Martha, married to William Bladwell, of Swannington,
in Norfolk, Efq; and Frances.
Sir John Stepney, Bart. Succeeded his father in title and
eftate : he married Magdalen, daughter and coheir to Sir Henry
Jones, of Albermarles, in Carmarthenmire, Bart, by whom he
iiad ifiiie one daughter, Frances, his fole heir, married to Flenry
Manfell, ofLanelthy, Efq;
After the deceafe of the lad Sir John Stepney, Bart, without
iflue male, the dignity, devolved to Sir John Stepney, Bart,
fon to his brother, Thomas, who alfo had married Price, another
daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Jones, Bart.
Which Sir John Stepney, Bart, who fucceeded his uncle,
married Juftina, daughter and heir to Sir Anthony Vandyke,
Knt. the celebrated Limner, by whom he had iflue, his fon and
fucceflbr,
Sir Thomas Stepney, who married Margaret, After and co-
heir to Walter Vaughan, of Llanelthy, in Carmarthenfhire,
Efq; and had ifllie,
Sir John Stepney, his fon and heir, who married Eleanor,
daughter and heir of John Lloyd, of Buckleithwen, in Carmar-
thenfhire, Efqj by whom .he had his fucceflbr and two daugh-
ters.
Sir
WAKE, of Clevedon. 2 25
Sir Thomas Stcpnev, his only Ton and heir, the pre fen t Ba-
yonet, married the daughter and heir of Thomas Lloyd, ofDer-
with, in Carmarthenshire, Efq; and has iflu'e one fon, John,
Member of Parliament for Monmouth, and three daughters,
Margaretta-Eleanor; Elizabeth-Bridgetta, married to Jofeph
Gulfton, Efq; and Maria-Juftina.
Arms. Gules, a Fefs-Checky, Or and Azure, between three
Owls, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, Or and Azure, a Talbot's Head,
erafed, Gules, eared, and holding in his Chaps a Hart's Horn,
Or, about his Neck, a Collar-Cheeky, Or and Azure.
Seat. At Prendergaft, near Haverford-weft, in Pembroke-
fhire.
48. Wake, of Clevedon> Somerfetfhire.
Created Baronet, Dec. 5, 1621.
TP H E Wakes are mentioned by Brompton, among the Nobles
and others, who came over with William the Conqueror.
As to the firft rife of the name of Wake, it is obferved by Dr.
Patrick, that Kerewaldus, or Hewaldus, was furnamed De
Wake, or le Wake. He was one of the braveft heroes of his
age and country, whofe actions are celebrated by Inguiphus,
and was the laft who fubmitted to the Conqueror.
His daughter and heir was married to Hugh Evemur, whofe
grand daughter, Adelhidis, was wedded to Baldwyn Fitz Gilbert,
brother to Walter, the father of Gilbert de Gant, the nrft Earl
of Lincoln, of that race. By which Baldwyn, fhe had a daugh-
ter, Emrne, who was heir to him, and the before-mentioned
Herewald, and took the name of Wake, as appears from an an-
cient charter of the Abby of Brunne. The lordfhips of Brunne,
and Deeping, in Lincoln (hi re, were, at this time, and long after-
wards, in the family of the Wakes. In the time of Henry I.
Emme is mentioned to be the wife of Hugh le Wac ; and it is
agreed, that me fettled her name on her hufoand. They left
ihue, Baldwyn le Wac, fo called from his grandfather (bv his
mother's fide) Baldwin Fitz Gilbert. Which Baldwyn Wake
was one of the Barons at the coronation of King Richard I. and
temp. Henry III. was one of the chief Barons in arms 2gainft
the King. John, his fon, was in the wars of Gafcoigne,
26 Edw. f. and afterwards in thofe of Scotland. He had fum-
monsto Parliament, as Lord Wake, of Lydell, in Northamp-
ton (hi re, from 23 to 28 Edward I. His fon, Thomas, was ap-
Vol. I. Q^ pointed
±26 W A K E, of Clevedoti.
pointed Conftable of the Tower of London, and Juftice in £yre
of the foreHs South of Trent, by Queen Ifabell* in oppofirion
to her hufband, King Edward II. After whofe dep>fal, he Had
Hertford Gaftle committed to his government. But in the fuc-
cecding reign, had his lands feized, on fufpicion of his ad-
herence to Edmond, Eail of Kent j but acquitting himfelf there-
of, was reilored, made Governor of Guernfey, and Guardian of
the Lincolnshire coafr. He had fummons among the Barons to
Parliament, from 22 Edw. II. to 22 Edw. IIL and died foon
after without hTue, by his wife, the Lady Blanch Plantagenet,
filler to Henry, Duke of Lancafter ; whereupon the inheritance
pafied with his lifter and heir, Margaret, by marriage to Ed-
mund, of WoodSlock, Farl of Kenr, (youngeft fon to King
Edw. I.) by whom She had iffue, Joan, (after the death of her
two brothers) Countefs of Kent, and for her beauty called the
fait maid of Kent; who, marrying Sir Thomas Holland, fecond
fon of Sir Robert Holland, of Lancashire, one of the firft foun-
ders of the Garter, he thereupon had the titles of Eail of Kent*
and Baron Wake, of Lydell, allowed him. This Joan, after-
wards, by marriage with Edward, the Black Prince, became
mother of King Richard II.
In one of the church windows at CheSlerfield, in Derby-
fhire^ are the arms of Edmund Plantagenet, and Margaret
Wake, above mentioned, impaled together.
Sir Hugh, younger fon of Baldwyn., the lad: Baron of that
name, and brother of John, Baron Wake, beforemenrioned, had,
by gift of his faid father, the lordfhip of Deeping, in Lincoln-
shire, and Blyfeworth, in Northamptonshire ; was one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Northampton, in 30 Ed. I.
and 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 Edw. II. and in 34 Edw. I. one of the
Knights in Parliament for Wilts. The fame year he was in the
Scotifh wars ; as alfo, in 4 Edw. II. and died in 9 Edw. II.
leaving iffue, by Joan, daughter and coheir of John de Wolver-
ton, Thomas, his fon, who was among the Knights of the
county of Northampton, that were returned into Chancery
37 Edw. III. Ke died in 20 Edw. IIL 1345.
This Sir Thomas Wake, was a great warrior^ and gallantly
diftmsuiilied himfelf with ''the Black Prince, particularly in the
battleof Najara. Ke was Sheriff of Northampton (hire, 11, J2,
13, 14, and 15 Edw. III. By Alice, his wife, daughter and
coheir to Sir John Patefhull, of Bletfo, in Bedfordshire, Knt.
one of the Barons of this realm, he was father of Sir Thomas,
who married Pvlaud, daughter of Sir Thomas Pigot, Knt. and
whole fon, Sir Thomas, died, feized of Blyfeworth, 8 Rich. 11.
He was Sheriff of Northamptonshire, in 2 Richard II. His wife
was, Margaret, daughter and Coheir of Sir John Philpot, of
Kent,
WAKE, of Clevedon* 227
Kent, Knt. by whom, he was father of Sir Thomas Wake,
Gentleman of the Privy-chamber, and oi~ the Council, to King
Edward iV. He was one of the Knights in Parliament for
Northamptonftiire, in 1,5, and 8 Henry V. and Sheriff there-
of, 2 Henry V. as alfo 13, 25, and 29 Henry VI. likewife in
27 Henry VI. was one of the Knights for Somerfetfhire, and had
great poffefiions in that and many other counties. He married
Agnes, daughter and heir to Sir Thomas Lovell, Knt.
Rcger Wake, of Blyfeworth, his fon and heir, founded a free
fchool at Blyfeworth, was Sheriff of Northampton, in 2 Rich. III.
and tiding with that Prince at the Battle of BoCvvorth, againft
Henry, Earl of Richmond, (afterwards King Henry VII.) was
attainted in Parliament, but afterwards obtained his pardon, and
jeftitution of his lands. He died in 19 Henry VII. leaving iffue,
by Elizabeth, daughter to Sir William Catefby, of Alhby-legers,
in Northamptonfhire, foyr fons, Thomas, who married Ifabel,
fitter and coheir of Sir Edward Sapcoates, of Burleigh, in Rut-
■landfhire.; but his iffue failed ; Richard, who continued the
line,; William, and John Wake, of Milton, in Somerfetfhire,
Efq; who left an only daughter.
Richard, fecond fon of Roger, married Dorothy, daughter of
Sir John Dive, of Bromham, in Bedford/hire, Knt. to his £r{l
wife ; and Margaret, daughter of Thomas Grey, Marquis of
Dorfet, to his fecond. He had iffue fix fons, John Wake, of
CJyffedon, in Somertfhire, alfo of Hartwell, in Northampton-
fhire ; William; Richard; Thomas, of Fenny Stratford, in
Bucks ; Robert, and Francis.
John, fon and heir of Richard, married Elizabeth, daughter
and coheir of Sir Edward Gorges, Knt. and had iffue, five fons,
John ; Edward ; Arthur ; Robert, and William Wake, from
whom was defcended, his late Grace, William Wake, Archbifhop
of Canterbury.
J
John Wake, Efq: eldeft fon of John, aforefaid, married Mar-
garet, daughter and heir of Robert Goodwin, of Portbury, in
Somerfetlhire, Efq; and had iffue, Baldwin Wake, of Clyffe-
don, in Somerftsihire, Efq; whom King James I. in the 19th
year of his reign, thought fit to fix fomewhat nearer to the {Ra-
tion and place of his ancestors, by creating him a Baronet.
Which Sir Baldwvn Wake married Abigail, daughter of Sir
George Digby, of Coleihill, in Warwickshire, Knt. (ancefror
to the Di^bys, Barons of Geafhill, created Earls of Briftol) by
whom he had iffue, three fons, Sir John his fucceffor ; George,
and Baldwyn ; alfo a daughter, Abigail, married to William
Pitt, of Hartley Weftpool, in Hampihire, Efq; (who left a
•daughter, married to the Lady Stawell.)
Q.2 Sir
228 W A K E, of Clevedom
Sir John Wake, of ClyfFedon, Bart, raifed a troop of horfe
fbr King Charles I. and mortgaged his eftate to ferve him. He
married to his flrft wife, Bridget, daughter and coheir of Henry
Sandys, of Blumpton, in Northamptonmire, Efq; by whom he
had iiTue, Sir William, and George Wake, Chancellor of the
diocefe of Peterborough, who left no iiTue. His fecond Lady
was Anne, da'ughter and coheir of Gregory Brokeiby, of Frith-
by, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; by whom he had one foil Charles*
who died without iiTue.
Sir William Wake, Bart, fucceiTor to his father, married
Diana, only daughter to Sir Drue Drury, of Riddlefworth-hall,
in Norfolk, Bart, by whom he had iiTue, fix fons, firft, Sir
John who fucceeded his father, and died without iflue; William,
who died unmarried; Sir Baldwin, who fucceeded his brother,
Sir John ; Robert, afterwards Dean of Bocking, in Eflex, and
Reclor of Buxftead, in SulTex ; Ifaac, and Samuel.
Sir John Wake, Bart, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father, in
Jan. 1697-8, and died without ilftiej in 1714, whereupon
Sir Baldwyn Wake, fucceeded him in the title. He married
Mary, daughter of Mr. Hart, of Burford, in Oxfordfhire, and
by her had iiTue, two fons, Baldwyn, and Charles, and two
daughters. Baldwyn, the eldeft fon, married one of the two
daughters and coheirs of Edward Lane, of Harflop, in Bucks,
Efq; and by her had iiTue, one fon only, named Charles, after-
wards Sir Charles Wake, who, upon the death of his uncle,
Charles Wake Jones, took upon him the name of" Jones, and be-
came entitled to the manors' of Waltham Holy-Crofs, and
Nazeing, in the county of Eflex, and Courteen-Hall, in Nor-"
thamptonfliire, of very confiderable yearly value, and died, with-
out iiTue, in January 1755.
Charles, the fecond fon of Sir Baldwyn Wake, who had
taken the name of Jones, purfuant to the will of his uncle,
Samuel Jones, Efq; married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of
Sir Samuel Sambrooke, Bart, and died in 1739, without iiTue.
Robert Wake, the Rector of Buxftead, married Elizabeth*
daughter of Williahi Greenfeild, of Marlborough, in Wilts, Efq*
and by her had three fons, Robert, who died unmarried ; Tho-
mas, who died an infant; and William; which laft, upon the
death of Sir Charles Wake Jones, in January 1755, fucceeded
to the title. Ke married Sarah Walker, of Wefton, in York-
fhire, and by her left four fons, William ; Charles; Drury, and
Baldwin ; and one daughter, named Mary; he died in September
1765, and thereupon William, his eldeft fon fucceeded to the
title, and is Lord of the faid manors of Waltham, Nazeing, and
Courteen-Hal', -and in June 1765, he married Mary, the daugh-
ter and only child of Richard Fenton, Efq; of Bank Top, in
Yo/kfhire3
HOTHAM, of Scorbrough. 229
Yorkfhire,. and has ifTue by her one fon, named William, born
April 5, 1768.
The family of the Drurys, of Norfolk, being extinct, their
eftate in that county is now vefted in the Wake family.
Arms. Or, two Bars, Gules, in Chief, three Torteaux.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Knot, (commonly called Wake's?
Knot.)
Motto. Ylgila^ cif ova.
Seats. Waltham Abbey, in EfTex ; Courteen Hall, in Nor-
thamptonfhire ; and Riddlefworth Hall, in Norfolk.
49. Hotham, of Scorbrough, Yorkfhire.
Created Baronet, Jan. 4, 1621.
'X1 H E family of Hotham, is defcended from Sir John de Tre^
**■ houfe, Lord of Kilkenny, in Ireland, who ferved under
William the Conqueror ; arid for his good fervices at the battle
of Haftings, had a grant of the caftle and manors of Colley-
Weflon, in Northamptonfhire, and Hotham, in Yorkfhire.
The fourth, in a dire£t defcent from this Sir John de Tre-
houfe, was, Peter de Trehoufe, who, from his refidence at
Hotham, aflumed that furname, which his defcendants. ever after
retained.
He was living in 11 88, 35 Henry II. and his fon, Sir John
Hothum, (as the name was anciently wrote,) by a daughter of
Baldwin, Lord Wake, was grandfather to Sir Peter de Hothum,
and to John de Hothum, one of the moft eminent men of the
age he lived in, being in the greateft favour with King Edw. II.
and King Edw. III. King Edw. II. made him, firft, his do-
meftick Chaplain, and, after employing him in feveral weighty
affairs, conftituted him Bifhop of Ely, Treaiurer of the Exche-
quer, and Lord Chancellor of England. And he was alfo Lord
Chancellor of -England, in the reign of King tdw. III.
Sir John Hothum, Knight of the Bath, fon and heir of Sir
Peter de Hothum, (elder brother of the Bifhop) was, for his
eminent fervices, fummoned to Parliament, as a Baron of this
realm, in 8 Edw. II. and, by Agnes, his wife, daughter and
heir of Sir John Hafleton, of Hafleton, in Yorkfhire, Knt. had
ifTue, Sir John Hothum, his ion and heir, and Thomas Hothum,
fecond fon. From which Thomas, lineally defcended another
Sir John Hothum, who was found one of the coufins and co-
heirs to Thomas de Thweng, Baron of Thweng. and Kikon-
cajtle.
Q. 3 The
230 H O T H A M, of Scorbrough.
The family was continued by this Thomas Hotham, IJfq£
fecond fon, who is denominated of Scorborough, and had iffue,:
Sir Robert, Nicholas, and Thomas.
Sir Robert Hotham, Knt. married the daughter and heir of
Sir Hugh Beefton, of Driffield, Knt.
Sir John Hotham, Knt. his fon and heir, married Margaret,
daughter of Sir William Ingleberd, Knt. and left iffue, two
fons, Sir John, and Richard.
Sir John, of Scorborough, Knt. fon and heir, married Ofwald,.
daughter and heir of Fitz-Arches, and had iffue, a fon
and a daughter, Eleanor, wife to Thomas Leeds, Efq; 45 Ed. IIL
Sir Robert Hotham, Knt. his fon and heir, married the daugh-
ter and heir of Sir William Daniel, Knt. and left iffue, Sir
John, 18 Rio. II. 1394.
Sir John, Knt. married the daughter of Sir William Nefonne,
[the laft fyllable ill- wrote in the MS. and the two nn's, for
aught I know, may be an m7 or a w.] anil left iffue, Sir Johny
1412, the ift of Hen. V.
Sir John, Knt. married Winifrid, the daugbtrr of Sir Wil-
liam Bruce, of Pickering, Knt. and left iffue, Sir John.
This Sir John married the daughter of John Pilkington, Efq;
and had iffue, a fon and four daughters. John Hotham, Efq;
ion and heir, married the daughter of Sir William Eure, of Wit-
ton, Knt. and had iffue, Sir John, and Maud* wife to Sir Tho-
mas Metham, of Metham, Knt. by whom (he left iffue. Sir
John, who continued the family, and other children.
Sir John Hotham, Knt. married Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir
Robert Hildyard, of Winfted, Knt. (by Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir John Haftings, of Fenwick, Knt. and after of Sir Peirce;)
by whom he had iffue, Sir John Hotham, Knt. his fon and
heir, chief Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, to King Hen. VIII.
From this Sir John, in a direct defcent from feveral Knights,
who had that honour conferred on them for their fervices in the
wars, was, Sir John Hotham, of Scorbrough, Knt. who, by
Lora, daughter of Ralph Conftable, of Haliham, Efq; had iffue,
John, his fon and heir, who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Metham, of Yorkfhire, Efq; (who was re-raarried to
Conftable, Efq;) and had iffue,
Sir Francis Hotham, of Scorbrough, Knt. who married Mary,
daughter of Humphry Hercy, of Grove, in Nottinghamfhire,
Efq; (and Elizabeth, hi9 wife, daughter of Sir John Digby, of
Kettilby, Knt. and — his wife, daughter of Sir John Griffin,
Knt.) and fifter and coheir to Sir John Hercy, Knt. her brother 5
by whom he had^
Sir
HOTHAM, of Scorbrough. 231
SirJVhn Hotham, Knt. who had three wives, I. Julian,
daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope, of Slielford, in Nottingham-
fhire, Knt. by whom he had feveral children, who all died
without iflue ; 2. Mary, daughter of Sir Goring, of Burton, in
SuiTex, Knt. by whom he had no iiTue ; 3. Jane, daughter of
Richard Lydyard, (quere, Legard) of Ryfome, in Holdernefs,
Efq; by whom he had, Mary, married to Richard Remington,
Lund, in Yorkfhire, Efq; Elizabeth, and Faith, who both Jit*4
unmarried; alio,
Sir John Hotham, Knt. his fori and heir, created Baronet,
19 Jac. I. who had five wives, 1. Catharine, daughter of Sir
John Rodes, of Barlbrough, in Derbyfhire, Knt. by whom he
had two Tons, Sir John Hotham, Knt. hereafter mentioned, and
Richard, (who had a fon that died, without iiTue,) alfo two
daughters, Margaret, that died an infant, and Frances, married,
firft, to John Gee, of Beverly, Efq; and fecondly, to Sir Philip
Stapleton, of Wartre, in Yorkfhire, Knt. his fecond wife was,
Anne, daughter of Ralph Rokefby, of York, Efq; fecretary to
the council at York, by whom he had Chatles Hotham, Rec-
tor of Wigan, in Lancafhire, (who married Elizabeth, daughter
of Stephen Thompfon, of Humbleton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and
had a daughter, Mary, married to Michael Burton, of Holmes-
field in Dronfield-parifh, in Derbyfhire, Efq; and one fon, Sir
Charles, hereafter mentioned;) William, and Durant Hotham,
of Lockington, in Yorkfhire, Efq; who married Frances, daugh-
ter of Richard Remington, of Lund, Efq; by whom he had a
numerous iflue, though moft of them died young. Sir John's
third Lady was, Frances, daughter of John Legard, of Ganton,
in Yorkfhire, Efq; by whom he had feveral children that died
young. His fourth Lady was, Catharine, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Bamborough, of Houfam, in Yorkshire, Knt. by whom he
had, Francis, and Jane, that died youn^;. Sir John's fifth Lady
was, Sarah, daughter of Thomas Anlaby, of Etton, in York-
fhire, Efq; by whom he had, Dorothy, and Alathea, who died
young; Catharine, married to Sir William Cholmley, of Whit-
by, in Yorkfhire, Bart, and Sarah, married to Cecil Cooper, of
Thurgaton, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Roger
Cooper, Knight.
This Sir Charles Hotham, Bart, was Governor of Hull, temp.
Charles I. and, in the year 1643, Sir John and his fon were
difcovered to hold correfpondence with the Royal Party. In con-
fequence of which Sir John was taken pri loner, and brought
before the Court Martial at Guildhall, Nov. 30, 1644, where
upon the proof of thirty witneilcs, whofe evidence tended to ac-
cufe him of many capital crimes againft the Parliament, and
after le^ve being given him to make a full defence, on the 7th of
Q_4 December,
S32 HOTHAM, of Scorbrough.
December, he received this fentence : That he fhould fufFep
death, by having his head cut off, on Monday, the 16th of De-
cember ; but, on his Lady's petition for time to fettle his effete*
the execution was deferred.
His fon, Captain John Hotham, came to his trial before the
fame Court, charged with crimes of much the fame nature as
his fathers; and, being convicted thereof, received fentence to
be beheaded on the 24th of December.
Thefe two unfortunate Gentlemen, who feem, in the opinion
of different Authors, to have embarked too nattily in a caufe
which proved their ruin, fuffered death on Tower-Hill, purfuanfc
to their fentence. My Lord Clarendon fays, Sir John was
mailer of a noble fortune, rich in money, of very ancient family,
and well allied ; his affeclions to the government very good, and.
and that no man lefs defired to fee the nation involved in a civil
war than he, not imagining, when he accepted this employment
from the Parliament, it would engage him in a rebellion.
Sir John Hotham, Knt. the eldeft fon, (who was beheaded)
married three wives; I, Frances, daughter of Sir John Wray,
of Glentworth, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. and Bart, by whom he
had one fon, Sir John, fuccefTor to his grandfather; and two
daughters, Elizabeth, married, firft, to Peter le Gay, of Lon-
don, Merchant, and fecondly, to Hay, Efq; Alderman of
London; and Frances, married to John Daniel, Efq; fon of Sir
Ingleby Daniel, of Befwick, in Yorkfhire, Knt. Sir John's
fecond Lady whs Margaret, daughter of Thomas, Lord Fairfax,
Vifcount Emylyn, by whom he had no iffue; and his third,
was, Ifabel, daughter of Sir Henry Anderlbn, of Long Cautons
in Yorkfhire, Knt. by whom he had one fon, Henry, who died
young.
Sir John Hotham, Bart, who fuceeeded his grandfather in
title and eitate, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sapcoat, Lord
Vifcount Beaumont, of Swords, in the kingdom of Ireland, by
whom he had two ions, Sir John, his fuccefTor, and Robert,
who died without iffue; and two daughters, Elizabeth, married
to William Gee, of Bifhops Burton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and
Bridget; and dying in the year 1689, was fuceeeded by his
eideft fon,
Sir John Hotham, Bart, who died without iffue male, 1691;
whereupon the title and eftate devolved on Sir Charles Hotham,
Bart, eldeil fon and heir of Charles Hotham, Rector of Wigan,
(by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Stephen Thompfon, of
Humbleton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; beforementioned,) third fon of
Sir John Hotham, the firft of this family that was created to
he dignity of a Baronet.
Which
H O T H A M, of Scorbrough. 233
Which Sir Charles Hotham, of Scorbrough, Bart, was Col*
of the King's own royal regiment of dragoons, at the time of his
deceafe, the 8th of Jan. 1722-3, having ferved as Reprefenta-
tive in Parliament for Beverlev, in Yorkfhire, moft part of the
reign of Queen Anne, and all King George I. till his death : he
married two wives, firft, Bridget, daughter of William Gee, of
Bifhops-Burton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; by whom he had blue two
fons, Sir Charles, his fucceffor in title and eftate, and Beau-
mont, the prefent Baronet; as alfo three daughters, Elizabeth,
married to Sir Thomas Style, of Wateringbury, in the county
of Kent, Bart. Philippa, married to William Gee, of Bifhops-
Burton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and Charlotta, wedded to Wartort
Warton, of Beverly, in Yorkfhire, Efq; His fecond wife was,
the Lady Mildred, 'youngeft daughter of James Cecil, Earl of
Salifbury, and widow of Sir Uvedale Corbet, of Longnore, in
the county of Salop, Bart, by whom he had one fon named
Richard, who died an infant.
Sir Charles Hotham, Bart, eldeft fon and fiicceflbr, was elect-
ed, on the death of his father, Reprefentative in Parliament for
Beverley, and ferved for that corporation in the following Par-
liaments, till his death ; he was Colonel of the jRrft troop of
horfe grenadier guards, and Groom of the Bedchamber to his
Jate Majefty, and married, in the year 1724, the Lady Ger-
trude, eldeft daughter of Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chefterfield,
and died, Jan. 15, 1737-8. He left one fon,
Sir Charles Hotham, Bart, who fucceeded him, and three
daughters, Caroline and Melufina, who died unmarried, and
Gertrude, ftill living. The faid Sir Charles, who was Groom
of the Bed-chamber to his prefent Majefty, died in Oc"t. 1767,
at Stavelo, near Spa, in Germany, leaving no iiTue, by his wife
Clara-Anne, furviving daughter and heircfs of Thomas Clutter-
buck, of Mill-green, in the county of EtTex, Efq; fo that he
was fucceeded by his uncle,
Sir Beaumont Hotham, the prefent Baronet, late a Commif-
fioner of his Majefty's Cuftoms, who, by his wife, Frances, lifter
of William Thompfon, of Humbleton, in the county of York,
Efq; has iiiue, five fons; 1. Charles, Colonel of the 15th regi-
ment of foot, and Groom of the Bed-chamber to bis prefent
Majefty, who, by his wife, Lady Dorothy, filter of the prefent
Earl of Buckinghamfhire, has iiTue one daughter, Henrietta.
2. John, Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majefty, Archdeacon of
Middlefex, and Vicar of Northall and Shoreditch, who, by his
wife, Sufan, one of the daughters of Herbert Mack worth, of
Knoll, in the county of Glamorgan, Efq; hath iflue, one fon,
Charles. 3. William, a Captain in. his Majefty's royal navy.
4. Beaumont^ Councellor at Law, and Member for Wigan, in
the
234 MANSE L, of Muddlefcombe.
the prefent Parliament, who, by his wife, Sufan, one of the
daughters of Sir Thomas Hankey, of Clapham, Knt. has iftue,
one fon, Beaumont; and, 5. George, Captain in the firft regi-
ment of foot guards.
Arms. Barry of ten, Argent and Azure ; on a Canton, Or,
a Cornifh Chough, proper.
Crest. A Demy Sea- Man, ifluing out of water, proper,
holding in his right hand a flaming fword, and in his left, a fhield
of the Hotham's Arms.
Motto. Certum pete Finem.
Seats. At Scarborough, and South Dalton, in the Eaft Rid-
ing of Yorkfhire.
5c. Mansel, of Muddlefcombe, Carmarthenfhire.
Created Baronet, Jan. 14, 1621.
r"pHIS ancient and honourable family is defcended from Philip
*■ Manfel, who came into England with William the Con-
queror, and was nephew to Sir Henry Harley Knt. who, out
of the large pofleffions he held in South-Wales, gave to the faid
Philip, the manor of Oxwick, or Oxmuche, in the county of
Glamorgan, where he built a very fine manfion-houfe, which be-
came the refidence of his family, for manv generations. This
Philip, married , daughter to Mountibrrell, and had
ifTue by her, Henry, Andrew, Robert, Michael, and Philip.
From Henry, the eldeft fon, defcended Sir John Manfel, Knt.
who, in 26 Henry III. had the King's precipe to pay Sir Peter
Aiard, Knt. fuch wages as he paid other Knights in his Ma-
jefty's fervice. In 37 Henry III. being at that time Chancellor
of London, and Provoft of Beverley, he was appointed, with
others, to go to the King of Caftile, to make a league between
him and the King of England. In 38 Henry III. he was fent,
with others, on an embafiy to the King of Scotland, with power
to take into their protection fuch of the Scots, as are inclinable
to adhere to them. And the next year was appointed to take
pofleflion of the kingdom of Apulia, which the Pope had granted
to him, and Edmund, his fon. In 40 Hen. III. being at that
rime a Knight, and in Wales, he fent advice to the King, of the
rebellion of Lewellin, Prince of Wales, and that on the approach
of Sir John de Grey, and others, they difperfed and fled to the
mountains. In 40 Hen. III. he was fent into the marches of
Scotland, to take care of the King's affairs ; and the next year
was fent, with others, by Edmund, King of Sicily, on an em-
bafly
M A N S E L, of Muddlefcombe. 235
Bafiy to the Pope, to procure better terms, in relation to the
grant of that kingdom, with power, if they thought fit, to give
up the fame kingdom : and was alfo one of the twelve who were
appointed to reform the (rate of the kingdom. In 42 Hen. III.
being ar. the fame time Treafurer of York, he was appointed,
with others, to treat of a peace in Scotland. In 46 Henry III.
there being fome appreheniion of his ftirring up ftrife between
the King and his Peers, the King wrote to the Pope and Car-.
dinals, that he was innocent. He was Lord Chancellor to King
Henry III. and is faid, by the pedigrees of this family, to have had
iiTue, by Joan, his wife, daughter of Simon Beauchamp, Baron
of Bedford, Sir Thomas Manfel, Knight Banneret, who was,
(as Hoilinfhed writes) taken prifoner in the Barons wars, in
48 Henry III. at Northampton. This Sir Thomas had iflue,
Henry Manfel, who, in the reign of King Edward I. fettled in
Glamorganfhire, and was father of Sir Walter Manfel, Knr.
He was fucceeded by Sir Robert Manfel, Knt. his fon and heir^
father of Robert Manfel, Efq; who had iffue, Richard, his fon
and heir.
Which Richard Manfel, Efq; marrying Lucy, daughter and
fole heir to Philip Scurlage, Lord of Scurlage-cairle, in the
county of Glamorgan, left iflue, Sir Hugh Manfel, Knt. whofe
wife was, Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Sir John Penrys, Knt;
and by her he was father to Richard Manfel, of Oxwick, who,
by Elizabeth his wife, daughter to Hamon Turbervile, of Pen-
line, in Glamorganfhire, had iftue John Manfel, of Oxwick -, and
he by Maud, daughter to William ap Llewellin, ap Howel ap
Poclin, Efq; was father of Philip Manfel, Efq; who was flain
in the wars between the houfes of York and Lancafter, and at-
tainted. He married Mary, daughter to Griffith ap Nicholas, of
Newton, in the county of Carmarthen, Efq; by whom he had,
Jenkin Manfel, his fon and heir.
Which Jenkin, procured a repeal of his father's attainder, and
a reftoration in blood and eftate. He married Edith daughter
and coheir to Sir George Kyme, (or Keene) of the county at
Kent. Knt. and had iiTue three fons ; Rice, who fucceeded him 5
Hugh, who took to wife, jane, daughter and coheir to Richard
Owgan, of Kent, (and left iiTue, Robert Manfel, Efq; Groom
of the Bed-chamber to King Henry VIII.) and Philip, who
married Anne, daughter of William Dabridgecourt ; alfo four
daughters; Alice, married to John Drew, of Briftol ; Anne, to
David ap Rees Wynn, of St. Cothens ; Jane, ro John Wynn
ap Jenkin ap Richard ; and Elizabeth, to Chriltopher Fiemyng.
Rice, the eldeft fon, received the honour of Knighthood, be-
fore the twenty-feventh of Henry VIII. in which year he wa3
fent with a fupply of foldiers into Ireland, to affift the Lord-
Deputy
a 36 MANSEL, of Muddlefcombe.
Deputy in fupprefling a rebellion raifed in that kingdom, by the
Earl of Kildare. In 28 Henry VIII. be had a grant for life of
the office of Chamberlain of the county palatine of Chefter;
and in 32 Henry VIII. a grant of the fcite of the monaftery of
Margam, in Glamorganfhire, and the royalty of Avon Water,
to him him and his heirs. His laft will and teftament bears date
on the 10th of December, 7 Eliz. 1588, and the probate there-?
of, the ioth of May, 1589.
He was an inhabitant of Clerkenwell parifh, in London ; was
bountiful to his fervants, charitable to the poor, and left feve^
ral fums to diftreiTed houfholders of many parifhes.
This Sir Rice Manfel, Knt. married three wives; by his nrfr,
Elianor, daughter and fole heir to James Ballet, of Beaupre, ia
Glamorganfhire, Efq; he had no iflfue that furvived to maturity.
By his fecond, Anne, daughter of Sir Giles Bruges, of Co-
berley, in Gloucefterfhire, Knt. anceitor to the Duke of Chan-
dos, he had three fons, who all died in his life-time, and three
daughters, whereof only two furvived, viz. Catharine married
to William Ballet, of Beaupre, Efq; and Elizabeth, married ta
William Morgan, of Llanternan, in Monmouthftiire, Efq; but
by his third wife, Cicely, daughter to William Dabridgcourt,
Efq; he had, Edward, who fucceeded him in his eftate ; Anthony,
married to Elizabeth, daughter of John Baflet, of Lanthrithed,
Efq; and Mary, wife of Sir Thomas Southwell, of Uprifing, in
Norfolk, Knt.
Edward, his eldeft furviving fon and heir, received the honour
of Knighthood, in the year 1572, was chamberlain of Chefter,
and a man of great honour, integrity, and courage, diftinguifh-
ing himfelf in many fervices during the reign of Queen Eliza-
beth.
Of his fons, Sir Thomas, was anceitor to Lord Manfel, of
Margam ; Sir Francis, (anceftor to Sir Richard Manfel, Bart,
of Ifchoed, in Carmarthen/hire, and Sir Edward Manfel, of
Trimfaran, Bans.) and Sir Robert Manfel, was knighted by
the Earl of Eftex, for his valour, in the taking of the town of
Cales, anno 1596; and after having fignalized himfelf in feve-
ral encounters, was made Vice-Admiral of the fleet, by King
James I. in which {ration he was continued by King Charles,
and lived to a very old age, much efteemed for his great inte-
grity, perfonal courage, and experience in maritime affairs.
Francis Manfel, Efq; fecond fon of Sir Edward, beforemen-
tioned, being advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, 19 Jac. I.
married two wives, firft, Catharine, daughter and heir of Henry
Morgan, of Muddlefcombe, in Carmarthenmire, Efq; by whom
he had four tons ; 1. Walter, who left no iflue ; 2. Sir Anthony
Mank\$ Kn:. {lain at Newby5 in Yorkfliire, temp. Car. I. who,
by
M A N S E L, of Muddlefcombc- 237
by Jane, daughter of William Price, of Britton-ferry, E'q; left
iflue, Sir Edward, fucceilbr to his grandfather ; 3. Francis,
elected principal of Jefus college, Oxon. and in 1648, deprived,
and his temporal eftate put under fequeftration, and fuffered
greatly for his loyalty. However, in 1660, he was reftored to
his college by the King's Cornmiflioners, and died May 1, 166.5,
almoft eighty, having been a very great benefactor to his college,
both in its buildings and revenues; and lies buried in Jefus col-
lege-chapel.
The fourth fort of Sir Edward, was Richard, who, by Catha-
rine, daughter and heir of Rees Morgan, of Ifchoed, in Car-
marthenfhire, Efq; left iflue, Sir Richard, hereafter mentioned.
Sir Francis's fecond Lady was Dorothy* daughter to Alban
Stepney, of Prendergaft, in Pembrokefhire, Efq; by whom he
had three fons; 1. John, who married Mary, daughter of Sir
Henry Vaughan, of Derwith, in Caermarthenfhire, Knt. 2. Ed-
ward, a Captain ; 3. Rawleigh ; and two daughters, Catharine,
married to Sir John Stepney, of Prendergaft, in Pembrokefhire,
Bart, and Cicely, married to George Jones, of Abercothy, in
Caermarthenfhire, Efq;
Sir Edward Manfel, of Muddlefcombe, Bart, eldeft fon g^
Sir Anthony, fucceeded his grandfather in title and eftate, but
dying without iiTue male, the title and eftate defcended to his
coufin, Sir Richard, eldeft fon of Richard Manfel, Efq; (youngeft
fon of Sir Francis) by Catharine, daughter and heir of Rees
Morgan, of Ifchoed, Efq; beforementioned.
Which Sir Richard Manfel, of Ifchoed, Bart, married a
daughter and heir of Rees David, of Pentry-Eftill, in Glamor-*
ganfhire, Efq; hy whom he had three fons, Sir Richard, Sir
William, and Edward ; and three daughter
Sir Richard Manfel, Bart, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father
in the title, and the Lordihip of Ifchoed, and Pentry-Eftill, and
died in London, unmarried ; whereupon the dignity and eftate
devolved upon his next brother,
Sir William Manfel, Bart, who married Amy, eldeft daugh-
ter of Sir Richard Cox, Lord-Chancellor of Ireland, by whom
he had ilTue, two fons, Sir Richard, and William, and three
daughters.
Sir Richard Manfel, the eldeft fon, who fucceeded his father
in dignity and eftate, married Rebecca, eldeft daughter of Wil-
liam Ware, of Tarranalough, in the county of Corke, in Ireland,
Efq; by whom he had two fons, William; and Edward, de-
ceafed; likewife four daughters. On his death he was fucceed-
ed by his only fon,
Sir William Manfel, the prefent Baronet, who married Mary,
only daughter of John Phlllppsj of Coedgain, in the county or*
Caerrnar-
238 PRIDEAUX, of Netherton.
Carmarthen, Efq; by whom he has iilue, one fon, William,
torn April 29, 1766.
Aum-s. Argent,, a Chevron, between three Manehes, Sable,
Crest. A Cap of Maintenance, enfiamed on the top, proper.
Motto. £hwd vult, valde vult.
Chief Seats. Ifchoed, in Caermarthenfhire, and Woodftone3
in the county of Corke, in Ireland.
. 51. Prideaux, of Netherton, Devonfhire.
Created Baronet, July 17, 1622.
*Tp H E name of Prideaux is of undoubted antiquity in the
counties of Cornwall, and Devon; their firit refidence
was at Prideaux-caftle, in the firft named county, where we
find that Paganus de Prideaux, was feized of it, at the Norman
conqueft, whofe fon, Richard, died anno 1122, to whom
fucceeded Baldwin Prideaux, who died 1165; his fon, Nicho-
las, Lord of Prideaux, died 1169, and left twins, Richardj
and Herden, who married the daughter and heir of Ralph Or-
charton, of Orcharton, in the parifh of Modbury, in Devonfliire,
of whom hereafter. Paganus de Prideaux, had alio a fon Philip.
Richard, fon of Richard, Lord of Prideaux, died 1250; his
fon, Baldwin was Lord of Prideaux, to whom fucceeded
Thomas, Lord of Prideaux, who married the daughter of Sir
Philip Bodrigan, Knt. Pie was fucceeded by his fon Robert,
Lord of Priceaux-caftle, who left a fon, Jeftery Prideaux, who
was fucceeded by Roger Prideaux, who married Alicia, daugh-
ter of Sir Richard Bodyford, Knt. Richard Prideaux, his fttc-
cefTor, married Cecilia, daughter of Otes de Rupe, alias Roch
or Rock, and dying 3 Edw. III. left a fon, Richard, who mar-
ried Agnis, or Agrieta, daughter, or aunt, of Ralph Revill,
Lord of Trevcrbiam, or Treverkin. This Richard died 19
Edw. Ill, and left another Richard, married to Jane, daugh-
ter of , who alfo dying 48 Edw. III. was fucceeded by
his fon, Richard, who married Margery, daughter of John
Collen, Lord ofCollen. He dying 11 Rich. II. left a daugh-
ter, Jane, fole heir, who married Philip Arvas, by whom ih©
had Richard Arvas, Lord of Prideaux-caftle, who married Joan,
daughter of Richard Metheroze, and left a daughter, Joan, his
heir, who married Thomas Herle, of Weft Herle, in Nor-
thumberland, Efq; Prideaux-caftle continued in the family till
this time, Hen. VI. when it went away with this laft mar-
riage.
We
P R I D E A U X, of Netherton. 239
We now return to Herden Prideaux, (twin brother of
Richard Prideaux, beforementioned,) who married the heirefs
of Orcharton, and had ifTue, Sir Jeffery Prideaux, of Orcharton,
Knt. who was fucceeded by Ralph, his fon, who married the
daughter of Sir William Bigberry, of Bigberry, in Devon-
fhire, Knt» and left ifTue, Roger, who married Catharine,
daughter and heir of Hugh, fon and heir of Sir Walter Tre-
verbian, Knt. and had ilTue, Roger, who married Elizabeth,
daughter and heir of Sir John Clifford, Knt. and was chofen
one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of Devon,
temp. Edw. III. By her he had, John Prideaux, of Orcharton,
created Knight-Banneret, and was feveral times chofen Knight
of the Shire for Devon: he marrried the daughter of Roger
?v/Iortimer, Earl of March, by whom he had Piercy Prideaux,
of Orcharton, alfo made Knight-Banneret, who married Ifa-
bella, daughter of William Montacute, Earl of Salifbury, and
King of the Ifle of Man, and had ifTue, Roger, and Sir John,
who married Joan, daughter and fole heir of Gilbert Adefton,
of Adefton, in the county of Devon, Efq; by whom he had,
Giles Prideaux, of Adefton, who married the daughter, and
heir of Gunftone, and was fucceeded by Sir John Pri-
deaux, of Adefton, Knt. who had three wives ; I. Joan, daugh-
ter and heir of Nicholas Bromford, of Bromford, in Devon ;
2. a daughter of French, (by whom he had three daugh-
ters, the nrft married to Somefter, and the third to John
Fortcfcue) and 3. a daughter of John Shepton ; and was fuc-
ceeded by William Prideaux, of Adefton, who had three wives;
the rirft was a daughter of Hugh Mighelfton ; but had no
ifTue ; his fecond wife was a daughter of John Fortefcue, Efq;
bv whom he had ifTue daughters; his third wife was Alice,
daughter and heir of Stephen GifFard, of Thewborough, in
Devon, by whom he had ifTue, Sir Fowke Prideaux, who like-
wife married twice; firft, Joan, daughter of Sir Richard Edge-
combe, Knt. by whom he had no ifTue ; fecondly, Catharine,
daughter of Sir Humphry Poynts, of Langley, in Devonfhire,
Knt. by which laft marriage he had Humphry, his fuccefibr,
and eight other Tons, who died without iffue : alfo fourdaugh-
ters ; Elizabeth, married to Robert Yeo, of Shebber ; Alicia,
to Thomas -, of Cornwall ; Margarctta, to John Wil-
liams; and fecondly to Leonard Kernayn ; his fourth daughter,
Jane, married Thomas HufTey, of Shipwick, in Dorfetfnire.
He was fucceeded by his eldeft fon, Humphry Prideaux, of
Thewborough, and Adefton, who alfo had two wives; firft,
Jane, daughter of Richard Fowell, of Fowelfcombe, in Devon,
Efq; 2. Edith, daughter of William Hutch, cf Aller, in
Devon. By his firft wife, he left ifTue, Sir Richard Prideaux,
of
240 PRIDE A UX, of Netherton.
of Thewborough, and Adefton, Knt. alfo two other fons^
William and Roger, of whom hereafter. Sir Richard, mar-
ried, firft, Joan, daughter of Thomas Gilbert, by whom he
had no ifiue ; his fecond wife was Catharine, daughter of Sir
John Arundel, of Trerice, Knt. by whom he had iflue here-
after mentioned ; his third wife was Mary, daughter of John
Bevill, ofGarnack, who died without iiiue, By his fecond
wife he left four ions* and two daughters ; Richard^ Humphry j
John, and Robert 5 and Jane and Charity.
Richard, the eldeft fon, married Grace, daughter and heir
of Nicholas Carminor^ of Nefpine, in Cornwall ; by whom he
left five fons and five daughters ; Jonathan, Charles, Huo-h,
Francis, and Benjamin j Elizabeth, Phil ippa, Prudence, Jane,
and Sufan.
Jonathan, the eldeft fon and fucceifor, nlarried Winifred,
daughter and coheirefs of Triftram Gorges, of Batfhcad, Devon,
by whom he had ifTue one fon, Richard, his heir, aged fourteen*
162c; alfo four daughters, Grace, Ann, Zenobia, and Mar-
garet. Here this line ended, at leaft in the male defcent.
We now return to the two fons of Humphry Prideaux, be-
fore mentioned, William ; and Roger Prideaux, of Soldon^,
Efq; who was in confiderable employments, and High Sheriff
of Devonfhire, the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's reign. He
married Philippa, daughter of Sir Richard York, Knt. Ser-
jeant at Law, and had ifl'ue two fons, Nicholas, anceftor to
to the Prideaux's, of Soldon, and Edrnohd.
Which Edmond, * ftudied the law in the Inner-Temple,
where he contented nor hirhfelf with the formalities of a
ftudent, that is, with gown, cap, and commons in the hallj
but fo diligently applied to his bufinefs, that he became very
eminent for his {kill and learning in that profeffion, fo that
* in 40 Eliz. he was autumn-reader of his houfe, and 6 Jac. L
* he became Treafurer of the fame, and in the thirteenth of
5 the fame rfeigri, he was double reader.' He made a great
figure in the Law* and raifed a large eftate in the counties of
Devon, and Cornwall; and was* by King James J. advanced
to the dignity of a Baronet. He married three wives ; firft*
Bridget, daughter of Sir John Chichefter, of Raleigh, in
Devon, Knt. by whom he had three daughters, Tabitha, mar-
ried to Thomas Ay 1 worth, of Cornwall, L f q ; Sarah, to John
Fortefcue, of Fallow-pit, in Devon, Efq; and Admonition, to
John Moyk, of Bake, in Cornwall, Eiq;
Sir Edmond's fecond wife was, Catharine, daughter of Piers
Edgecombe, of Mount Edgecombe, Efq; by whom he left two
*
fons, Sir Pete: his fucccilbr, of whom hereafter, and Edm<
Prideaux", of Foi'd-Abby, Efqj This Gentleman was bred
and Edmond
to
the
P R I D E A U X, of Netherton. 241
the law, and c of (o great reputation, as well for zeal to ieli-
4 gion, as fkill in the law, it is not ftrange, he was chofen a
* member of that which was called the Long Parliament,
4 wrurein he became a very leading man; for, ftriking in with
4 the prevailing party of thofe times, (though he never joined
4 with them in fitting upon the life of his Sovereign) he grew
* up to great wealth and dignity : he was made Commiihoner
4 to the Great Seal, worth 1500I. per ann. and by ordinance
4 of Parliament, did practice within the bar, as one of the
' King's council, worth 5000I. per ann. after that, he was
4 Attorney-General, worth what he pleafed to make it, and
4 then, Poft-mafler-general for all the inland letters, which, at
4 fix-pence the letter, as they went in thofe days, was worth
4 15000I. per ann. from all which rich employments, he
* acquired a great eftate, and among other things, purchafed
4 the abby of Ford, lying in the parifh of Thorncombe, in
4 Devonfhire, where he built a noble new houfe, out of the
c ruins of the old, which he left unto Edmond Prideaux, Efq;
4 his only fon, by his fecond wife, the daughter and coheir of
• Every, of Cottey, in SomerfetfhLe, Efq; (for, his firft
* wife, the daughter of Collins, of Ottery St. Mary, in
4 Devon, died without ilTue,) which Edmond, by Amy, his
' wife, daughter and coheir of John Fraunces, of Combeflory,
4 in Somerfetfhire, Efq; had ifTue, Elizabeth, married to John
: Speke, of White-Lackington, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; who
4 died without ifiue ; and Margaret, his only furviving daugh-
' ter, married, 169c, unto Francis Gwyn, of Lanfanor, in
4 Glamorganlhire, Efq;' Member in feveral Parliaments for the
city of Wells, by whom (lie had feveral children, whofe eldeft
furviving fon and heir, Francis Gwyn, of Ford-Abby, Efq;
married a filter of Thomas Pitt, of Boconnock, in Cornwall,
Efq;
Sir Edmond Prideaux, Bart, beforementioned, married to
his third Lady, Mary, daughter of Richard Reynell, of Eaft-
Ogwell, and relicl: of Arthur Fowell, of Fowelfcombe, both
in Devonfhire, Efqrs. by whom he left no iflue. Sir Edmond
died at Netherton, in Devonfhire, March, 28, 1628.
Sir Peter Prideaux, Bart, his eldeft fon and fucceflbr, mar-
ried Sufanna, daughter of Sir Anthony Poulet, Knt. fifter of
John, the firft Lord Poulet, of Hinton St. George, by whom
he had three fons, Edmund, and John, who both died un-
married before their father ; and Sir Peter, his fucceflbr ; alfo
two daughters, Margaret, married to Thomas Drew, of the
Grange, in Devonfhire, Efq; and Mary ; and dying in th»
vear 1682, was fucceeded in dignity and eftate, by his youngeft
Ion,
Vc*. I. R Sir
242 P R I D E A U X, of Nethertori.
Sir Peter Prideaux, Bart, who married the Lady Elizabeth
Granville, daughter of the immortal Sir Bevil Granville, of
Stow, in Cornwall, Knt. and filler to John, Earl of Bath,
(all the children of Sir Bevil were ennobled, and to take
place and precedency as Earls daughters, by the patent to John,
Earl of Bath,) by whom he had ifTue four fons, Sir Edmond,
his fucceffor ; Peter, Fellow of All-Souls College, Oxford ;
John, who married Anne, daughter and heir of Humphry
Prideaux, of Soldon, in Devonfhire, Efq; and Roger, who
died without ifTue, alfo feveral daughters ; of which, — ■ — ,
married Sir William Drake, of Afh, in Devonfhire, Bart,
and another, the Rev. Mr. Harwood. Sir Peter, dying in
November 1705, was fucceeded in dignity and eftate, by his
eldeft fon,
Sir Edmond Prideaux, Bart, who reprefented the borough
of Tregony, in Cornwall, in the laft Parliament of Queen
Anne, and firft of King George I. He married three wives;
firft, Sufanna, daughter of James Winftanly, of Branfton, in
Leicefterfhire, Efq; relief of Auftin, of Durhams, in
Middlefex, Efq; by whom he had two fons, and a daughter,
viz. Sir Edmond, his fuccefTor; and Peter, who married twice;
firft, Sufanna, widow of Richard Coffin, Efq; and daughter
of Kellond, Efq; by whom he had a daughter and heir,
Sufanna, married to Charles Evelyn, Efq; fecond fon of Sir
John Evelyn, Bart, fecondly, Dorothea, eldeft daughter of
Clement Pettit, of Dentyleon, in the Ifle of Thanet, in Kent,
Efq; by whom he had no ifTue, and died before his elder
brother, Sir Edmond ; Sufanna, the daughter, was the firft
wife of Phineas Cheek, Efq; Sir Edmond's fecond lady was,
Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of George Saunderfon, of
Thorefby, in the county of Lincoln, Efq; and grand daughter
of Nicholas Saunderfon, Lord Vifcount Caftleton, by whom
he had only one child, Sir John, fucceffor to his brother: his
third wife was, Mary, daughter of Spencer Vincent, Efq;
Alderman of London, relict of Sir John Rogers, of Wifdom,
in Devonfhire, Barr. by whom he had no ifTue; and dying,
Feb. 17 19, was fucceeded indignity and eftate by his eldeft
fon, by the firft marriage,
Sir Edmond Prideaux, Bart, who married two wives; firft,
A4ary, daughter of Samuel Reynardfon, of Hillingdon, in
Middlefex, Efq; by whom he had only one daughter, Mary,
married to James Winftaniey, of Branfton, near Leicefter, Efq;
his fecond wife was, Anne, daughter of Philip Hawkins, of
Pennans, in Cornwall, Efq; by whom he left only one daugh-
ter, Anne, married to John Pendarvis BaiTet, of Treheady, in
Cornwall, Efq; who died Sept. 25, 1739- Sir Edmund,
dying
P R I D E A U X, of Netherton. 243
dying Feb. 26, 1728-9, without ifiue male, was fucceeded in
honour and eftate, by his half-brother,
Sir John Prideaux^ of Netherton, who married Anne, eldeft
daughter of John, Lord Vifcount Lifburne, (by the Lady
Mallet Wilmot, his wife, daughter of John Wilmot, Earl of
Rochefter,) who died Dec. 1767, by whom he had three fons
and two daughters: 1. Sanderfon, who was killed at Cartha-
gena, April, 1741. 2. John, who was a Brigadier General,
and killed at Niagara, in 1759. (He married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Thomas Rolt, of Saycombe, in Hertfordfhire, Efq; and
fifter to Sir Edward-Baynton Rolt of Wiltshire. They had
IfTue Sir John Wilmot Prideaux, the prefent Baronet; Edward
Baynton, who is id the navy; Edmund, now at fchool ; and
one daughter, Elizabeth.) 3. Peter, now living, and unmar-
ried. Sir John's daughters were Elizabeth, (married to Ed-
ward Chichefter, of Northover, Somerfetfhire, Efq;) and Ann
living, and unmarried. Sir John died in Auguft, 1766, and
was fucceeded by his grandfon,
Sir John-Wilmot Prideaux, the prefent Baronet, who is in
the army, and unmarried.
Arms. Six Coats. 1. Or, a Chevron, Sable; over all a
File of three Larnbeaux, Gules. 2. Party per Pale, Argent
arid Gules, three Caftles, counterchanged. 3. Barry of fix*
Or, and Azure ; a Chief, Argent. 4. Or, three Fufils in
Fefs, Sable. 5. Azure, a Bend, Sable. 6. Cheeky, Or, and
Azure, a Bend, Gules.
Crest. On a Cap of Dignity, a Saracen's Head in Profile,
couped at the Shoulders, proper.
Supporters. Two Knights Templars, habited and attired,
and holding in their Right Hands a Staff, on the Top of which
is the Crofs of St. John of Jerufalem, all proper.
Seat. At Netherton, in Devonihire;
52. Hesilrige, of Nofely, Leicefterfhire.
Created Baronet, July 21, 1622.
THIS ancient family are descended from Simon de Hafel-
rig, Lord of Wettiflade, and Weft-Brunton, in Nor-
thumberland, to whom King Edward I. gave the manors of
Yetham-Corbet, and Yetham-Maine, in the county of Rox-
burgh, 9 Edw. I.
His fon, Simon de Hefilrig, was father of William de
Hefilrig, of Fawdon, in Northumberland, 36 Edw. III. and
R 2 10 Rich.
244 H E S I L R I G E, of Nofely.
10 Rich. II. and by Joan, his wife, had ifTue, Thomas,
20 Rich. II. who married Ifabel, daughter and coheir of Sir
Ros;er Heron, Knt. by Margaret, daughter of Sir Ralph Has-
tings, Knt. which Margaret, was foleheir to her mother, Ifabel,
daughter of Sir Robert de SadingLon, Knt. By this match, the
Nofely eftate came into the family. Thomas Hafelrig, of
Nofelv, Efq; fon and heir, was High Sheriff of Leicefter-
fhire, 16 Hen. VII. He married Elizabeth, daughter of — —
Broket, and died 1467.
William Hafelrig, Efq; fon and heir of Thomas, married
Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Thomas Staunton, of Staun-
ton-Harold, in Leicefterihire, Efq; and died 14 Edw. IV.
1473-
Thomas Hafelrig, Efq; his fon and heir, was 'Squire of the
body to Henry VII I. 15 15. He married Lucia, daughter and
heir of Thomas Entwiliell, Efq; and died 1525, having had
eighteen children, viz. ten fons, and eight daughters.
Bertin Hafelrig, of Nofely, Efq; 1563, his fon and heir,
married Anne, daughter of John Southill, of Stockerfton, in
Leicefterihire, Efq; and was father of Miles Hafilrig, Efq;
who, by Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Griffin, of Bray-
brooke, in Northamtonftnre, Knt. (who was remarried to
William Lane, of Cottefbrooke, Efq;) had iiTue, Thomas, his
fon and heir, who to< k to wife, Urfula, daughter of Sir
Thomas Andrews, of Charwelton, in Northamptonfhire, Knt.
(by Catharine, his firft wife, daughter of Edward Cave, of
Newbold-Revel, in Warwickfhire, Efq;) and had ifTue,
Sir Thomas Hafelrig, of Nofely, Knt. High Sheriff of the
county of Leicefter, 10 Jac. I. and advanced to the dignity of
a Baronet, 20 Jac. I. He married Frances, daughter and heir
of Sir William Gorges, of Alderton, in Northamptonfhire,
Knt. and had ifTue, eight fons, and fix daughters. He died
January u, 1629, aged fixty-fix, and his Lady, 1638, and
was fucceeded in dignity and eftate, by his eldeft furviving
fon,
Sir Arthur Hafelrige, Bart, who reprefented the county of
Leicefter, in Parliament, 1640. Sir Arthur, married two wives;
1. Frances, daughter of Thomas Elmes, of Lilford,in North-
amptonfhire, Efq; by whom he had two fons, Sir Thomas,
his fucceftbr, and another who died before him; and two daugh-
ters : This Lady, dying 1632, he married to his fecond wife,
Dorothy, fifter' to Robert Grcvile, Lord Broke, Baron of
Beauchamp- court, by whom he had three fons, though only
one, Sir Robert, hereafter mentioned, furvived him ; and five
-laughters. Sir Arthur, died 1660, and his fecond Lady, Jan.
28, 1650. Fiances, one of Sir Arthur's daughters, married
Sir
HESILRIGE, of Nofely. 245
Sir William Humble, of Twickenham, in Middlefex, Bart,
to whom fhe was firft wife.
Sir Thomas Hefilrige, Bart, his only furviving fon by the
firft marriage, fucceeJed him in dignity and eftate, and mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of George Fenwick, of
Brunton-hall, in Northumberland, Efq; and had iilue one fon,
Sir Thomas, his fucceflbr, and three daughters ; of which,
Mary married Francis Blith, of Allefly, in Warwickshire, Efq;
and Arabella, Rawfon Hart, Efq; Sir Thomas, died Feb. 24,
1680, aged fifty- fi'/e, and his Lady, May 30, 1673.
Sir Thomas Hefilrige, Bart, his only fon and fucceiTor,
ferved in Parliament for the county of Leicefter, 1690, and
died unmarried, July 11, 1700, aged thirty-fix; whereupon
the dignity and eftate devolved upon his uncle, Sir Robert,
the only furviving fon of Arthur, by the fecond venter.
Which Sir Robert Hefilrige, Bart, married Bridget, daugh-
ter of Sir Samuel Rolle, of Heanton, in Devonftvire, Knt. by
whom he had four fons, who all died unmarried, in his life-
time, but one fon, Sir Robert, his fucceflbr; and four daugh-
ters, who all died unmarried, before him, except one daugh-
ter, who died June 10, 1720. Sir Robert died May 22,
1713, and his Lady, July 26, 1697, and was fucceeded in
dignity and eftate, by his only furviving fon,
Sir Robert Hefilrige, Bart, who married Dorothy, fecond
daughter of Banafter, Lord Maynard, and died May 19,
1721, leaving one fon, Sir Arthur, his fucceiTor, and a daugh-
ter, Dorothy, married to the Reverend Mr. Battel, of Hert-
fordfhire.
Sir Arthur Hefirige, only fon and fucceiTor to his father,
married, June, 1725, Hannah, daughter of Mr. Sturges, by
whom he had feveral fons and daughters, of whom,
Sir Robert Hefilrige, was his fucceiTor in Title, and is the
prefent Baronet. Charles, the youngeft fon of Sir Arthur, is
married to Sarah, daughter of Mr. Wall, in Ireland, and en-
joys the family eftate by the will of his father.
Arms. Argent, a Chevron, between three Hafel Leaves,
vert.
Crest. On a Chapeau, Gules, lined ermine, a Scot's Head,
"proper.
Supporters. On the Dexter Side, a Stag, proper; on the
Sinifter, a Talbot, Argent, pied Sable, and gorged with a
plain Collar, Gules.
Mo.TTO. Pro Aris it Focls.
R 3 53. Burton,
246 B U R T O N, of Stockerfton,
$%. Burton, of Stockerfton, Leicefterfhire,
Created Baronet, July 22, 1622.
Hp H E firft I find mentioned of this ancient family, which
A had formerly large poflefiions, and were of great efteem,
and reputation in the counties of Rutland and Leicefter, is,
Henry, fon of Richard de Burtone.
Nicholas de Burton was Knight of the Shire, 9 Edw. IT.
He died 49 Edw. III. leaving ilTue, (by Eleanor, his wife,),
Sir Thomas de Burton, Knt. Knight of the Shire for Rutland,
I Rich. II. High Sheriff" of Rutland, 1379, and ferved again
in Parliament, in 3 and 5 Rich. II. Sir Thomas* died, 8 Rich. II.
and left iffue, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Grenham,
Sir Thomas Burton, Knight, High Sheriff of the county
O:" Rutland, four times, viz. 4 and 8 Henry V. and 1 and
6 Hen. VI. He married the daughter of Simon Lou the, and
was father of Thomas, High Sheriff of Rutland, 18 Hen. VI.
who had two wives ; firft, a daughter of Sir Robert Brabafon,
Knt. by whom he had a fon, that died young, By his fecond
wife, the daughter of Sir Hugh Bufhey, Knt. he was father of
William, whofe wife was the daughter of John Folville, of
Afhby-Folville, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; John Burton, of Up-
pingham, in Rutlandfhire, Efq; his fon and heir, married the
daughter of Thomas Baling; by her he had a fon, Thomas,
who was knighted by King Henry VIII. and took to wife the
daughter of Ralph Lowe, of Denbigh, in Derbyihire, Efq;
by whom he had John Burton, of Braunfton, Efq; who died
iQueen Mary, leaving iffue by the daughter of Black-
well, William, his fon, of the fame place, who married Alice,
daughter of Richard Peck, of Ridlington, in Rutlandfhire, by
whom he had three fons ; 1. John Burton, of whom hereafter ;
2. Bartin Burton, of Okeham, Efq; anceftor to thole of that
place, and of Exton ; 3. Simon Burton, of Braunfton, Efq;
anceftor of that line.
John Burton, eldtft fon and heir, was of Stockerfton : he
married Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas Digby, of Coats,
Efq; (fon of Lybeus Digby, of Coats, and Lurfenham, Efq;
a founh brother to Sir Simon Digby, of Coleftiill,) and had
ifiue,
Thomas Burton, Efq; who having been knighted, was after-
wards, viz. 20 James I. further advanced to the higher title of
a Baronet. He had two wives ; firft, Philippa, daughter of
H< -nry Co.bham, alias Brook, Efq; grand daughter of George,
Lord Cobham, and relict of Walter Calverley, of Calverley,
DRAKE, of Buckland. 247
in Yorkfhire, Efq; by whom he had only three daughters,
Anne, firft wife of Sir Abel Barker, of Hambleton, in Rut-
landfhire, Bart. Elizabeth, and Frances, who died unmarried.
By his fecond Lady, Anne, daughter of Robert Reynolds, of
London, Gent, he left his only fon and fuccefTor,
Sir Thomas Burton, of Stockerfton, Bart, who eminently
diftinguifhed himfelf in behalf of King Charles I. fuffered fe-
queftration ai.d imprifonment for the royal caufe : and, by
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Prettyman, of Lodington, in
Leicefterfhire, Bart, of Nova Scotia, (who was remarried to
Sir William Halford, of Welham, in Leicefterfhire, Knt.)
he had, Sir Thomas, his fuccefTor, and John, who died with-
out ifTae.
Sir Thomas Burton, Bart, who fucceeded in the dignity and
eftate, married Anne, eldeft daughter of Sir Thomas Clutter-
buck, of London, and of Blakefware, in Hertfordihire, Knt.
and dying 1735, was buried at Newark, in Nottinghamshire.
This Sir Thomas, fold the Stockerfton eftate, to Sir Charles
Duncomb, Knt. He left two fons, Charles and Thomas.
Sir Charles Burton, his eldeft fon, fucceeded him in the
dignity, and is the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Sable, on a Chevron, a Crefcent, between three
Owls, Argent, crowned, Or.
Crest. On a Torce, an Owl, as in the Arms.
54. Drake, of Buckland, Devonshire.
Created Baronet, Auguft 2, 1622.
*~V H E firft we find mentioned of this family, is John Drake,
of Taviftock, in Devonshire, afterwards Vicar of Upnor,
in that county, who fled into Kent. temp. Hen. VIII. for fear
of the fiH .articles, wherein the fting of Poperv ftill remained,
though the teeth thereof were knocked out, and the Pope's
Supremacy abolifhed. He had two fons, Francis, and Thomas:
the eldeft fon was, Sir Francis Drake, (having that chriftkm
name from his godfather, Francis, Earl of Bedford,) knighted
by Queen Elizabeth, on fhipboard, at Deptford, 158 1 ; he re-
prefented Boftiney, in Cornwall, 27 Eliz. and Plymouth, in
Devonshire, 35th of that reign. Mr. Camden calls him, the
greateft Captain of the age, in maritime atchievements : his
blocking up the bay of Mexico, for two years together, with
continual defeats of the Spaniards ; his failing quite round the
K 4 wcrlJ,
248 DRAKE, of Buckknd.
world, with great conduct and bravery, and change of fortune,
and his other naval achievements, which made him fo famous
and memorable, are fitter for a hiftory and volume by itfelf,
than a defign of this nature. He married Elizabeth, only
daughter of Sir George Sydenham, of Combe-Sydenham, in
Somerfetfhire, Knt. (who furviving him, afterwards married
William Courtenay, of Powderham-caftle, in Devonfhire,
Efq;) and dying Jan. 28, 1595, without ifliie, left a large
eilate to his nephew, Francis Drake, Efq; fon and heir of his
brother, Thomas, by Elizabeth, daughter of Gregory,
which Thomas, had alfo a daughter, Elizabeth, married to
John Bampfylde, of Poltimore, in Devonfhire, Efq;
Francis Drake, Efq; before mentioned, was advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet, 20 Jac. I. and in 25 of that reign,
he was Reprefentative in Parliament for Plympton, in that
county, and 3 Car. I. Knight of the Shire for Devon. He
married two wives ; firft, Jane, daughter of Sir Amias Bamp-
fylde, of Poltimore, in Devonshire, Knt. by whom he had one
daughter, Dorothy, that died an infant ; fecondly, Joan, daugh-
ter of Sir William Strode, of Newnham, in Devonfhire, Knt.
by whom he had four fons ; 1. Sir Francis, his fucceffor ;
2. Thomas, who married the daughter of Grimes, Efq;
and was father of Sir Francis, hereafter mentioned-; 3.
Drake, of Ivybridge ; and 4. Jofeph.
Sir Francis Drake, Bart, eldeft fon and heir, fucceeded his
father in title and eltate : he ferved in Parliament for Newport,
in Cornwall, and Beer-Alfton, in Devonfhire, temp. Car. II.
and married Dorothy, daughter of Pym, of Brymmore,
in Somerfetfhire, Efq; but dying without illue, was fucceed-
ed in dignity and eftate by his nephew,
Sir Francis Drake, Bart, before mentioned, who ferved in
Parliament for Taveftock, temp. Car. II. and again, temp.
William and Mary. He had three wives ; firft, Dorothy,
daughter of Sir John Bampfylde, of Poltimore, Bart, fecondly,
Anne, daughter and coheir of Thomas Boon, ^pf Mount-
Boon, in Devonfhire, Efq; and had no ifTue by either of them ;
and thirdly, a daughter of Sir Henry Pollexfen, Knt. Lord
Chief j'uftice of the Common-Pleas, by whom he had a daugh-
ter, married to Thomas Martin, Efq; one of the Judges of
the counties of Carnarvon, Merioneth, and Anglefea, alfo his
fon and fuccellbr,
Sir Francis-Henry Drake, Bart, who reprefented the borough
of Taveftock in the two Parliaments of King George I. and
ferved again for the fame borough, in the firfl Parliament call-
ed by his late Majefty, and was afterwards elecled for Beeral-
fton, in Devonfhire. He married ■, daughter of Samuel
Heath-
S K I P W I T H, of Preftwould. 24?
Heathcote, of Hurfley, in Hampfhire, Efq; fitter to Sir Wil-
liam Heathcote, Bart, and died Jan. 26, 1739-40, aged forty-
feven, leaving iffue three fons and two daughters, viz. Sir
Francis-Henry, his fucceffor j Francis-William, and Samuel ;
Anne, and Sophia.
Sir Francis-Henry Drake, his eldeft Ton and fucceffor, is the
prefent Baronet, and Member of Parliament for Beeralfton.
Arms. Sable, a Fefs wavy, between the two Pole-Stars,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Ship, under Ruff, drawn round a
Globe, with a Cable-rope, by a Hand out of the Clouds,
with this Motto over it, Auxillo divine $ and under it, Sic par-
vis 'magna.
Seat. At Buckland-Monachorum, near Taveftock, in
Devonfhire.
55. Skipwith, of Preftwould, Leicefterfhire.
Created Baronet, Dec. 20, 1622.
Tjp O R the antiquity and defcent of this ancient family, fee
* Skipwith, of Newbold-hall, in Warwickfhire, Vol. II.
which is the eldeft branch of this family.
The branch we are now to treat of, defcends from Sir Wil-
liam Skipwith, Knt. Sheriff of Lincolnfhire, 18 Hen. VIII.
who, by his fecond Lady, Alice, daughter and heir of Sir
Lyonel Dymock, of Scrivelfby, in Lincolnfhire, Knight, had
iffue,
Henry Skipwith, Efq; his only fon, who married Jane,
daughter of Francis Hall, of Grantham, in Lincolnfhire, Efq;
by whom he had four fons; 1. Sir William, of whom here-
after ; 2. George, flain at Bomwell, in Hollandia, without
iffue ; 3. Francis, who died without iffue ; and 4. Henry, of
Knighthorp, in Leictfterfhire, who, by Jane, daughter of
Leonard Afton, of Longdon, in Staffordfhire, Efq; left iffue.
Sir William, had alio eight daughters ; 1. Jane, married to
William Samwell, of Upton, in Northamptonfhire ; 2. Urfula,
married to Edward Afcough, of Cotham, in Lincolnfhire ;
3. Margaret, married to Matthew Saunders, of Shankton, in
Leicefterfhire, Efqrs. 4. Catharine, married to Sir Walter
Afcough, of Blithburgh, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. 5. Dorothy,
married to John Woodward, of Botelers-Marfton, in War-
wickfhire; 6. Bridget, married to Walter Afcough, of Wafh-
ingburgh, Lincolnfhire; 7. Anne, married to Henry Smith,
of
250 S K I P W I T H, of Preftwould.
of Withcock, in Leicefterfhire ; and 8 Elizabeth, married
to Thomas Harrington, of South Witham, in Lincolnlhire,
Efqrs.
Sir William Skipwith, Knt. his eldeft fon, Dominus de Cotes,
in Leicefterfhire, married Margaret, daughter of Roger Cave,
of Stanford, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; by whom he had three
fons; i. Sir Henry; 2. George, who died without iflue;
3. Thomas, who married the daughter of John Bluet, of Ha-
lafton, in Lincolnfhire, and left iflue : alio three daughters,
I. Jane, married to George, fon and heir of George Throck-
morton, of Fulbrooke, in Oxfordfhire, Efq; 2. Anne, married
to Edward Pate, fon and heir of Henry Pate, of Eye-Ketileby,
in Leicefterfhire, Efq; and 3. Elizabeth, married to Sir John
Pate, of Sifonby, in Leicefterfhire, Bart, brother of Edward,
Sir Henry Skipwith, Knt. the eldeft fon, was feated at
Preftwould, in Leicefterfhire, and was advanced to the dignity
of a Baronet, by King James I. He married the third daugh-
ter and coheir of Sir Thomas Kempe, of Kent, Knt. by
whom he had four fons, and two daughters ; 1. William, who
died, vita patrisy without iflue ; 2. Sir Henry, fucceflbr to his
father 3 3. Thomas, who died without iflue ; 4. Sir Grey, of
whom hereafter; alfo Elizabeth, and Diana.
Sir Henry Skipwith, Bart, eldeft furviving fon, and fuccefTor
to his father, died unmarried foon after him, whereupon the
title and eftate went to his next furviving brother,
Sir Grey Skipwith, Bart, who, in the time of the rebellion
in England, after the death of King Charles I. went, with
feveral other Gentlemen, over to Virginia, to avoid the Ufur-
oer, Cromwell, and there married, and left only one fon,
Sir William Skipwith, Bart, who alfo married in Virginia,
and in the year 1730, was about fixty years of age, and had
eight children, and was fucceeded in the title, by his eldeft
(on,
Sir Grey Skipwith, who alfo refidcd in Virginia.
Sir William Skipwith, his Succeflbr, died at Virginia, in
1764, and was fucceeded by,
Sir Peyton Skipwith, the prefent Baronet, who alfo refides
in Virginia.
Arms. Argent, three Bars, Gules ; in Chief, a Greyhound,
currant, Sable, collared, Or.
Chest. On a Wreath, a Reel, proper.
56. Playters3
PLAYTERS, of Sotterley, 251
56. Playters, of Sotterley, Suffolk.
Created Baronet, Aug. 13, 1623,
HT HIS family hath been of good antiquity in the counties
* of Norfolk, and Suffolk, as appears by old deeds, and re^
cords, relating to the family.
The firfc we find mentioned in their pedigree is, Thomas
Playters, of Thorndon, in Suffolk, Efq; who was father of
Thomas Playters, of Thorndon, and Sotterley, Efq; who
died Sept. 21, 1479 \ he held Welborne manor and advow-
fon, in Norfolk ; Sotterley, and Ugfhall manor, in Suffolk ;
and lies buried in Sotterley church. By Anne, filler and heir
of Roger Denny, of Tatington, in Suffolk, Efq; he left iffue,
William Playters, Efq; his fon and heir, who lived 22 Ed. IV.
1483, and died Nov. II, 1512. Ke married Jane, daughter of
Sir Edmond Jenny, of Knotmall, in Suffolk, Knt. and had
five fons ; four died unmarried ; Chriftopher, the fifth, who
lived 7 Hen. VII. 1492, and died Sept. 11, 1 Edw. VI. He
married two wives, firft, Dorothy, fifter and coheir to William
Aflack, of Carrow, in Norfolk, Efq; by whom he had one
fon, Thomas : fecondly, Anne, daughter of William Read, of
Beccles, in Suffolk, Efq; by whom he had feveral children.
Thomas, his fon and heir, living 32 Hen. VIII, died Sep-
tember 9, 1572 ; by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir
Thomas Jermyn, of Rufhbrooke, in Suffolk, Knt, (and Anne,
his wife, daughter of Thomas Spring, of Lanham, in Suffolk,
Efq;) he had ilTue, William Playters, of Sotterley, Efq; who
died June, 1584. He had four wives, 1. Thomafine, daugh-
ter of George Duke, of Frenfe, Efq; 2. Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Timperley, of Hintlefham, in Suffolk, Efq; (and
Audrey, his wife, daughter of Sir Nicholas Hare, Knt. Mailer
of the Rolls ;) 3. Thomafine, daughter and coheir of Edmund
Tirrell, of Beches, in Effex, Efq; and 4. Mary, daughter
and coheir of William Drake, of Hardley, in Norfolk, Efq;
two of which left no male iffue, and the iffue of the fourth
failed, after two defcents ; but by his iecond wife, (Elizabeth
Timperley,) he had iffue,
Sir Thomas Playters, High Shei iff of Suffolk, 1^05, knight-
ed at Newmarket, OcT:. 19, 1606, and advanced to the dignity
of Baronet, 21 Jac. I.
This Sir Thomas married two wives ; firft, Anne, daugh-
ter of Sir William Swan, of Southfket, in Kent, Knt. by
whom he had, Sir William, his fucceftbr, Thomas, and Eliza-
beth, who died infants, and Frances, married to Hamond
Bozown,
252 P L A Y T E R S, of Sotterley.
Bozown, of Wifingfet, in Norfolk, Efq; Sir Thomas's fecond
wife was, Anne, daughter of Sir Anthony Jrowne, of Elfinge,
in Norfolk, Knt. by whom he had feveral children, viz. An-
thony, Francis, and William, who died young ; Thomas,
married to Mary, daughter of Sir Auguftine Palgrave, of Nor-
wood Berningham, in Norfolk, Knt. and died without iffue -9
(his relict married, fecondly, Thomas Well, Efq;) Sir Lionel,
of whom hereafter ; Anthony; and Roger, who died without
iiTue; John, married to Camilla, daughter of Thomas Browne,
of Elfinge, Efq; Elizabeth, married to Sir Stephen Soame, of
Haidon-hall, in ElTex, Knt. Judith, wedded to Richard JMofely,
Efqj Lydia, to Henry Warner, of Mildenhall, in Suffolk, Efq;
Parnel, to John Harbonne, of Barfham, Efq; Anne, to Ed-
ward Barnwell, of Hylamn, Efq; and Anne, to George Gent,
of Bumftead, in Effex, Efq; belides others that died young or
unmarried. Sir Thomas, died, June, 1638, and was fuc-
ceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft fon by the firft mar-
riage,
Sir William Playters, Bart, who was Deputy-Lieutenant,
Vice-Admiral of the county of Suffolk, and Colonel of a regi-
ment of foot, till turned out by the rebels : he married Frances,
daughter and heir of Chriftopher Le Grys, of Billingford, in
Norfolk, Efq; by whom he had only one fon, Sir Thomas,
his fucceflbr.
Sir Thomas Playters, Bart, only fon and heir, was High
Sheriff of Suffolk, 1646, and made Colonel of a regiment of
cuirafiiers, of five hundred horfe, 19 Car I. He was alfo Ad-
miral of fix Englifh fhips, the Eagle, Lion, Spahee, Hunter,
Fortune, and another, commiffioned by Don Juan de Auftria.
He married Rebecca, daughter and coheir of Thomas Chap-
man, of Wormley, in Hertfordfhire, Efq; (who furviving him,
was firft remarried to Richard Lucy, Efq; a younger branch of
the Lucy's, of Charlecote, in Warwickihire, and afterwards,
to Sir Rowland Lytton, of Knebworth, in Hertfordlhire, Knt.)
by whom he had no iffue, and dying at Meffina, in Sicily,
1 65 1, aged thirty-five, was fucceeded by his half brother,
Sir Lyonel, only furviving fon of Sir Thomas, by his fecond
marriage.
Which Sir Lyonel Playters, Bart, when the title and eftate
came to him, was Rector of Ugfliall, in Suffolk, and of whom
Mr. Walker fays, ' His troubles began with the rebellion ;
*• for, in 1642, they brake open his ftable-doors, plundered
* him of two very good horfes; and when he had the confi-
■ dence to demand "by what authority they did it, they replied,
* Piftol the Parfon, and fired two or more piftols at him.
c June 20, 1644, articles were exhibited againft him before
c the
PLAYTERS, of Sotterley. 253
the Sequeftrators, under the Earl of Manchefter ; the fub-
ftance of which, as entered in the proceedings of thofe Se-
queftrators, was his obferving the rules and orders prefcribed
by the church, preaching up fubmiflion to his Majefty, in-
veighing earneftly againft the rebellion, refufing the covenant,
keeping company with one, who afterwards, as it was re-
ported, went to the cavalier, popifh army, and faying, that
he had a parcel of hemp to fell, and hoped it would bear a
good price; becaufe, if the times continued, a great many
would want hanging ; and that, rather than fail, he would
ofive it to the King, to hang up the round-heads.
' The fentence of fequeftration patted upon him, if I miftake
not, the fame day that thofe articles were exhibited ; on the
24th of July following, it was ferved upon him, when Mr.
Playters, afking the Sequeftrators what time they would give
him to remove his family ? they anfwered him, not an hour's
time; and accordingly, himfelf, his wife, and four children,
were turned out of doors. The 30th of the fame month,
they entered on the Parfonage-barn, the tythe-hay, and corn
therein; as likewife upon the glebe, (part of which was fown
with barley, flax, peafe, and other grain, with a crop of
grafs ready to be cut,) and upon all the tythe of the pariih
not then gathered in : all which they feized into their own
hands, and converted to their own ufe for two years together,
without ever giving any account, or paying Mr. Playters, the
fifths, out of it ; but inftead of that, they took care to levy
the taxes of the months of May, and June, upon him, not-
withftanding they had feized almoft the whole produce of
that year, either in his barns, or in the fields. Befides which,
the poor Gentleman had another misfortune befel him : for
having buried feveral of his children in the chancel, he hid
in one of their graves, on profpect, without queftion, of thofe
troubles which afterwards came upon him, about 200 pieces
of gold, which thefe godly reformers, as they were tearing
up the rails, and levelling the chancel, happened todifcover;
and, as zealous as they were againft fuperftition, and idola-
try, made no confcience of committing a robbery very near
allied to facrilege, carrying away every penny of it. He had
likewife a temporal eftate of about 200I. a year, which they
either put under fequeftration, or, what was as bad, forbid the
tenants to pay the rent ; whereupon fome of them quitted
their farms : and although by that means the eftates lay un-
tenanted for two years together, yet they compelled him to
pay the taxes even of thofe unoccupied eftates. About the
year 1646, one Henry Younger fucceeded in the living; but
it pleafed God that Mr. Playters, lived to receive it of him
6 again,
254 HAYTERS, of Sotterley,
c again, on the reftoration, and enjoyed his living, as well as
c the title and eftate of his family, for many years after, and
* conftantly preached in his church, till the day of his death.
* He was a perfon of a meek and peaceable temper, and of a
e regular converfation. I had almoft omitted to fay, that the
c Sequeftrators let feveral of the out-houfes belonging to the
* Parfonage, fall quite down to the ground. '
Sir Lyonel married Elizabeth, daughter of John Warner,
of Brandon, in Norfolk, Gent, ({he died, Sept. 1699,) and
had ifTue, Sir John, his fucceffor; Sir Lyonel, fucceffor to his
brother ; Elizabeth, married to Thomas Edgar, of Glemham,
in Suffolk, Efq; Anne, and Lydia, who died unmarried ; and
dying 1679, was fucceeded by his eldeft fori^
Sir John Playters, Bart, who had two wives, firft, Jane,
daughter of Thomas Read, of Berdwell, in Suffolk, Efq; by
whom he had no iffue; fecondly, Ifabel, daughter and fole heir
of Thomas Hall, of London, Merchant, by whom he had
iffue, one fon, and a daughter, who both died young ; where-
upon, he was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir Lyonel Playters, Bart, who married Martha, daughter
of Talmafh Caftel, of Raveningham, in Norfolk, Efq; and
died Oct. 1699, and left iffue, 1. Sir John, his fucceflbr;
2. Richard, who died at fea, unmarried ; 3. Lyonel, who mar-
ried one of the daughters and coheirs of Dr. Gould, a Phyfi-
cian, and died Jan. 1722-3, at Sotterley, leaving iffue ; 4. Tho-
mas, who died unmarried; alfo Carolina, married to John
N orris, of Witton, in Norfolk, Gent, and Anne.
Sir John Playters, the prefent Baronet, eldeft fon and fuc-
ceffor to his father, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Fel-
ton, of Worlingham, in Suffolk, Efq; brother to Sir John
Felton, Bart, by whom he had feveral children ; but they are
now all dead.
John Playters, Efq; Sir John's laft furviving fori, married
Anne-Carolina, fecond daughter cf John Turner, Efq; and
grand daughter to the late Sir Charles Turner, of Warham, in
Norfolk, Bart, who likewife died without iffue.
Arms. Bendy wavy of Six, Argent and Azure.
Crest. On a Wreath, Argent and Azure, a Faulcon$
looking backward, Roufant, Argent, winged Azure, beaked*
legged, and belled, Or.
Seat. At Sotterley-Hall, in Suffolk*
BARONETS
( m )
BARONETS
Created by
KING CHARLES I.
57. Harpur, of Calke, Derbyshire.
Created Baronet, September 8, 1626.
HIS family was originally feated at Chefterton, in
Warwickshire, of which place was Gilbert le Har-
pur, fon of Roger, which Roger, was fon of Hugh,
who lived in Henry the Second's time, fon of Hugh,
fon of Richard, which laft Hugh, lived in Henry the FiriVs
time.
The abovenamed Gilbert married Hawife, daughter and heir
to Walter de Elmedon, and coufin and heir to Robert de Brock,
of Chefterton. He left ifTue by Hawife his wife, Hugh, and
Gilbert le Harpur, who lived in the time of Edward I. He
married Ifolda, daughter of Henry Moton, of Peckleton, in
Leicefterfhire, by whom he had iiTue Sir Robert le Harpur,
Knt. who lived in the time of Edward II. He married Ifabel,
daughter of John Hercy, Lord of Pillerton Hercy, in War-
wickshire, by whom he had ifTue,
John le Harpur, who was living 6 Edw. II. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Lifle, of Moxhull, in the county
of Warwick, by whom he had ifTue John, and Richard.
John le Harpur, married Joan, daughter of Richard Ver-
non, of Harlefton, in StafTbrdfhire, Efq; This John, dying
without iffue,
Richard le Harpur, his brother, was his heir, which Richard,
by Alice his wife, daughter of Roger de Culy, had iflue,
John le Harpur, who married Ifabel, daughter of Sir Ro-
bert Appleby, Knt. from whom defcended the Harpurs, of
Rufhall, in Staffordshire, the firft of this family mentioned
there, was
Sir John Harpur of Rufhall, in right of Eleanor his wife,
daughter and heir to William Grober, of Rufhall, fon of Ro-
bert, who married Catharine, daughter and heir of William
Bowles,
256 H A R P U R, of Calke.
Bowles, fon of William, who married Agnes, fifter and heir
of Sir Henry Handbury, Knt. which William, was fon of Wil-
liam, fon of Hugh, by Alice is wife, daughter and heir of
Richard de Rulliall, of Rufhall, in Staffordfhire, Efq; Sir John
Harpur, aforefaid, who marri d the heir of Grober, left iffue,
1. William, 2. Richard, and 3. Henry, (of whom hereafter.)
William, the eldeft fon, v/as Lord of Rufhall, and married
Margaret, daughter and heir of Henry Cook, of Catthorp, in
Leicefterlhire, Gent. They left iffue,
1. Sir John Harpur, of Rufhall, Knt. 2. Humphrey Har-
pur, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Stokes, by
whom he had iflue, Walter Harpur, of Chinnor, in Oxford-
fhire, who by Mary, his wife, daughter of Henry Blunt, left
iflue, Thomas. Which Thomas, by Cicelie, his wife, daugh-
ter of Robert Coleir, ofDarlafton, in Stailbrdfhire, Efq; had
iffue Edward Harpur, who married Dorothy, daughter of Tho-
mas Parker, of Kent, Efq; alfo a daughter named Mary, who
married Sir Thomas Shirley, Knt. Nicholas Harpur, third fon
of William, and brother to Sir John, had iflue John, father
of George; the faid William, had alfo four daughters; 1. Do-
rothy, wife to Sir John Ferrers, of Tamworth, in Stafford-
fhire, Knt. 2. Anna, married to John Whirley, of Honnef-
worth, in the lame county, Efq; 3. , wife to Thomas
Nevvham, Gent, and the youngeit to William Cokaine, Efq.
Sir John Hurpur, aforefaid, the eldeft fon, left iflue by Mar-
garet his wife, daughter and one of the coheirs of Sir John
Bromley, Knt.
Robert, who had iffue one daughter, firft married to Sir
Anthony Kingfton, Knt. afterwards to Sir Richard Egerton,
Knt. Sue died without iffue, fo that his two fifters, Dorothy
and Elizabeth, became his heirs. Dorothy, married Thomas
Hord, of Hord-Park, Efq; who had iffue Frances, wife to Tho-
mas Farmour, but died without iffue, by which Elizabeth her
aunt became fole heir; which Elizabeth married William
Leigh, of Wellington, in Shropfhire, Efq; Gentleman Uiher
to King Henry VIII.
I now return to Henry Harpur, third fon of Sir John, by
Eleanor his wife, daughter and heir to William Grober ; which
Henry was father (or grandfather) of Richard Harpur, Efq;
one of the Juftices of the Common Pleas, temp. Elizabeth, who
feated himitlf at Swerkfton, in the county of Derby. He mar-
ried Jane, daughter of George Findern, of Findern, Derby-
(hire, Efq; and heir to Thomas, her brother, and dying, Jan.
27, 1573' lcft imie>
Sir John Harpur, of Swerkfton, Knt. (of whom hereafter,)
and Sir Richard Harpur, of Littleover, in Deibyfhire, Kr> .
who,
HARP.UR, of Calke. . 257
Who, by Mary his wife, daughter of Thomas Rerefby, of Thri-
bergh, in Yorkshire, Efq; had iflue Richard, George, and
Francis ; which Francis died unmarried ; alfo three daughters,
Jane, wife to Godfrey Thacker, of Repon, in Derbyfhire, Efq;
Elizabeth, to Jacinth Sacheverel, of Morley, in the fame county,
Efq j and Mary.
Richard Harpur, eldeft fon of Sir Richard, married Elizabeth,
daughter of John Hacker, of Bridgford, in Nottinghamfhire,
Efq; by whom he had iflue Richard, who died unmarried, and
John Harpur, Rector of Morley, who firft married Mary,
daughter of Paul Ballidon, of Derby, Efq; by whom he had
iflue Richard, who died young ; Elizabeth, wife to Sir Samuel
Sleigh, of Etwal, in the county of Derby, Knt. Mary and
Joyce, who died unmarried. He alfo had iflue by Mary, his
iecond wife, daughter of Thomas, and fifter to Sir Thomas
Grefeley, of Drakelow, Bart. John Harpur, of Littleover, Efq;
and a daughter named Dorothy ; which John, married Mary,
daughter of Edward Walker, of Derby, by whom he had
iflue Richard Harpur, of Littleover, Efq; and feveral other fons
and daughters.
Henry, third foil of Richard, eldeft fon of Sir Richard Har-
pur, of Littleover, as above, died unmarried; Jofeph Harpur,
of Eveley in Derbyfhire, fourth fon, married Dorothy, daugh-
ter of Pegg» of Rodefley, in Derbyfhire, Gent, had iflue
John, and William, who died unmarried; alfo Dorothy, wife
to Thomas Godwin, of Derby, Efq; William, fifth fon, was
a Merchant, in Plymouth; he died without iflue. The above
Richard, eldeft fon of Sir Richard, had alfo three daughters; Eli-
zabeth, wife to Robert Draper, of Coland, in Derbyfhire, Gent.
Mary, who died unmarried ; and Catharine, wife to Henry
Arden, of Longcroff, in Scaffordfhire, Efq;
George Harpur, fecond ion of Sir Richard Harpur, of Little-
over, before mentioned, feated himfelf at Twyford, in Derby-
shire. He married daughter of Vernon, of Sudbury,
and died 16 Nov. 1658, aged fixty-four. He had iflue George,
Edward, John and Richard, who died without iflue ; and two
daughters; Mary, married to John Alleyn, of Grefeley, Efq;
and Elizabeth, to John Dalton, of Derby, Efq;
George Harpur, eldeft fon of George, married Catharine,
daughter of Edward Wardour, of Nether Haven, in Wiltfhire,
£lq; She died Nov. 6, 1669, aged twenty-eight; he died Mar.
20, 1672, aged thirty-two. They had iflue John Harper, Doc-
tor in Phyfick; Catharine, married to George, fecond fon of
John Alleyne, of Grefeley, Efq; and Franceys.
Sir John Harpur, of Swerkfton, Knt. eldeit fon of the Judge,
married Ifabel, daughter of Sir George Pierpoint, of Holme, in
Vol. I. S Notting-
258 HARPU R, of Calke.
Nottinghamfhire, Knt. by whom he had ifTue Sir Richard Har^
pur, of Swerkfton, Knt. John Harpur, of Bredfall, Efq; and
Sir Henry Harpur, ofCalkc, in Derbyfhire, Baronet; alio five
daughters; I. Winefrid, who died young; 2. Jane, wife to
Patrick Low, of Denby, in Derbyshire, Efq; 3. Dorothy, to
Sir John White, of Tuxfbrd, in Nottinghamfhire, Knight;
4. Winefrid, to John Brown, of Stretton in the fields, in Der-
byfhire, Efq; 5. Ifabel, to Sir Philip Sherrard, of Stapelford, in
Lcicefterfhire, Knt. He had four more fons; Francis, William,
Thomas and George, who died unmarried. Sir John married,
to his fecond wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Andrew Noel,
of Dalby, Knt. by whom he left no ifiue. Hedkd OcT:. 7, 1622.
Sir Richard Harpur, of Swerkfton, Knt. eldeft fon of Sir
John, married Catharine, daughter of Sir Thomas Grefeley, of
Drakelow, in Derbyshire, Knt. by whom he had ifiue Sir John
Harpur, of Swerkfton, Knr. who married Barbara, daughter
•and heir to Sir Henry Beaumont, of Gracedieu, in Leieefter-
fhire, but died without ifiue. She remarried to Sir Wolfton
Dixie, of Bofworth, in Leicefterfhire, Bart. Dorothy, eldeft
daughter of Sir Richard, fifter and co-heir to Sir John, married
Henry Gilbert, of Locko, in Derbyfhire. Catharine, fecond
daughter to Sir Richard, and co-heir to Sir John, married Sir
John Cooper, of Thurgarton? in Nottinghamshire, Knt.
John Harpur, of Bredfall, fecond fon of Sir John, eldeft fon
of the Judge, as before mentioned, married Dorothy, daughter
and fole heir to John Dethick, of Bredfall, Efq; by whom he
left ifiue Sir John Harpur, of Swerkfton, Knt. and Dorothy,
wife to Sir John Fitzherbert, of Norbury, in Derbyfhire, Knt.
She remarried to Sir John Shore, of Derby, Knt. Doctor in
phyfick, and died March 16, 1666, but left no ifiue by either
of her hufbands.
Sir John Harpur, firft married Catharine, daughter and heir
of Henry Howard, Efq; third fon of Thomas, Earl of Suffolk,
bv Elizabeth his wife, daughter and fole heir to William Bafief,
of Blore, in Staffbrdfnirc, Efq; (who, furviving Mr. Howard,
was remarried to William, Duke of Newcallle.) Sir John, had
ifTue by her, Henry, who married Fiances, daughter of Sir Jeffrey
Palmer, Bart. Attorney-General to his Majelly King Charles II.
and died without ifiue, in the life time of his father ; Frances,
his widow, remarried to John, fon of Sir Erafmus de la Foun-
tain, of Kirkby Bellere, in Leicefterfhire, Knt. Sir John, mar-
ried, to his fecond wife, Frances, daughter to William, Lord
Willoughby, of Parham. He died, anno 1677, leaving no iiTue.
Frances, his fecond Lady, remarried to Henry Kiikhouen, Baron
Wotton, and Earl of BeHnmont, in the kingdom of Ireland,
whom fhe iuryived ; and, thirdly, married to Henry Hevening-
h«m3
H A R P U R, of Calke. 259
ham, of Hevemngham, in the county of Suffolk , Efq; She died
May 25, 1714, aged feventy-one.
I come now to Sir Henry Harpur, of Ca'ke, in Derbyfhire^
Bart, (fo created anno 2 King Charles I.) third fun of Sir John
Harpur, of Swerkfton, Knt. a fore fa id^ which Sir Henry, mar-
ried Barbara, daughter of Anthony Faunt, of Fbfton, in Lei-
cefterfhire, Efq; and widow of Sir Henry Beaumont, ofGrace-
dieu, in the fame county, Bart. She died July 2, 1649, age^
fixty-eight.
Sir Henry, had ilTue, by the faid Barbara, three fons ; Sir
John; Henry, a Merchant in London, who died without iiTue;
and William Harpur, of Bilfton, in Leicefterfhire; alfo fix
daughters, Elizabeth, married to Richard Manley, younger fon of
Sir John Manley, Clerk of the Green Cloth to King Charles I.
2. Jane, wife to Thomas Twyford, Citizen of London ; 3. Doro-
thy, to Sir Nicholas Wilmot, of Ofmafton, in Derbyfl ire, Knt.
4. Ifabel, to Nicholas Hurt, of Caftern, in StarFordmire, Efq;
5. Barbara, to John Manley, youngeft fon to the before named
Sir John ; and Catharine, who died unmarried.
William Harpur, of Bilfton, aforefaid, married Alice, daugh-
ter of William, fon and heir to Sir Francis Coke, of Truftey,
Jn the county of Derby, Knt. by whom he had iiTue, John
Harpur, of Bilfton, and of Twyford, in Derbyfhire, Efq; Wol-
fton Harpur, citizen of London, who, by Bathfuah, his wife,
daughter of William Bradford, of Stoke Golden, in Leicefter-
fhire, had ifTue, John, Rector of Stanton, in Derbyfhire.
Henry, third fon of the above William, married Catharine,
daughter of — — Barbour of Tamworth, by whom he had iffue,
William, and John, who died without iiTue; and Henry ; alfo
three daughters, Mary, Catharine, and Dorothy.
John Harpur, of Burton, and Twyford, Efq; as before men-
tioned, married Dorothy, youngeft daughter of Sir John Har-
pur, of Calke, Bart, by whom he had ifTue, John, who died
young; Dorothy, married to Richard Guile, of Stoke Golding,
in Leicefterfhire, Alice, Barbara, Elizabeth, and Mary, who ail
died young ; Anne, fixth daughter, married to Henry Franceys, of
Derby, Gent, and Frances, to Robert Revil, of Carnfield, in
Derbyfhire, Efq;
Sir John Harpur, of Calke, Bart, fon and heir to Sir Henry,
Uiarried Sufan, daughter to Weft, citizen of London, by
whom he had ifTue five fons, Sir John, Henry, Richard, Charity,
and Edward; who all (excepting the eldeft) died unmarried:
alfo five daughters; Barbara, and Elizabeth, died unmarried;
Jane, married to Henry Dyfon, of Seagrave, in Leu eft cribs re,
Efq; Sufanna, to James Dean, Rector of Halloughton, in Lei-
cefterfhire; and Dorothy, wife to John Harpur, of Twyford^
S 2 kfoie-
2£o HARP U R, of Calke.-
aforefaid, Efq; He died anno 1669, aged fifty-three ; and was
fucceeded in dignity and eftate by
Sir John, his eldeft fon, (to whom Sir John Harpur, ofSwerk-
fton, Knt. before mentioned, who died anno 1677, and leaving
no ifTue, gave his large eftate.) He married Anne, fecond daugh-
ter of Wiliiam, Lord Willoughby, ofParham; bywhom he had
iflue, Sir John, his fucceflbr, and a daughter, named Anne, wife
to Borlace Warren, of Stapleford, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq;
He died anno 1681, and was fucceeded by his fon and heir,
Sir John Harpur, of Calke, Bart, born March 23, 1679,
who married Catharine, youngeft daughter, and coheir of Tho-
mas, Lord Crew, of Stene, by his fecond wife, Anne, daughter,
and coheir to Sir William Airmin, of Ofgodby, in Lincolnfhire,
Bart, and widow of Sir Thomas Wodehoufe, of Kimberley,
in Norfolk, Bart, by whom he had ifiiie, Sir Henry, his fuc-
ceflbr, John, and Edward, and Crew, who died February 13,
1724-5. Alfo four daughters, Anne, who died an infant;
Jemima, wife to Sir Thomas Palmer, of Carlton, in Northamp-
tonftiire, Bart, fon and heir to Robert Palmer, Efq; younger
brother to the late Sir JefTery Palmer, of Carlton, Bart. Catha-
rine, married to Sir Henry Gough, of Edgbafton, in Warwick-
fhire, Bart, (me died June 22, 1740,) and Mary. Sir John*
died fuddenly at Calke, in Derbyfhire, June 24, 1741, leaving
behind him a raoft extraordinary character for charity, religion,
honour, and integrity; he was fucceeded in dignity and eftate,
by his eldeft fon,
Sir Henry Harpur, Bart, who married Lady Caroline, daughter
of John, late Duke of Rutland, (by Lucy, filler of Bennet, Earl
of Harborough,) by whom he had iiTue a daughter, Caroline^
and three fons ; 1. John, who died young; 2. Sir Henry, his
fucceflbr ; and, 3. Charles, who is a Major in the 38th regi-
ment of foot, and unmarried. Sir Henry was elected for Wor-
cefter, in 17445 and for Tamworth, in the next Parliament.
He died June 7, 1748, and his widow (who is fince dead) mar-
ried Sir Robert Burdett, Bart. He was fucceeded by
Sir Henry Harpur, the prefent Baronet, who was Member
in the laft Parliament for the county of Derby, and is married
to Lady Louifa Augufta Greviie, eldeft daughter of the Right
Hon. Francis, Earl Brooke and Warwick, by whom he has
iflue an only child, Henry.
Arms. Argent, a Lion rampant, and Border engrailed-*
Sable. »
Crest. On a Wreath, a Boar paflant, Or; collar'd with a
Ducal Crown, Gules.
Seats. At Calke, and Swerkfton, both in Derbyfhire.
$8. Sea-
SEABRIGHT, of Besford. 261
58. Seabright, of Besford, Worcefterfhire.
^Created Baronet, Dec. 20, 1626.
O
F this ancient family;- the firft we find mentioned is Wil-
liam Sebright, of Sebright-hall, in Much Baddovv, in Efiex,
who lived temp. Hen. II. and married Elizabeth, daughter and
heir of Sir Henry de Afhe, Knt. by whom he had ifiue, Stephen,
father of Walter, whofe fon Peter, lived 22 Edw, I. 1294.
This Peter had two fons; Giles, of Sebright Hal!, and Ma-
bell Sebright, of Blackfhall, in Worcefterfhire, in right of his
wife Catharine, daughter and fole heir of Ralph Cowper, of
Blackfhall.
In Mr. Habington's MS, furvey of Worcefterfhire, wrote
about 1630, he mentions the Sebrights in Wolverley, as of long
Handing in the county of Worcefter, and names, out of an old
regifter of the Priory of Worcefter, John Sebright, as pofTeiTed of
lands in Wolverley, 6 Edw. I.
The lineal defcendant from Mabell, aforefaid, was John Se-
bright, of Blackfhall, who lived 6 Hen. VI. His fon Humphrey,
of Blackfhall, in Wolvereftone (or Wolverley) married Catha-
rine, daughter of Ridge, of Ridge, in Staftbrdfhire, and was
father of Edward, who took to wife Joyce, daughter of William
Grofvenor, of Bubington, in Staffordfhire, Efq; by whom he
had a daughter, Eleanor, married to Thomas Auftin, of Oxley,
in Staffordfhire, Efq; and two fons, John, (of whom hereafter)
and William, who was Town Clerk of London, 16 Elizabeth.
This William Sebright, Lord of the manor of Besford, in
Worcefterfhire, married Elizabeth, daughter to James Morley,
of London, Gent, but died without iftue, and left a fair inhe-
ritance to his nephew, Sir Edward Sebright, Bart, fon of his
brother John Sebright, of Blackfhall, Efq;
John Seabright, of Blackmail, Efq; ion and heir of Edward,
married Anne, daughter of Richard Bullingham, Efq; by whom
he had William, who died without iiTue, and Edward; and fe-
veral daughters; Judith, married to Edward Broad, ofDunelme
parifh in Worcefterfhire, Efq; Sarah, wife to Thomas, Lord
Coventry, Keeper of the Great Seal, temp. Car. I. and Anne,
married to John Burnell, of London, Efq; After the deceafe of
this John Seabright, Efq; his relic! remarried to Thomas Walfhe,
of Stockton, in Worcefterfnire, Efq;
Edward Seabright, of Besford, Etq; fon and heir, was SherifF
of the county of Worcefter, 19 Jac. I. and advanced to
dignity of a Baronet, 2 Car. I. H: was looked upon as a great
royalift, for which he was obliged to pay 10091. compofn. ;
S 2
262 S E A B R I G H T, of Besford.
his eilate to the Sequeftrators. He married, firft, Theodocia,
daughter of Gerard Whorwood, of Compton, in StafFordihire,
Efq; by whom he had Wiiliam, his Ton and heir, who died
without iiTue; John, aged fixteen, 1627. Elizabeth, wife to
Sir John Repington, of Amington, in Warwickshire, Knt. and
Others.
Sir Edward married, fecondly, Lady Elizabeth, eldeft daughter
of the firft Earl of MancheiTer, re'li& of Sir Lewis Manfel, of
Margam, in Glamorganlbire, Bart.
Sir Edward Seabright, Bart, his fon and fucceflbr, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Knightley, of Fawefley,
in Northamptonshire, Knt. of the Bath (by Anne, his fecond
wife, daughter of Sir William Courteen, Knt.) by whom he
had two fons, Sir Edward, his fuccelTor, and Richard, of Crox*
ton, in Norfolk, who died without iiTue, 1722, and left his
eftate to his nephew Edward hereafter mentioned.
Sir Edward Seabright, Bart, who fucceeded his father in title
and eftate, married Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas Saun-»
ders, of Beechwood, in Hertfordshire, Efq; and Ellen, his wife,
daughter and heir of Robert Sadleir, of Sopwell, in that county,
Efq; by whom he had two fons and two daughters ; 1. Sir Tho-
mas Saunders, his fuccelTor, and 2. Edward, of Croxton, in Nor-
folk, to whom his uncle left his eflate, who was barbaroufly
murdered, Sept. 20, 1 723, near Calais, as he was travelling
with fotne English Gentlemen.
Of the two daughters of Sir Edward, the elded was married
to Sir Charles Buck, of Hanby Grange, in Lincolnshire, Bart,
and the other to John Coke, of White Parifh, in Wilts, Efq;
This Sir Edward difd in the thirty-iixth year of his age, Dec.
1702. His Lady furviving him, married, fecondly, Charles
Lyttelton, Efq; elder brother to Sir Thomas Lyttelton, of Hag-
ley, in Worcestershire, Bart.
Sir Thomas-Saunders Seabright, Bart, who fucceeded his fa-
ther in title and eftare, was of Jefus college, Oxford ; and in
Autfufr, 1732, was created Docfor of Laws, with the Earl of
Litchfield, Lord Gower, and Wat kin Williams Wynne, Efq;
by the Univcrfitv in full convocation; he reprefented the county
of Hertford, in Parliament, from 1 George I. till his death. He
married daughter of Sir Francis Dafhwood, of Wicomb,
in Oxford/hire, Bart, and dying April 12, 1736, left two fons,
Sir Thomas, his fuccelTor, and John.
Sir Thomas Seabright, the eideft fon, fucceeded his father in
title and eftatc, and, dying unmarried, Oct. 25, 1765, was fuc-
ceeded by his onlv brother,
Sir John Seabright, the prcfent Baronet, who is a Major
General in the army, Colonel of the 18th regiment of foot, and
Mem be
D E R I N G, of Surenden-Dering. 263
Member in the laft and prefent Parliament for the city of Bath.
Sir John married, in June, 1766, Sarah, daughter of Ed-
ward Knight, Efq; of Woolverley, in the county of Wor-
cefter, and by her has iflue one fori, John.
Arms. Argent, three Cinquefoiis, Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Tyger Sejant, Argent, mained and
crowned, Or.
Seats. At Besford-Court, in Worcefterfhire, and Beach-
wood, in Hertfordfhire.
59. Dering, of Surenden-Dering, Kent.
Created Baronet, Feb. 1, 1626.
HIS family is of Saxon extraction, and fiourifhed in the
county of Kent long before furnarr.es were in ufe, as plainly
appears by the Doomfday-Book, and the Textus Roffenfis^ and
by feveral Saxon deeds (till in being. The name Dering, is a
Saxon word, and fignifies terror ; and the horfe, which is the
creft of the family, was the arms of the chief Saxons, and par-
ticularly of Hengift himfelf, and of all the Kings of Kent fuc^
ceflively. In the Textus Roffenfis we find, that Diering Miles
was a witnefs to a deed, by which King Etheluff gave certain
lands in Cucolaftone, to the church of Roche'fter, 880. And
he is faid to be defcended in a direct line from Ethelwald, King
of Diera, whofe father Ofwald was flain by Penda the Mercian,
642. And Ethelwald, being then an infant, not four years old,
was defeated of his kingdom- by Oiway, his baftard uncle, and
forced to fly into Kent, where his pofterity were called the
Dierans, as coming from that country. From this Diering
Aiilcs, to the Norman invafion, are reckoned feVen generations;
the laft of which was called Dering fiJi-us Syredi, and was flain
with King Harold, at Battel, in Suflex. He was father of Syred
de Ferningham, who was the father of Leofget, who, upon the
death of William the Norman, took up arms with Odo, Bifliop
of Baieux, in behalf of Duke Robert ; but being over-power-
ed, he retired with his family into Normandy, where he hart
two fons borh, viz, Normanu-s Dering, fo called from the place
of his birth ; and Robert, fo called from Robert, Duke of Nor-
mandy. This Normanus Fitz-Dcring married Matilda, only
lifter and heir to William de Ipres, Earl of Kent, and King
Stephen's General, and was himfelf Vice-Comes Cantii, a place
of the higheft truft and honour in thofe times.
S4 At
264 D E R I N G, of Surenden-Dering.
At the battle of Lincoln, where King Stephen was taken pri-
soner, this Gentleman was flain near the King's perfon, en-
deavouring to re feu e his Majefty ; and being found after the
battle with his fhieid covered with blood, his pofterity were
allowed to add to their paternal coat of arms, three Torteauxes
ih chief, in memory of his loyalty and bravery. Mr. Philpot
fays, Norman Fitz Dering was Sheriff of Kent, under King
Stephen.
From this Normanus Fitz-Dering, by a clear and uninter-
rupted fucceflion of worthy Gentlemen and Ladies, (many of
which Gentlemen attained the honour of Knighthood, and mpft
of the Ladies were heireiTes of the belt, families of their times)
was defcended,
John Dering, of Surenden-Dering, Efq; who married Mar-
garet, daughter, and at length fole heir of John Brent, of Char-
ing, in Kent, Efq; (and Anne, his wife, daughter of Sir Ed-
ward Berkley, Knt.) by whom he was father of Richard Dering,
of Surenden, Efq; who by Margaret, daughter of William Twif-
den, of Eaft Peckham, in Kent, Efq; was father of Sir An-
thony Dering, of Surenden, Knt. who. married two wives,
I. , daughter of Goring, by whom he had only one daugh-
ter, that died unmarried ; 2. Frances, daughter of Sir Robert:
Bell, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, by whom he had,
Sir Edward Dering, who was knighted by King James I. and
advanced to the dignity of Baronet, 2 Car. I. He was Knight
of the mire for Kent, in 1640, and a Gentleman of great parts
and learning, who publifhed a volume of his Jpeeches that he
made in the Ploufe of Commons ; though my Lord Clarendon,
(who feems to have a pique againft him) fays, c He was prevailed
6 with to prefent to the Houfe of Commons a bill for extir-
* pating Bifhops, Deans, and Chapters, which he did from the
* gallery, with the two verfes of Ovid, the application whereof
* was his greateff. motive,
c Cuntia prius tentanda^ Jed hnmedicab'de vulnus
c Enfe reddendum £/?, ne pars f.ncera trahatur.3
Which bill was afterwards laid ai-de : He favs farther of him,
4 That he was a man very oppofite to all their (the Parliament's)
6 defigns ; but a man of levity and vanity, eafiiy flattered by
c being commended.'
Mr. Nalfcn, in his hiftorical collections, fays of him, F This
c unfortunate Gentleman I cannot name without compafnon,
4 confidering his great parts and abilities, had they been rightly
* informed, and not over-bom by the popular torrent, which
e though he at fiift helped to fweil above its banks, he was not
* able to flea-, when he endeavoured to oppofe it, but was him-
* /elf over-born and funk by it; and how dangerous a thing that
' great
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D E R I N G, of Surenden-Dering. 265
* great privilege of freedom of fpeech was then in that houfe, he
* remains a fad example.'
Mr. Rufhvvorth, in his hiftorical collections, fays of Sir Ed-
ward, c That he retired in fome difguft (efpecially taken for his
c not complying againft Epifcopacy), to his houfe in Kent, and
6 there lay private the months of ivlay and June, 1642, in which
* time receiving feveral exprelTes from fome of his Majefty's Mt-
* nifters, then at York, to invite him to Court, he at lad con-
fen ted ; and, pafiing through Surry, and Oxford, went to his
* Majefty at Lcicefter, and with him to Coventry, and fo to Not-
c tingham, before the Standard was let up ; and thenceforwards
continued aconftant attendant, till he came into the protection
* of the Parliament, under the favour, and purfuant to the decla-
ration of both kingdoms, promifmg indulgence to fuch as
*■ fhould return upon certain terms, and within fuch a time; he
c came all the way from Oxford by a counterfeit name, until
he arrived at the out-works of the City of London ; and there
* difcovering himfelf, was brought by the Captain of the guard
* to Weftminfter, examined, for the prefent committed, and
* afterwards difcharged, upon his petition to the Houfe of Com-
* mons.'
This Sir Edward married three wives ; 1. Lady Elizabeth
Tufton, daughter of Nicholas, Earl of Thanet, by whom he
had one fon, Anthony, who died, aged fourteen. 2. Anne,
daughter of Sir John Alhburnham, of Aihburnham, in SuiTex,
Knt. by whom he )dt one fon, Sir Edward, his fucceiTor, and
a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Sir John Darell, of Cale-hill,
in Kent, Knt. His third Lady, was Unton, daughter of Sir
Ralph Gibbes, of Honington, in the county of Warwick, Knt.
by whom he left two fons, and two daughter, 1. Henry, of
Pevington, in Kent, Efq; who married Damaris, daughter of
Thomas Peke, of Hills Court, in Kent, Efq; by whom he had
two fons, (Edward, of Pevington, and 2. Unton, who married
the daughter of Mr. Aris,) and a daughter, Catharine. The
fecond fon of Sir Edward, by his third Lady, was Sir Edward
Dering, knighted at Whitehall, January 6, 1679-80, who mar-
ried Dorcas, daughter of Sir Robert rJarkham, of Wainfleet, in
Lincolnfhire, Bart, relict, of Sir William Delaune, of Sharlted,
in Kent, Knt. by whom he left no male iffue. The two daugh-
ters of Sir Edward, were, Dorothy, married to Thomas Englifh,
of Buckland; and Frances, to Thomas Cooper, of Maidftdne,
both in Kent, Efquires. Sir Edward Dering, Bart, died June
22, 1644, and was fucceeded in title and effcate by his only
fon, by his fecond Lady,
Sir Edward Dering, Bart, who reprefented the county of Kent,
in feveral Parliaments, temp. Car. II. in which reign he way
one
266 BERING, of Sureiidcn-Dering.
one of the Lords Commiffioncrs of the Treafuryj he married
Mary, daughter of Daniel Harvey, of Combe, in Surry, E-ftj;
(one of the brothers of the famous Dodlor Harvey) by whom
he had four fons, and five daughters; i. Sir Edward, his fac-
ccflor ; i. Charles, Auditor in Ireland, who married the daugh-
ter of , and relict of the Lord Blaney ; 3. Daniel, who
carried Helen, daughter of Sir John Percival, of Burton, in
the county of Cork, Bart, (by whom he had Daniel Uer'mg,
Efq; who married Mary, daughter of Sir Philip Parker, of Arwar-
ton, in Suffolk, Bart.) 4. John, who died without iflue ; 5. Ro-
bert. The daughters of Sir Edward, were, 1. Elizabeth, mar-
ried to Sir Robert Southwell, of King's-Wefton, in Gloucefrer-
fhire, Knt. one of the Clerks of the Council jto Kiny; Charles II.
1. Mary, married to Sir Thomas Knatchbull, of Merfham, in
Kent, Bart. 3. Anne, married to Wortley Whorwood, of
Denton, in Kent, Efq; 4. Catharine, married to Sir John Per-
cival, of Burton, in Cork, Bart, and, 5. Jane, died unmarried.
This Sir Edward died 1684, and was fucceeded, in title and
eftate, by his eldeft fon,
Sir Edward Dering, Bart, who married Elizabeth, elded
daughter and coheir of Sir William Cholmley, of Whitby, in
Yorkfhire, Bart, by whom he left three fons, Sir Cholmley, his
fuccefTor, William, and Daniel ; and a daughter, Cecilia. He
died 1689, and was fucceeded in title and eftate, by his eldeffc
ion,
Sir Cholmley Dering, Bart, who was Knight of the Shire
for the county of Kent, in the reign of Qtieen Anne. He mar-
ried Mary, only daughter and heir of Edward Fifher, of Lon-
don, Efq; by whom he left two fons, Sir Edward, his fuecefTor,
znd Cholmley, who died March 3, 1 768, unmarried. This Sir
Cholmley was unfortunately killed in a duel, in Tothill -fields,
Wcftminfter, by Mr Thornhill, May 9, 171 1, and was fuc-
ceeded iri title and eilatc, by his eldeft ion,
Sir Edward Dering, who was Knight of the Shire for fhe
county of Kent, in three fucceflive Parliaments. He married,
rirft, Elizabeth, daughter and coheirefs of Edward Henfhaw, of
Eitham, in Kent, Efq: by whom he had three fons and one
d uighter, viz. Edward and Elizabeth, who both died in their
infancy; Edward, the prefent Baronet; and Daniel, who died
in June, 1760. To his fecond Lady he married Mary, only
daughter and Heirefs to Charles Fotherbv, of B:u'h am -court, m
Kent, Efq; by whom he had feven children ; Charles, Mary,
and Thomas are now living; the reft, which were, Charles, Mary,
John, and Cecilia, died in their infancy. Sir Edward died the
15th of April, 1762, and was fucceeded in title and eitate by his
tldeft (on,.
Sir
STYLE, of Wateringbury. 2:67
Sir Edward Dering, the prefent Baronet, who was chofen in
this and the laft Parliament, for New Romney, in Kent. He
married firfr, Selina, daughter and coheirefs of Sir Robert Fur-
nefe, of Walderihare, in Kent. Bart, by whom he had a fon
and a daughter, Edward and Selina. To his fecond Lady he
married Deborah, only daughter of John Winchefter, of Nether-
fo'x, in Kent. Efq; by whom he has a fun and a daughter,
Cholmley and Elizabeth.
Arms. Quarterly, Firft and Fourth, Argent, a Fefs, Azure,
in Chief" three Torteauxes, (as the Augmentation,) Second and
Third, Or, a Saltire, Sable.
Crest. On a Ducal Coronet, Or, a Horfe Pafiant, Sable,
Mained, Or.
Supporters. Two Horfes, Sable, Mained, Or.
Motto. Sening onb nxr a^g no rening. And fometimes,
Terrete nolo, thr.ere nefcio.
Seat. Surenden-Dering, in Kent.
60. Style, of Wateringbury, Kent.
Created Baronet, April 21, 1627.
*TP HIS family were originally feated in Suffolk, and are de-
fcended from William Style, of Ipfwich, father of John
Style, which John Style was employed in feveral embaffies to
different courts by Henry VII. about the year 1500 ; by whom
Silo he was fent to Naples to treat of a marriage between that
Prince and the Dowager Queen of Naples, mentioned in Lord
Bacon's hiftofy of Henry vil. By Elizabeth, daughter and co-
heir of Sir Guy Wolflan, of London, Knt. he had iffue, Sir
Humphry Style, of Langley, in Kent, Knt. who was Sheriff of
Kent, 35 Henry VIII. and by his firft wife, Bridget, daughter
of Sir Thomas Baldrey, Knt. had iffue three fons, 1. Edmund
Style, of Langley, Efq; 2. Oliver Style, Efq; wh,o was Sheriff
of London, temp. Jac. I. anceftor to the prefent Sir Thomas,
of whom hereafter ; and 3. Nicholas Style, Efq; Alderman and
Sheriff of London, temp. Jac. I. who died Nov. 16, 161 5.
Edmund Style, of Langley, Efq; the eldeft fon, by Mary,
daughter of John Berney, of Reedham, in Norfolk, Efq; was
father of William, who had two wives. 1. Anne, daughter of
John Eversfield, of Den, in Suffex, Efq; and 2. Mary, daughterof
Robert Clarke, Efq; one of the Barons of the Exchequer : By
the firft wife he had Sir Humphry Style, of Langley, in Beck-
Ingham, in Kent, Cup-bearer to King Charles I. and treated a
Baronet,
268 STYLE, of Wateringbury.
Baronet, May 20, 1627. He was alfo, by the fame King, made
Colonel of all the trained-band horfe of the county of Kent. Sip
Humphry died in the year 1659. His fervices are beft expreffed
n the following copy of a paper in the collections of Peter Le
Neve, Efq; late Norroy King of Arms.
c About eleven or twelve years fince, the late King, for, and
in coniideration of the long and faithful fervice done by Sir
Humphry Style, Knt. and Bart, both to his father and to him-
felf, and in recompence of his great expences therein, as
alfo for his fervice in the proteftant wars in France, granted
unto the faid Sir Humphry Style, by Letters Patents under the
then Broad Seal of England, all the incroachments made within
and upon his palace of Weftminfter, referving to himfelf and fuc-
ceflbrs a clear full fourth part of all the profits that fhould ac-
crue thereby,
' Sir Humphry Style, in purfuance of this grant, and the better
to difcover how much was incroached upon the faid palace, pro-
cured a Jury of Middlesex to be impannelled, by whom the
bounds and limits of the faid palace were, by their verdict, upon
the teftimony of witneffes then fworn and examined, found and
difcovered, and an exact and perfect map thereof was drawn,
which is now in the cuftody of the faid Humphry Style. After
the verdict of the faid Jury, Sir Humphry Style proceeded by
Law in the Exchequer, againft fome of the incroachers, where,
after a long fuit, and much charge, at a full hearing, he ob-
tained the judgment of the court againft the laid incroachers ;
whereupon the late King granted a commiflion, under his broad
feal, to divers Lords, giving them power to compound, at rea-
fonable rates, with fuch perfons as had fo incroached upon his
faid palace.
4 Sir Plumphry Style humbly defires your opinion, whether it be
4 not neceffary for him to prefent this his cafe to the judgment
4 of the Parliament, the fourth part referved by the King now
c accruing and belonging to them, without whofe approbation
6 and direction he will not do any thing.'
Whofe opinion it was that is here afked, is not mentioned by
Mr. Le Neve ; or any farther account of this affair.
This elder branch terminating in an heir female, married to
the late Sir John Elwill, of Langley, in Kent. Bart, we fhall
proceed to the fecond fon,
Oliver Style, Efq; before mentioned, who, by Sufanna, daugh-
ter of John Bull, Efq; had iffue,
Sir Thomas Style, of Wateringbury, Bart, fo created the
third of Charles L Pie died Oct. 18, 1637V leaving iffue, by
Elizabeth, daughter and fole heir of Robert Foulkes, of Mon-
chcfi;ins> in Eifex, Efq; Sir Thomas, his fucqeffor, and three
daughters,
S T Y L E, of Waterihgbury. 269
daughters, Elizabeth, married to John Monins, Efq; Ton of Sir
Edward Monins, of Walderfhare,- in Kent, Bart. Sufan, to Sir
John Reade, of Brocket- Hall, in Hertfordfhire, Bart, and Anne,
to Sir John Buck, of Hanby Grange, in Lincolnfhire, Bart.
Sir Thomas Style, the only fon, fucceeded his father. He
married firft, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Airmine, of
Ofgodby, in Lincolnfhire, Bart, and had ifTue Thomas, who died
vita patris, (He married Mary, daughter to Sir Stephen Lang-
ham, and had ifliie Thomas, who died an infant; (he afterwards
married Sir Thomas Middleton, of Stanfted-Mount-Fitchet, in
EiTex, Knt.) William, who died ifluelefs ; Michael, Sir Oliver,
and Airmine, all dead. Sir Thomas's daughters were, i. Eliza-
beth, married to William Carter, of Kinmull, in Denbighfhire,
Efq; Mary, to Sir Felix Wild, of Mailing, in Kent. Bart.
Sufan, to Thomas Dalyfon, of Namptons, in Kent, Efq; and
Anne, to John Marriot, of Sturfton-hall, in Suffolk, Efq;
Sir Thomas married, to his fecond Lady, Margaret, daughter
of Sir Thomas Twyfden, of Bradburne, in Kent, Bart, one
of the Juftices of the King's Bench, and had iflue Thomas,
(dead;) the prefent Sir Thomas ; Roger, and Humphrey, both
dead; alfo one daughter, Margaret, (married to Robert Viner, of
Swakley, in Middlefex, Efq; one of the Knights of the Shire,
for the county of Lincoln.) He died in Nov. 1702, aged feventy-
eight, being fucceeded by
Sir Oliver, his eldeft Surviving fon, by his firft Lady, who died
the February following, without iflue, and was fucceeded by
his half-brother, Sir Thomas, the eldefl furviving fon by the fe-
cond venter.
Which Sir Thomas Style, the prefent Baronet, married Eli-
zabeth, eldeft daughter of Sir Charles Hotharn, Bart, and filler
to the late Sir Charles Hotharn, of Scorbrough, inYorkfhire,
Bart, which Lady died Odob. 25, 1737, aged forty-three; by
whom he had four fons ; 1. Thomas, deceafed, a Page of Hon-
our to his late Majefty j 2. Charles, late an Officer in the fifth
regiment of Dragoons ; 3. Robert, a Clergyman ; 4. William,
Captain of a company in the firft regiment of F'oot-guards, who
married Catharine Bateman, fitter and coheirefs of the late John
Long Bateman, Efq; of the kingdom of Ireland, by whom he
has no iffue. Sir Thomas has alfo two daughters, Elizabeth and
Charlotte, both unmarried.
Arms. Sable, a Fefs, Or, fretted of the Field, between threo
Fleurs de Lis, and within a Border of the fecond.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wolf's Head, coup'd, proper, the
lower part of the Neck frette, as in the Arms.
Seat. At Wateringbury, near Maid (tone, in Kent.
61. Moore,
17q MOORE, of Fawley,
6t. Moore, of Fawley, Berkshire.
Created Baronet, May 21, 1627.
r\ F this Ancient family, the firft we find mentioned is, Fran-
cis Moore, wh ofe fon, Roger, by Elizabeth,, daughter of
Hall, of Bradford, in Wilts, had iffue, Richard, who married
Elizabeth, daughter of William Brocas, of Beaupre, in Hants,
Efq; and had two fons, 1. Richard, and 2. G. Moore, who,
by Ifabella, daughter of Gore, had iffue Edward, father of Ed-
ward, of Wilts, who married Eleanor, daughter of Reynolds,
of Trowbridge, and had iffue John, of Ewell, in Surry, who by
Agnes, daughter of Henry Bartlet, left iffue,
Richard Moore, Efq; eldeft fon of Richard aforementioned,
who died 11 Hen. VII. and by Catharine, daughter of Arlott,
had two fons, and fix daughters, 1. John, of Burfeild, who,
by Elizabeth, daughter of Whittingffall, left only a daughter,
Elizabeth, married to John Mahew. 2. Richard, of whom
hereafter ; the fix daughters were, , married to John Wil-
liams, of Thame, in Oxfordfhire, Efq; Ifabella, married to
John D'Oyley, Efq; Chriftian, to Henry Wilkins ; Matilda,
to Robert Lechingham, in Bucks, Efq; Alice, wife to John
Raphe, and Anne.
Richard Moore, Efq; the fecond fon, was father of William,
who, by the daughter of Hildefly, of Hildefly, had iffue Edward
Moore, Efq; who died 1 Eliz. leaving iffue by Elizabeth,
daughter and heir of Hall, of Tilehurft, in Bjerks, Efq;
Francis Moore, Efq; his fon and heir. In the latter end of
Queen Elizabeth, and beginning of King James, he was feve-
*al times elected a Burgefs to fit in Parliament, in which he
was a frequent fpeaker ; andinj.616, received the honour of
knighthood, at Theobald's, from his Majefty King Jan\es I.
• This Sir Francis Moore, Knt. married Anne, daughter toWil-
liam Twitty, of Boreham, in Effex, Efq; by whom he had (even
fons, and four daughters; 1. Francis, who died in France, un-
married ; 2. Henry ; 3. William, married to Mrs. Blount, and
left one fon, Francis, who married Mary, daughter to — — -
Carew, of Tor-abby, in Devonfhire, Efq; by whom he had one
daughter, Elizabeth, who died unmarried ; 4. Edward ; 5. Tho-
mas, who both died unmarried, as did, 6. John, and 7. George,
young. Of the daughters, Margaret, married Sir Geffrey Pal-
mer, Knt. and Bart. Attorney General to King Charles II.
Anne, to John Jernegan, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Henry Jerne-
gan, of Coffey, in Norfolk, Bart. Elizabeth, married Sir Ri-
chard
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t&ard Blount, of Maple-durham, in Qxfordfhire, Knt. and Do-
rothy, died unmarried.
Henry Moore, Efq; the eld eft furviving fon, was advanced
to the dignity of a Baronet 3 Car I. and married Elizabeth,
daughter of William Beverley, of Kenoe, in Bedfordshire, Efcj;
by whom he had (wo fons, and four daughters 5 1. Sir Henry,
his fucceuor ; 2. Sir St. John Moore, Knt. who married- the
daughter of Pooley, by whom he had feveral fons, but
none of them left iilue. The four daughters of Sjr Henry,
were, 1. Anne, married to Sir Matthew Hale, Knt. Lord
Chief Juftice; 2. Elizabeth, wife of Sir Seymour Pile, of Ax-
ford, in Wilts, Bart. 3. Frances, to Gabriel Pile, of Okemarlh,
in Berkfhire, Efq; brother to Sir Seymour ; and 4. Margaret,
the wife of William Duckett, Efq;
Sir Henry Moore, Bart, the eldeft fon> who fucceeded his
father in title and eftate, married two wives, 1. Judith, daugh-
ter of Alderman Campbell, of London, by whom he had onlf
one daughter, Judith, who died young ; his fecor.d wife was
Mary, daughter of William Hitchcock, of Knitely, in Bucks,
Efq; by whom he had two fons, Francis, and William, who
married Anne, daughter of Henry Wells, of Brambridge, in
the county of Hants, Efq; by whom he left one fon, William.
3ir Henry, had alfo three daughters, who all died unmarried.
Francis Moore, Efq; the eldeft fon, died in his father's life-
time. He married Frances, daughter and fole heir of Alexan-
der Jermin, of Cordington, inSuflex, Efq; by whom he had
three fons, and four daughters ; Sir Richard, and Henry, both
born the fame day, the latter died unmarried, June 8, 1734;
and Francis. Of the daughters, Catharine, Anne, and Doro-
thy, all died unmarried ; he had alfo a daughter Mary. The
refiS of thris Francis, afterwards married John Shuckburgh,
Efq;
Sir Richard Moore, Bart, fucceffor to his grandfather, mar-
ried Anaftacia, daughter and coheir of John Aylward, of Lon-
don, Efq; (the ether daughter and coheir, married Charles
Howard, Efq; fon of Henry Howard, Efq; fourth fon of Henry,
Earl of Arundell,) by whom he had eight fons* and fix daugh-
ters ; 1. Francis, who died an infant; 2. Sir Richard, his luo
cefTor ; 3. Sir John ; 4. Francis, who died young ; 5. James
6. Henry; 7. Thomas ; and 8. William; Frances, the eld eft
daughter, married Richard Harcourt, of London, Merchant,
and died foon after, without illue ; 2. Mary; 3. Helena ;
4. Anaftacia; 5. Elizabeth, and 6. Anne. Sir Richard, died
December 10, 1737, and was fnccecdtd in dignity and eftate
bv his eldeft furviving fen,
Sir
272 I 8 H A M, of Lamport.
Sir Richard Moore, Bart, who died unmarried, June 15*
1738, and was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir John Moore, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Argent, a Moor Cock, Sable, comb'd and jollowped9
Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Tuft of Grafs, Vert 5 thereon a
Moor Cock, as in the Arms.
Motto. Nihil utile quodnon honeftum*
Seat. At Fawley, near Wantage, in Berkfhire.
62. Isham, of Lamport, Northamptonfhire.
Created Baronet, May 30, 1627.
■^T O T tradition alone, but a concurrent teftimony of the
-*■ moft authentic records, fufliciently prove, that this family
has, for many ages, been feated in Northamptonfhire, and like-
wife feem to evince acertaintv of their beina: denominated from
Ifham, a town of the faid county in the hundred of Orlingbury,
Such authority, fupported by variety of corrobating circum-
ftances, gives us encouragement to begin at the Norman epo-
cha, from which sera we fhall attempt to deduce them to our
days, in as uninterrupted a feries at this diftance of time, and
the many cafualties incident to it, will admit.
Either Azor, or Azo, (who lived at the time when William
the Conqueror made his general furvey,) if they were different
men, which the fmall variation of a letter would incline one
to think they were not, was probably the perfon, who is re-
corded to be father to Roger de Ifham, one of the firft bene-
factors to the Priory of St. Andrew, in Northampton, giving
thereto two parts of the tithe of all his demefns in Ifham.
Henry de Ifham next occurs in the records of the faid Pri-
ory, as a witnefs to the grant of Henry de Harwedon, fon of
Simon de Harwedon, of all the tithes of his fee in Ifham -, very
likely Roger was father to this Henry, to whom are attributed
two fons, Henry, and Thomas ; from which laft, the exifting
branch of the family derive their defcent..
That Henry had a fon, who bore his name, is very clear, for
Henry, fon of Henry de Ifham, prefented Mafter Hervey de
Fackham, to one mediety of the church of Ifham, in the year
1237. It is alfo certain, that this laft Henry, was likewife
fucceeded by a foe, after his own name, a minor. We alfo
meet with William de Ifham, whofe daughter and heir, Eliza-
beth, was the wife of William Bernakea of Bernake ; which.
William
I S H A M, of Lamport. 273
William de Ifham, whofe daughter' and heir, Elizabeth, was
the wife of William Bernake^ of Bernake ; which William
leaving likewife by her an heir female, the eftate in Ifham
paiTed into the houfe of Luffewick, of Luffewick, and from
thence was conveyed the fame way into that of Pickering.
Having thus brought the eldeft branch to a period in art heir
general, we mail now proceed, according to the beft light we
have at prefent, in the account of the younger branch : In or-
der to which, it will be necelTary to reafcend to Thomas de
Ifham, fecond fon of the firft Henry ; which Thomas was fa-
ther of Robert de Ifham, living 45 Hen. III. and he of Henry
de Ifnam, who was impleaded by William, fort of John de
Wylies, 3 Edw. III. \
Robert de Ifham we take to be fon of Henry, and find him
frequently mentioned towards the latter end of Edw. III. He
is fuppofed to be father of Robert Ifham, the firft we obferve
to have de left out before his name.
Contemporary with Robert, perhaps his brother, was John
Ifham, Prior of Wymondham, in Norfolk. This Robert died
J 3 March, 2 Hen. VI. 1424. leaving a fon named Robert, of
the age of twenty-two years. He married Elizabeth, daughter
and co-heir to Afton, of Knoflon, alias Knuftort, near Ir-
chefter, in Northamptonfhire. He died about the 14th of
Edw. IV. leaving behind him, William, his eldeft fon, of whom
hereafter ; Robert, who was Prebendary of Lincoln, from 1467
to 1501 ; Richard, and John.
Richard, fon and heir of John Ifham, was the hufband of
Ffabella, daughter to Drugo Brudenel, Efq; William Ifham,
the eldeft {on of R.oberr, was one of thofe Gentlemen of North-
amptonfhire, to whom Richard III. fent a Letter, requiring a
loan of forty pounds : his name likewife occurs upon other ac-
counts, on the lifts of the Nobility and Gentry of the county.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of , widow of Thomas
Braunfpath, who died 20th Sept. 18 Edw. IV. and he died
1*3 June, 2 Hen. VIII. 1510. leaving Thomas Ifham, of Pi-
cheley, Efq; their fon. He married Elena, daughter of Ri-
chard Vere, of Addington, Efq; (by Ifabella, his wife, daugh-
ter, and at length heir, to John Green, of Drayton, Efq;)
and filler to Sir Henry Vere, Sheriff of Northamptonfhire,
I" Hen. VII. who being; the laft heir male of that ancient and
martial family, defcended from Sir Robert de Vere, fecond fon
of Aubrey de Vere, Chief Jufticiary of England, and brother
to Aubrey de Vere, firft of the name, Earl of Oxford ; his
eldeft daughter and co-heir, Elizabeth, became the wife of
John, the firft Lord Mordaunt, anceftor to the Earl of Peter-
borough.
Vol. I. T The
2/4 I S H A M, of Lamport.
The iflue that came of it were, Eufeby, John, and, *ao
cording to circumftances, Henry. Henry Ifham was in that
unfortunate expedition of the Emperor Charles V. to Algiers,
1^41. He married Anne, reljcl: of William Scot, daughter
and co-heir to Thomas Fogge, Serjeant Porter of Calais, by
whom he had Edward Ifham, whole daughter and heir, Mary,
was the wife of Sir George Parkins, cf Bunny, in Notting-
hamfhire, Knt.
Eufeby Ifham* the eldeft fon of Thomas, matched with
Anne, eldeft daughter of Gyles Pulton, of Defborough, Efq;
and Catharine, his wife, daughter of Thomas Lovet, fen. of
Aftwell, Efqi By her, in one and twenty years, he had twenty
children ; the names of ten of whom, five fons, and as many
daughters, the reft dying young, and unmarried, are tranfmit-
ted down to us, viz. Gyles, Robert, Gregory, John, anceftor
of the Lamport line, and Henry ; Catharine, wife to Richard
Pagitt, of Cranford, Student of the Law, (from whom def-
cended, by the eldeft fon, James Pagitt, one of the Barons of
the Exchequer, in the reign of Charles I. and by Eufeby, a
Clergyman, old Father Ephraim Pagitt, above forty years Rec-
tor of St. Edmund, Lombard -ftreet ;) Eleha, firffc married to
Thomas Hoyfe, and, fecondly, to Thomas Bolefworth, of
Great Oakley ; Ely, wife to Henry Bellamy, Citizen, and
Mercer, of London, afterwards of Hadley, near Barnet, in
Middlesex; Edith, to Richard Slatier, of Braunfton; andlfa-
bella, to Thomas Barker, Merchant, whofe fifter was married
to his wife's brother, John Ifham.
Gyles Ifham, Efqj the eldeft fon* was Drought up to the
ftudy of the Law, wherein he made great proficiency ; and fet-
tling at Picheley, upon the death of his grand-mother, was
put into the Commiftlon of the Peace. In the firft year of the
reign of Queen Mary he was elected for the City of Peterbo-
rough, to the Parliament, fummoned to meet at Oxford j and
again to that helcj at Weftminfter, 4th and 5th of Philip and
Mary. He died the laft of Auguft, 1559, leaving, by Mary,
his wife, who furvived him not a year, three infant daughters,
all in time difpofed of in marriage to Gentlemen of good fa-
milies; Anne, to Edward Thorne, of Syrefham ; Jane, to
* Leonard Barker, and after him to Nicholas d'Arcy, of Kew,
in Surrey, Efq; and Margery, to Edmond d'Ayrell, of Lang-
port, alias Lamport, in Buckinghamfhire.
Robert Ifham, fecond fon, was of Chrift College, in Cam-
bridge, where he proceeded Mafter of Arts j after which he was
promoted to be one of Queen Mary's Chaplains ; and being,
befides his fpiritual Preferments, polTefied of a good temporal
eftate, departed this life, unmarried, May 5, 1564, 6 Eliz.
Gregory
I S H A M, of Lamport. 2j$
Gregory Ifham, third fori, died Sept. 4, 1558, Jaft of Philip
and Mary. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew Da]et
of Briftol, who, after his deceafe, had to her fecond hufband,
William Rofwell, Efq; Sollicitor General to Queen Elizabeth.
By her he was father of Sir Eufeby, Thomas, Mary, the fe-
cond wife (and by whom he only left iffue) of Thomas An-
drews, of Charwelton, Efq; who feems to be the Sheriff of
Northamptonfhire, according to Camden, that attended on
Mary, Queen of Scots, to her execution, at Fotheringhay-
Caftle ; and Elizabeth, married to Henry Cave, of Ingarfby,
in the county of Leicefter, Efq;
Sir Eufeby Ifham, of Picheley and Braunfton, Knt. received
the honour of Knighthood from King James I. at the Char-
ter-houfe. He died June 1 r, 1626, and, as tradition delivers
it, in no very good circumftances, tho', in all appearance, his
children were well provided for, of whom he had a good num-
ber by his lady, Anne, the daughter of John Borlafe, of Mar-
low, in Buckinghamfhire, Efq; The fons were, 1. John Ifham,
Efq; who was twice married ; firft, to Anne, daughter to Sir
William Fitz-Williams, of Milton, Knt. by whom he had
Anne, his only daughter and heir, the wife, firft, of William
Lane, of Horton and Glendon, Efq; and after his deceafe, of
Pierce Walih, Efq; fecondly, to Elizabeth, daughter of Ed-
mond Dunch, of Wittenham, in the county of Berks, Efq;
who brought him no illue : He deceafed Dec. 9, 1626, and
this laft wife Aug. 6, 1657. 2. Eufeby, who married Sufanna,
relicl: of Daniel Kechen ; 3. William, who, by Mary his wife,
had iffue Eufeby, and Anne ; 4. Gregory ; 5. Thomas, who
had to wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Denton, of
Hillerfdon, in Bucks, Knt. by whom he had Thomas Ifham,
of the Middle Temple, who died a bachelor, July 17, 1676,
befides a fon and daughter that died young ; 6. Anthony. Sir
Eufeby's daughters were, Anne, who died an infant ; another
Anne, married to Edward Glover, of Baxterley, in Warwick-
fnire, Efq; Mary, firft the wife of Edward Reede, of Cottef-
brook, Efq; and afterwards of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, of Lee-
grange, in Buckinghamfhire, Knt. Sarah, married to Henry
Turvile, of Thurlefton, in the county of Leicefter, Efq; Su-
fanna, to John Faldo, of Goldington-green, in the county of
Bedford, Efq; and Elizabeth.
Here, in courfe, we mould proceed to treat of John Ifham,
of Lamport ; but firft it will not be improper to fay fomething
of his younger brother, with whom we fhall conclude the col-
lateral branches.
Henry Ifham, fifth and youngeft furviving fon, we find
Comptroller of the Cuftoms, temp. Eliz. and that he married
T 2 Jane,
276 I S H A M, of Lamport.
Jane, daughter to Mr. Breefly, and by her had iflite, 1. Gre-
gory ; 2. Nathanael ; 3. Zaccheus ; and 4. Matthias.
Gregory Ifham, of BarbyT Efq; had, by his wife, Elizabeth,
daughter of Robert Catelyne, of Raundes, Gent, a numerous
progeny, viz. Robert, Henry, Henry, Richard, James, Gre-
gory, John, William, Edward, Arthur ; Anne, wife of John
Pey ; Eliza; Eleanora, who died unmarried, aged eighty ;
Penelope ; Catharine ; Elizabeth, married to Thomas Burrard,
of Lymington, in Hampfhire, Efq; Jane, to Lodge, one of
which was the fecond wife of Sir Sidney Mountagu, father to
the firft Earl of Sandwich.
Zaccheus, the third, but fecond furviving fon, had to wife
Jane, daughter of Francis Sturtivant, of Carlton upon Trent,
in Nottinghamfhire, and by her had Edward, of Willey, in the
county of Warwick ; Mary, married to Wren ; Jane, to
Ducket ; and Elizabeth ; as alfo Thomas, Bachelor of Divi-
nity, Rector of Barby, father of that learned and eminent Di-
vine, Zaccheus Ifham, D. D. Rector of St. Botolph's, Bi-
fhopfgate, in London, which he refigned upon being presented
to the living of Solyhull, in Warwickihire, Prebendary of Can-
terbury and St. Paul's, and feveral times Proctor in Convoca-
tion for the City of London, who died at Solyhull, July 5,
1705, leaving iftue by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Thomas
Pittis, D. D. Chaplain to King Charles II. (who was his
predeceflbr as Reclor of St. Botolph's, Bifhopfgaie, aforefaid)
by Elizabeth his wife, filter of Sir William Stephens, of Bar-
ton, in the Ifle of Wight, Knt. Thomas, Juitinian, Henry,
Francis, and Elizabeth, who all died young, or unmarried ;
Mary, married to Arthur Brooke, Gent, (who had iflue two
daughters, Mary and Dorothy) and jane. The aforefaid Tho-
mas was iikewife father to Francis iiham, of Sudborow, who
was elder than the Doctor, and died without iiTue. Matthias,
the third furviving fon of Henry, by his wife, Meril Tifdale,
had ifiue Gregory, Elizabeth, and Jane : Beiides thefe fons,
Henry Ifham had the following daughters, Sufanna, the wife
Of Edmond Borlafe, and mother of Sir John Borlafe, Bart,
one of the Lords Juftices of Ireland in the years 1640, and
1643. Apollonia, married to Rowland Leigh, and Mary, to
Gyles Parllo, both of the city of London.
Of the children of Eufeby and Anne Ifham, there only now
remains an account to be given of John Ifham, of Lamport,
Efq; their fourth fon, and the direct anceftor to the Baronets.
Ringfted was the place of his birth, and Auguft 1525, 17 Hen.
VIII. the month and year of it. As he was brought up to
merchandize, he was, 5 Edw. VI. made free of the city of
London, and of the Mercers Company, to which he was often
Warden ;
I S H A M, of Lamport. 277
Warden; the firfl time he bore that office was in 1567; in
the year 158 1, he ferved the office of Sheriff; and departed
this life, March 17, 1595, in the feventy-firfr. year of his age,
leaving behind him the character of a wife, juft, and good man.
In his younger years he matched with a widow of a plentiful
fortune, Elizabeth, the daughter of Nicholas Barker, of the
houfe of Sunning, in Berkihire, and relict of Leonard Barker,
Citizen of London, whom he outlived only fomething above a
twelvemonth. The children they had by each other, were,
Anne, wedded to Richard Saunders, of Agmondelham, in
Bucks, and Elizabeth, to George Pulton, of Defborough,
Efquires, both dying before their father ; Thomas, Rob-rt;,
that died young, Henry and Richard, who by their wives, Eli-
zabeth Caunton, and Barbara Webfter, had many children ;
the firft, Eufeby, Edward, who left pofterity, Thomas, Ri-
chard, John, Henry, Barbara, Mary married to George Neale,
Mercer ; and Anne, to Thomas Bunning, Rector of Lamport ;
R.ichard, had Thomas, Auguftine, Richard, Anne, Elizabeth,
the wife of William Trefham, of Old, Gent. Sufanna, and
Mary.
Thomas Ifham, Efq; fucceeded his father, and had the mis-
fortune to lofe his fight, when very young, by a fit of ficknefs,
notwithftanding which, having an excellent memory, he retain-
ed what was read to him, and became well verfed in divinity
and hiftory : He died December 3, 1605, aged 50, leaving by
his wife Elizabeth, daughter of ChriftopherNicholfon, of Cam-
bridge, Gent, who furvived him till Au^uft 9, 1621, one ion,
John, and three daughters ; Elizabeth, firf! married to Sir An-
thony Denton, of Tunbridge, in Kent, fecondly, to Sir Paul
d'Ewes, of Stow Hall, in Suffolk, Knights; Sufanna, the wife
of Sir Martin Stutvile, of Dalham, in Suffolk, Knt. and Jane,
who had for her hufband John Ardys, of Rouhall, in the county
of Bedford, Efq;
John Ifham, Efq; afterwards Knight and Baronet, the only
fon, was twenty-three years of age at the time of his father's
deceafe, being born July 27, 1582. He was knighted by King
James I. at Whitehall, March 29, 1608, and the ninth of the
faid King made Sheriff of Northarr.ptonfhire, where, acting as
Juftice of the Peace, he bore a great fvvay, until the unhappy
troubles, being, for his knowledge in the laws, and impartial
determinations, efteemed an eminent and upright Magiflrate.
King Charles I. advanced him to. the dignity of a Baronet, by
patent bearing date May 30, 1627. He took to wife, 1607,
Judith, daughter of the learned William Lewyrj, of Ottringden,
in Kent, Doctor of Law, fome time Official Principal of the
Arches, and Judge of the Prerogative Couit of Canterbury,
' T 3 &c.
278 I S H A M, of Lamport.
&c. and fitter to Sir Juftinian Lewyn, of the fame place, Knt.
By this Lady, who died June 25, 1625, aged thirty-four, Sir
John had one fon ; and two daughters, Elizabeth and Judith,
who both died unmarried, and he himfelf giving way to fate,
July 8, 165 1, was buried at Lamport with his Lady. He was
Succeeded in honour and eftate, by
Sir Juftinian Ifham, Bart, his only fon, born the 20th of
January, 16 10. Having made a fufficient progrefs in claflical
learning, he was fent from fchool to Cambridge, and admitted
Fellow Commoner of Chrift College, April iS, 1627. As na-
ture had furnifhed him with excellent parts, fo the advantage of
fuch an education, improved afterwards by that of travel into
foreign countries, rendered him one of the mod accomplished
perfons of his time, being a Gentleman not only of fine learn-
ing, but above all famed for his fingular piety, and exemplary
life. During the time of the grand rebellion, he adhered firmly
to the royal caufe, for which he fufTereu in feveral refpefts,
both in his perfon and his eftate, his perfon having been put in-
to prifon, and was obliged to compound for the eftate he en-
joyed in his father's life-time, at Shangton, in Leicefterfhire, at
no lefs than 1106I. notwithstanding which, he was remarkably
liberal to the pious and learned orthodox Clergy, whom he ge-
neroufly affifted in their greateft neceftities. Thus diftinguifhed,
by his loyalty and other happy virtues, his country, upon the
happy reftoration of the church and monarchy, judging him to
be a perfon moft fitly qualified to reprefent them, elected him
one of their Knights to the Parliament which met May 8, 1661,
and continued to fit to the period of his life. He was twice
married ; firft, to Jane, daughter of Sir John Garrard, of La-
mer, in Hertfordmire, Knt. and Bart, and Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, Knt. by whom he had four
daughters, Jane, Elizabeth and Judith, twins, andSufanna;,
the firft and third died unmarried j Elizabeth was the fecond
wife of Sir Nicholas L'Eftrange, of Hunftanton, in Norfolk,
Bart, and Sufanna, the only one of Sir Nicholas Carew, of Be-
dington, in Surry, Knt. befides thefe he had one fon, John,
who being born before the time, lived only fome few days, his
mother alfo dying in childbed of him, March 3, 1638. After
her death, Sir Juftinian continued a widower many years, and
then, in 1653, took to his fecond wife, Vere, daughter of Tho-
mas, Lord Leigh, of Stonely, by Mary, his wife, daughter and
coheir to Sir Thomas Egerton, eldeft fon of Thomas, Lord
Elfemere, Vifcount Brackley, High Chancellor of England.
This Lady, who deceafed October 29, 1704, brought him
fix fons and two daughters; 1. Thomas ; 2. Juftinian; 3.
John, who died October, 1746, aged eighty^feven : He
was
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was Under-Secretary each time the Earl of Nottingham was
one of the Principal Secretaries of State, and in the latter end
of King William's reign, a Commifiioner for the forfeited
eftates in Ireland ; he married Frances, daughter and coheir to
Sir Richard Afhfeild, Bart, this Lady died April, 1755, aged
feventy-two. By her he had two fons and a daughter; Juf-
tinian, who died April, 1743, aged thirty-fix. He married
Mary, daughter of Sir Stephen Anderfon, of Eyworth, in Bed-
fordfhire, Bart. John and Frances, dead ; 4. Charles, who died
in the eleventh year of his age ; 5. and 6. Ferdinando and
Henry, both died very young men. Mary, the firft wife to
Sir Marmaduke I)'Ayrell, Kntf late of Caftle Camps, inCam-
bridgefhire, and Vere, young Ladies that were learned beyond
their fex and years, the fjrft in the Latin tongue, the latter in
Mathematicks, and Algebra. Sir Juftinian being at Oxford to
place one of his fons in Chrift Church, was feized with a fit of
the ftone, which deprived the world of this valuable man, March
2, 1674, in the fixty-fifth year of his age.
Sir Thomas Ifham, Bart, then within age, fucceeded him ; a
young Gentleman of a beautiful perfon, and a fweet difpofition,
who having finifhed his travels in France and Italy, and being
on the point of entering into the ftate of matrimony, was, July
26, 168 1, fnatched away by death, at London, in the very
flower of his youth, being bijt twenty- four years old ; upon
which, the title and eftate defcended tG his next brother,
Sir Juftinian Ifham, Bart, who met with the news of his
brother's death as he was returning to England from France.
In 1685, 1 Jac. II. he was elected a Burgefs for the town of
Northampton ; after which, when our religion and laws were
ftruck at in that unfortunate reign, upon the landing of the
Prince of Orange, he appeared in arms at Nottingham, where
feveral Lords, and a good number of Gentlemen of the befr,
quality and fortunes, having formed themfclves into a troop, as
a guard to the Princefs Anne, mod of them were for conferring
the command of it upon him, which he modeftly declining, the
choice fell on the Right Rev. Dr. Compton, Bifhop of Lon-
don, whom he propofed, and he contented himfelf with being
their cornet, the ftandard he bore having this motto in letters
of gold, Nslwnus leges Anglia miliar i ; without doubt, the
true motive he engaged upon ; (or k is apparent by his
behaviour, in the Convention that enfued, he had little
thoughts of running the lengths of fome people, notwith-
standing he flood as fair for preferment as mcir, and had even
good ofters, particularly, as we are informed, that of a commif-
fion to raife a regiment of foot. His being bail for a certain
Peer, his friend and neighbour, who had fallen under the dif-
T 4 pleafure
280 I S H A M, of Lamport.
pleafure of the Government, was the chief occafion he was not
returned for the town of Northampton at the opening of the
Parliament that met March 20, 1689 ; but a vacancy happen-
ing, through the death of one of the members, he came in the
very firft feflion, and ferved for the fame place in the two fol-
lowing Parliaments. In 1698, he was elected, by the almoft
unanimous voice of the county of Northampton, one of their
Knights of the Shire, and continued to represent the faid coun-
ty to the day of his death. He ferved in four Parliaments for
the town, befides that of the Convention, and in ten for the
county of Northampton. He married July 16, 1683, "Elizabeth,
only daughter to Sir Edmond Turner, of Stoke Rochford, in
the county of Lincoln, Knt. by Margaret, his wife, daughter
of Sir John Harrifon, of Balls, in Hertfordshire, Knt. who
died Auguft 22, 17 13. Sir Juftinian died, aged feventy-two,
May 13, 1730.
. By this Lady Sir Juftinian had fourteen children, eight fons^
and fix daughters, viz. 1. Sir Juftinian, who fucceeded him ;
2. John, Fellow of All Souls, Oxon, and deceafed there,
Nov. 17, 1716, aged twenty-eight; 3. Edmund, who died in
his infancy ; 4. Sir Edmond, fucceftbr to his brother, of whom
hereafter ; 5. Thomas, brought up to the fea. Pie married, in
1734, Mary, daughter of Thomas Kenton, Rector of Bug-
brook, in Northamptonfhire, by whom he had one daughter,
Mary, lately deceafed. This Thomas died April, 1743, aged
fifty-one; 6. Henry, died an infant; 7. Eufeby, late Rector
of Lamport and Hafelbeach, and Rector of Lincoln College,
Oxon, in May, 1739, married Elizabeth, daughter of Mat-
thew Panting, D. D. late Mafter of Pembroke College, Oxon,
and died June 17, 1755, aged fifty-feven, leaving three fons ;
Juftinian, born July 18, 1740 ; Eufeby, born June 17, 1742 ;
Edmund, born Feb. 17, 1743-4; and one daughter, Philippa,
born April 3, 1753, all at prcfent living, and unmarried ;
8. Charles, who, in 1744, married Elizabeth, one of the daugh-
ters and coheirs of Edward Cuthbert, Efq; Counfellor at Law,
and Deputy Recorder of Northampton, by whom he has no if-
fue. Of the daughters, two Elizabeths died in their infancy y
Vere died June 30, 1760, aged feventy-four ; Edmunda died
April 28, 1766, aged fixty-ieven ; Sufanna died at Bath, June
5, 1726, unmarried ; and Hefter, widow of Francis Raynsford,
of Brixfworth, Efq; died Nov. 14, 1763, aged fixty-eight.
Sir Juftinian Iiham, Bart, fucceeded not only to the title and
eftate of his father, but to his feat in Parliament. Some of his
younger years he fpent in foreign parts. Anno 171 1, he was
conftituted one of the Commiffioners of the then new erected
office of the Duty on Hides, &c. as alfo CommiiTioner for the
affairs'
I S H A M, of Lamport. 28 r
affairs of the Land Tax and Windows ; but his commifiion be-
ing fuperfeded the firft of King George I. fome time after he
took a tour into the Netherlands, France, awl Italy, and after
his return, married Mary, only furviving child of the lateL'Ifle
Hacket, of Moxhull, in the county of Warwick, Efq; and born
of his fecond wife, Dorothy, daughter to Sir John Bridgernan,
of Caftle Bromwich, in the faid county, Bart, which L' I He
Hacket, Efq; was eldeft fon to Sir Andrew Hacket, by Mary,
his wife, firft daughter and coheir to John L'Ifle, of Moxhul,
Efq; defcended of a family that had been owners of the faid place
upwards of five hundred years, and in thole days efteemed of
the fuperior rank in Warwickshire. Sir Juftinian was a Gen-
tleman of great (kill in heraldry and antiquity, a lover of let-
ters, and well verfed in feveral languages; he made great im-
provements to his feat at Lamport, and particularly in building
there a fair and coftly library. He died iuddenly without ilTue,
March 5, 1736, in the fiftieth year of his age, as he was at-
tending his duty in Parliament, being much lamented by all
who had the fatisfaction and pleafure of his acquaintance. He
was fucceeded in honour and eftate, and likewife in his feat in
Parliament, by his next furviving brother,
Sir Edmund Ifham, the prefent Baronet, who was bred up in
the Uniyerfity of Oxford, chofe Fellow of St. Mary Magdalen
College, in 1720, and taking the degree of Doctor of Law m
1723, removed to the College of Civilians, in'London, and was
there admitted into the number of Advocates. He was at
length appointed Advocate for the Admiralty, which he resign-
ed in 1742, and has been conftantly elected Knight of the
Shire for Northampton in all the Parliaments held from his
enjoying the title to the prefent time. He married, firft, Eli-
zabeth, eldeft daughter of Edward Wood, of Littleton, in Mid-
dlefex, Efq. This Lady died July 19, 1748, aged forty-eight ;
and Sir Edmund remarried, in May, 1751, Philippa, only
daughter of Richard Gee, of Orpington, in Kent, Efq; but has
no iffue from either marriage.
Arms. Gules, a Fefs, and in chief three Piles, wavy, Argent.
Crest. Upon a Torce of the colours, a Swan's Neck and
Breaft, with Wings difplay'd, Proper.
Motto over the CreiT. Ojhndo non OJtento.
Motto to the Arms. On things tranfitory reflcth no glory.
Seat. At Lamport, in Northamptonfhire.
63. £ A GOT,
282 B A G O T, of Blithfield.
63. Bagot, of Blithfield, Staffordflhirc.
Created Baronet, May 30, 1627,
HP HIS is a family of great note and antiquity, being founci
■** in Doomfday-book, poffeffors of Bagot's Bromley, in this
county, at the time of the Conqueror's furvey, when they held
it of Robert de Stafford, anceftor of the ancient Barons Staf-
ford, whofe male line determining about the time of Richard I,
jn Robert de Stafford, his After and heir, Millicent, conveyed
this Barony by marriage to Hervey Bagot, a younger branch
of this family, who thereupon affuming the furname, as well
as title, of Stafford, became progenitor to the fucceeding Ba-
rons and Earls of Stafford and Dukes of Buckingham.
The firft we find mentioned in the pedigree, which is well
fupported by deeds, and other evidences, is Bagod, Dominus
Medietatis de Bramele, which he held of Robert de Stadford, as
mentioned in Doomfday-book. He had a fon, Bagod? who
was father of Bagot, whofe fon, Simon, is proved by a deed
without date. He had two fons ; Sir Hugh Bagot, Knt. Do-
minus de Bromley, and Sir William Bagot, Knt. whofe iffue
failed,
Sir Hugh, by Alicia, his wife, had iffue Sir Richard Bagot,
Knt. Lord of Bromley, who, by Chriftian, his wife, had iffue
two fons, William, and Robert, whofe iffue failed.
William, the eldeft fon, we find was a Knight, and Lord of
Bromley Bagot, and died temp. Edw. I. 1296. He had two
fons, John and William, and a daughter, Sibyl, married ta
William, fon of Alured de Sulney. John Bagot, fon and heir,
Dominus de Bromley Bagot, 17 J£dw. I. by his wife Lucia,
had iffue Sir John, who took to wife Eglima, daughter and
co-heir of Sir Anchitel Malory, of Kirkby Malory, in Leice-
fterfhire, Knt. He had iffue Sir Ralph Bagot, Knt. who mar-,
ried Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard de Blithfeld,
Lord of Blithfeld and Luttelhay, whereby he became poffeffed
of thofe eftates, and had iffue Sir John Bagot, Knt. one of the
Privy-council to King Henry IV. and Lieutenant of Calais.
About this time lived Sir William Bagot, Knight, a very
confiderable perfon, of whom Sir William Dugdaje, in. his
Antiquities of Warwickmfre, treating of Bagington, fays, ' Sir
* William Bagot, a branch of the ancient family of the Bagots,
* of Stafford fh ire, in 6 Ric. II. wrote himfelf of this place ;
* and, the next year following, was conftituted Sheriff of thefe
S counties. In ji of that King's reign, he ferved in the Par-
8 liament
B A G O T, of Blithfield. 283
* liament held at Weftminfter, as one of the Knights for this
' mire, and in J2 in the Parliament held at Cambridge. So
* alfo in 14 again, at Weftminfter, in which year he was like-
' wife in commifiion for confervation of the peace in this coun-
* ty ; and the next year following, a commitfioner of Array.
c In the feveral Parliaments, viz. of Winchefter in 16 R. If.
* of Weftminfter, 17, 18, and 20 R. II. he ferved again as one
* of the Knights for this (hire ; and in that notable Parliament
* of 21 R. II. In 4 Hen. IV. he ferved in the Parliament at
* Weftminfter, as one of the Knights for this (hire. But after
* this he lived not long; for on the 6th of September, 1407,
* (8 Hen, IV.) he departed this world, as may feem by that
c part of his monumental infcription here at Baginton, where
4 he lies interred with Margaret, his wife, the fifter and heir of
4 Robert de Whatton, of Nottinghamfhire ; leaving iffue, Ifa-
' bel, his onlv daughter, married to Tho. Stafford, of Pipe, in
« Staffordfhire.'
But to return : Sir John Bagot, Knt. Lieutenant of Calais,
before mentioned, who married Beatrix, daughter of Sir John
Villers, Knt. and dying 1437, was buried at the St. Auguftine
Fryers, in Stafford, near Ford-bridge. He left iffue one font
Richard ; and three daughters ; Margery, married to Henry
Bradburne; Joan, to John Curfon, of Kedlefton, in Derby-
shire j and Elizabeth, to — — Kniveton, of Bradley, Efqrs;
Richard, the only fon, married Ifabella, daughter of Sir Ro-
bert Afton, Knt. (fon and heir of Sir Roger Afton, Knt.)
by whom he had only one fon, John Bagot, Efq; who died
Jan. 24, 1480. He married, firft, Ifabel, daughter of John
Curfon, of Effex, Efq; relict of Richard Eaton, Efq; by whom
he had one fon, Lewis ; and three daughters ; Anne, married
to Robert Knyveton ; Maud, to Richard Arblafter, of Long-
den ; and Elizabeth, to William Dunham, Efqrs. This Ifa-
bel, by her firft hufband, John Eaton, Efq; had a daughter
Ifabel, married to Sir Robert Tyrrell, Knt. as appears by a
deed, recited in the Bagots pedigree. This John Bagot, Efq;
married, fecondly, Agnes, daughter of Kniveton, Efq;
by whom he had only one daughter, Eleanor, married to Ro-
bert Cawarden, Efq;
Sir Lewis Bagot, Knt. the only fon, was of the Body to
King Hen. VII. He married, firft, Emme, daughter of
Kniveton, Efq; by whom he had a fon, John, who married
Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Butler, of Beaufy, in Lan-
cafhire, Knt. but died with iffue, 1512, in the life-time of
his father; and four daughters ; Jane, married to James Thir-
keld, of Callengwood j Eleanor, to Thomas MeveJ, ofBolde-
ballj
284
BAGOT, of Blithfield.
ball ; Elizabeth to Eaft, of Yardly ; and Anne, to Joh#
Bedell, Efqrs.
Sir Lewis married to his fecond Lady, Anne, daughter qf
Sir Nicholas Montgomery, Knt. by whom he had only on£
Ton, Thomas, and died May 31, 1534.
Thomas, his fon and heir, married Joan, daughter of Ri-
chard Aftley, of Patifhull, in Staffordfhire, Efq; by whom he
had a daughter, Margaret, married to Ralph Adderley, Efq;
and one fon, Richard. He died May 13, 1541.
Richard Bagot, Efq; his fon and heir, married Mary, daugh-
ter of William Saunders, of Welford, in Northamptonfhire,
Efq; by whom he had iiTue Walter ; Anthony, who died un-
married ; Margaret, married to William Crewe; Anne, to Ri-
chard Broughton ; Dorothy, to Ralph Okeover, Efqrs; and
Lettice, who died unmarried.
Walter, the eldeft fon, and heir, married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Roger Cave, of Stanford, in Northamptonfhire, Efq;
(by Elizabeth, fifter to William, Lord Burleigh,) by whom
he had, 1. Lewis, born April 19, 1587, who died unmarried
in his father's life-time; 2. Hervey, hereafter mentioned ; 3.
Richard, of Colton-hall, in Staffordfhire, who died Dec.
1596, without iiTue ; 4. William, who married Mary, daugh-
ter of — >— Hughes, by whom he had no iiTue ; 5. John, who
died young : alfo four daughters ; Anne, married to Thomas
Lane, of Bentley, in Staffordfhire ; Frances, to Thomas
Broughton, of Broughton, in the fame county ; Lettice, to
William Owen, of Condover, in Salop, Efqrs. He died Mar.
16, 1622 ; fhe Dec. 2, 1638.
Hervey, the eldeft furviving fon, and heir, was advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet, 3 Car. I. He was a ftrenuous af-
fertor of the rights of his Sovereign, and was fined upwards of
iooo 1. for his loyalty to his Prince. He married two wives ;
I. Catharine, daughter of Humphry Adderley, of Wedding-
ton, in Warwickfhire, Efq; fhe died Feb. 16, 1622; 2. Anne,
daughter of Sir Clement Fifher, of Paclcington, in Warwick-
fhire, Knt. relicl: of Sir Thomas Dilke, of Maxftoke-caftle,
in the fame county, Knt. She died Dec. 27, 1660. By the
laft he had no iffue ; but by the firft five fons ; 1. John, who
died young ; 2. Sir Edward, of whom hereafter ; 3. Hervey
Bagot, of Pipe-hall, in Staffordfhire, Efq; who was one of
the Gentlemen Penfioners to King Charles II. and married
two wives; 1. Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry Arden, Knt.
fifter and co-heir of Robert Arden, of Pipe-hall, Efq; fhe
died Sept. 1649. His fecond wife was Elizabeth, fole daugh-,
ter5 and heir to Sir Thomas Rotheram, of Somereffe, in Bed-
ibrdfhire,
BAGOT, of Blithfield. 285-
fcrdfhire, Knt. (by whom he had only one daughter, Eliza-
beth, born Sept. 1653, who died unmarried.) She died July
13, 1685. By his tuft wife he had two fons ; r. Arden Ba-
got, of Pipe-hall, Efq; 2. Colonel Richard Bagot, who died1
unmarried ; and one daughter, Mary, firif married to Charles
Berkeley, Earl of Falmouth, and fecondly, to Charles Sack-
ville, Earl of Dorfet. Arden Bagot, of Pipe-hall, Efq; mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Leigh, Knt. fitter to Tho-
mas, Lord Leigh, of Stonely, in Warwickshire, by whom he
had iflue two fons, Thomas-Arden ; and William, who died
an infant. Thomas-Arden Bagot, Efq-, married Honor, daugh-
ter and co-heir to Sir William Egerton, of Worfley, in Lan-
cashire, Knt. brother to John, Earl of Bridgwater; by whom
he was father of Egerton Bagot, Efq;
Colonel Richard Bagot, fourth fori of Sir Hervey, travelled
much, to accomplilh himfelf for the fervice of his country ;
he was Governor of Lichfield temp. Car. I. and was afterwards
killed at Nafeby fight, 1645, on tne ^e or* tne King. 5.
Walter, who died young. Sir Hervey had only one daughter,
Elizabeth, married to John Scrimfhire, of Norbury-manor, in
Staffordfhire, Efq; This Sir Hervey lived fo fee the R'efto-
ration, and died Dec. 27, 1660.
Sir Edward Bagot, Bart, his fon and fueceflbr, married Mary,
daughter of William Lambard, of the town of Bucks, Efq;
(High Bailiff of that ancient Corporation,) relief' of John
Crawley, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Francis Crawley, Knt. one
of the Juftices of the Common Pleas, temp. Car. I. by whom
he had twelve fons and five daughters ; 1. Hervey, born Feb.
1-9, 1641, and died Oct". 22, 1656; 2. Edward, born March
18, 1643, who died very young ; 3. Sir Walter, his fucceflbr ;
4:. Lambard Bagot of Maids Morton, in Bucks, Efq; who died
unmarried; Richard, the fifth fon, born April, 1651, died
young; 6. Lewis, born June 22, 1652, died, returning from
Tripoli and Jerusalem, unmarried ; 7. Capt. William Bagot,
of Colton, in Stafford (hire, born Feb. 26, 1653, died Nov. 6,
1699, unmarried ; 8. John, born May 8, 1655, died 1662 ;
9. Francis, who died young ; 10 and 11. Hervey and Edward,
twins, born May, 1658, and died young; 12. Charles, born
Jan. 17, 1660, who died unmarried, March 30, 1724, aged
fixty-four. The daughters were, Anne, born Mar. 14, 1642,
married to Walter Chetwynd, of Ingeftree, in Staffordshire,
Efq; ((he died Dec. 6, 1671, and he March 21, 1692;) and
Mary, born April 6, 1646, wife to Sir Richard Newdigate, of
Arbury, in Warwickfhire, Bart. Lettice, Frances, and Mary,
the three other daughters of Sir Edward, died infants. He died
March 30, 1673.
Sir
2S6 BAGOT, of Blithfield.
Sir Walter Bagot, Bart, his eldeft furviving Ton and fuccef-
for, reprefented the county of Stafford, \t\ feven Parliaments,
and whom Dr. Plott mentions, as a noble promoter of his Hif-
tory of Staffordfhire ; he married Jane, daughter and fole heir
to Charles Salefbury, of Bachymbyd, in Denbighfhire, Efq; by
whom he had five fans, i. Salifbury, born Nov. 18, 1671, and
died Oct. 29, 1673 ; 2. Sir Edward, his fuccefTor ; 3. Walter,
born Ocl:. io> 1678, and died December following ; 4. Charles,
born Nov. 5, 1681, who reprefented the county of Stafford, in
Parliament, 1710, and died unmarried, at London, April 28,
1738, aged fifty-feven; 5. William, born Jan. 14, 1686, who
died unmarried Dec. 13, 1733. Alfo five daughters, 1. Mary,
born Dec. 2, 1672, married to Sir George Parker, of Ratton,
in SufTex, Bart. 2. Elizabeth, married 1 739, to the Right Hon.
the Earl of Uxbridge 5 3. Jane, born Sept. 24, 1676, married
to Maurice Jones, of Llanrhyader, in Denbighihire, Efq;
4. Frances, born Aug. 9, 1677, and died 1697 > 5- Anne, born
Feb. 28, 1678, married to George Shakerley, of Gwyerefhilt,
in Denbighihire, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir Jeffry Shakerley, of
Shakerley, in the county of Lancafter, Knt. Sir Walter, died
Feb. 15, 1704, aged fixty ; his Lady died before him, July 20,
Sir Edward Bagot, Bart, eldeft furviving fon, and fuccefTor
to Sir Walter, reprefented the county of Stafford, in feveral
Parliaments, both before and after his father's deceafe. He mar-
ried Frances, daughter and fole heir of Sir Thomas Wagftaffe,
of Tachbrooke, in Warwickshire, Knt. (who, furviving him,
married the late Sir Adolphus Oughton, Bart.) By her he had
ilTue, twofons, Hervey, born Sept. 17, 1699, and died Nov.
18, following; and Sir Walter- Wagftaffe, his fuccefTor ; and
two daughters, Frances, married to Sir John Chefter, of Chich-
ley, in Bucks, Bart, and Jane, married to Craven Kynnerfley,
of Loxley, in the county of Stafford, Efq; who left her a wi-
dow, wtihout ifTue. Sir Edward died May, 17 12.
Sir Walter- Wagftaffe Bagot, (eldeft furviving fon of Sir Ed-
ward,) reprefented the borough of Newcaftle-under-Line, in
Stafford flii re, in the laft Parliament of King George I. and was
chofen one of the Reprefentatives, for the county of Stafford,
in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Parliaments of Great Britain,
and for the Univerfity of Oxford, in 1762. He married, 1724,
Lady Barbara, eldeft daughter to the Right Hon. William
Legge, Earl of Dartmouth, by whom he had five fons, and five
daughters. The fons were, 1. Sir William, his fuccefTor ; 2.
Charles ; 3. Walter, A. M. Rector of Blithfield and Leigh, in
StaP/ordfhire ; 4. Richard, one of the Commiffioners of the
Excife ; 5. John, an Enfign of Foot. The daughters are,
Barbara,
MANNOGK, of GifFord's-Hall. 287
Barbara, Anne, Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary. Sir Walter was
one of the Truftees for executing the Will of the learned Dr.
Radcliffe, and had the degree of Doctor of Laws conferred on
him by the Univerfity of Oxford. He died Jan. 28, 1768, and
was fucceeded in dignity and eftftte, by
Sir William Bagot, his eldeft fon, the prefent Baronet, who
was elected Member for the county of Stafford, in the laft Par-
liament of his late Majefty, as he has been in both thofe of his
prefent Majefty, and is Doctor of Civil Law. He married, in
Auguft, 1760, the Hon. Mifs Elizabeth St. John, lifter to Lord
Bolingbroke, by whom he had a daughter, born Sept. 30, 1764.
Arms. Ermine, two Chevrons, Azure.
Crest. In a Ducal Crown, Or, a Goat's Head, coup'd,
Argent, attir'd, Or.
Seat. At Blithfield, near Paget's (formerly Abbot's) Brom-
ley, in Staffordfhire.
64. Mannock, of GifFord's-Hall, Suffolk.
Created Baronet, June 1, 1627.
HIS family is of great antiquity, and derives its original
from Denmark, and flourifhed in this kingdom from the
time of the Dartifh monarchy to this day, and have had confi-
derable eftates in Huntingdonfhire, Cambridgefhire, Effex, and
Suffolk, and were Lords of the Manor of Mannocks, in Great
Gravenfdon, Huntingdonfhire, from the Conqueft till lately.
Robert Mannock, Efq; was the firft of this family that dwelt
at Stoke-juxta-Neyland, in Suffolk, temp. Edw. III. William,
his fon, was father of John, who had iffue, Philip Mannock,
Efq; who purchafed GifTbrd's-Hall, 6 Hen. VI.
His fon John, married Eleanor, daughter of George Seck-
ford, Efq; He died 16 Edw. IV. He left iffue, John, who, by
Tiis fecond wife, Jane, daughter of Thomas Waldgrave, of
Smallbridge, in Suffolk, Efq; left no iffue : But by his firft
wife he left his fon and heir, George, who died Auguft 22,
1541, who married Catharine, daughter of Thomas Wald-
grave, of Smallbridge, Efq; (fifter to his mother-in-law) and
left three fons.
William, his eldeft fon and heir, married Audrie, daughter of
John Allington, of Weftley, in Cambridgefhire, and had iffue
ieveral fons. He did July 8, 6 Philip and Mary.
Francis,
288 MANNOCK, of Gifford's-Hall.
Francis, his fon and heir, married Mary, daughter of Wil-
liam Fitch, of Little Canfield, in Effex, Efq; and died Nov*
3, 1590, leaving one fon, and feveral daughters.
William Mannock, his only fon, married Etheldred, daugh-
ter of Ferdinando Parys, of Linton, in Cambridgefhire, Efq;
and had ifTue, Francis, and other fons. He died March 15,
15 Jac. I. and lies buried in Mannock's Chapel.
Francis Mannock, Efq; his fon and heir, was advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet, 3 Car. I. He married Dorothy,
daughter of William Saunders, of Welford, in Northampton-
shire, Efq; by whom he had ifTue three fons, Francis, Wil-
liam, and John; and a daughter named Anne, married to Val.
Saunders, of Blofteld, in Norfolk. He died Nov. 20, 1634,
and was fucceeded in title and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir Francis Mannock, Bart, who married, 1111636, Mary,
eldeft daughter of Sir George Heneage, of Hainton, in Lincoln-
fhire, Knt. and by her had a numerous ifTue, viz. George, who
died an infant ; William, Francis, John, and Thomas Man-
nock, the youngeft fon, who was of Great Bromley-Hall, in
EiTex, and married Mary, daughter of Sir Cecil Biftiopp, of
Parharn, in SufTex, Bart, and died wnthout ifTue. Of the daugh-
ters of Sir Francis, Mary was wife to John Petre, of Fidlers,
inWrittle, EiTex, Efq; Catharine, wife to John Newport, of
Pelham, in Hertfordfhire, Efq; Anne, ' married to Sir Daniel
Arthur, of London, Merchant; Bridget, wife of Robert Strick-
land, Efq; and Audrey, married to Peter Linch, Efq; Sir
Francis died, April 26, i68"6, and was fucceeded by his eldeft
furviving fon,
Sir William Mannock, Bart, who married Urfula, daughter
of Henry Nevil, alias Smith, of Holr, in Leicefterfhire, Efq;
(Our of Sir Thomas Nevil,) and by her had five fons, Francis,
William, and John ; alfo Henry, and Thomas, who died in-
fants ; and feven daughters, Urfula, Mary, Anne; Etheldredy
nrarfied to Henry Timperly, of Hincklefham-Hall, in Suf-
folk,- Efq; Elizabeth, Faith, and Winifred : Whereof Mary,
Etheldred, and Winifred, are dead. Sir William Mannock
died Jan. 26, 171 3-14.
Sir Francis Mannock fucceeded his father in dignity and
effete, and married Frances, daughter and fole heir of George
Yates, of North Waltharn, in Southampton, Efq; and had if-
fue four fons, William, married to Terefa, daughter of
Anthony Wright, of Whalefide, in EiTex, Efq; Francis, mar-
ried to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Stoner, of Watling
Park, in Oxforxiftiire, Efq; Thomas, married to Mary, daugh-
tcr.of George Brownlow Doughty, of Snaclon Hall, in Lincoln-
fhire, Efq; and George. Sir Francis had alfo four daughters,
Urfula,
LITTLETON, of Pillaton-Hall. 289
Urfula, married to James Nihell, Efq; Etheldred, Mary, and
Anne. Sir Francis Mannock died Auguft 27, 1758 ; his Lady
died May 18, 1 761 ; and both lie buried in Mannock's chapel,
in Stoke church.
Sir William Mannock, Bart, fuccceded his father in dignity
aod eftate. After the deceafe of his flrft Lady, in 1750, by
whom he had one fon, named Francis, who died an infant, he
married, fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Robert
Alkvyn, of Treford, in the county of SufTex, Efq; by whom
he had a daughter, Mary, who died an infant ; and a fon, Wil-
liam-Anthony, born March 28, 1759. Sir William Mannock
died March 16, 1764, and was buried in Mannock's chapel, in
Stoke church. His Lady is ftill furviving.
Sir William- Anthony Mannock, the prefent Baronet, fuc-
ceeded his father.
Arms. Sable, a Crofs flory, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Tiger's Head, erafed, quarterly,
Argent and Gules.
Seats. At Gifford's-Hall, in Stoke-juxta-Nayland, Suffolk ;
Bromley- Hall, in Much-Bromley, EiTex ; and Sevington, in
Hampmire.
65. Littleton, of Pillaton-Hall, Staffordshire.
Created Baronet, June 28, 1627.
HP HE prefent Sir Edward Littleton, Bart, is defcended from
* Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Knight of the Bath (who was one
of the Jufrices of the Common-Pleas, and author of the Book of
Tenures,) by Joan his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs
of William Burley, of Bromfcroft-caitle, in Salop, Efq; and re-
lict of Sir Philip Chetwynd, of Staffordfhire, Knt. which Sir
Thomas, by Joan aforefaid, had three fons; 1. Sir William, an-
ceftor to Sir Thomas Lyttelton, of Frankley, in Worceflerfhire,
Bart. 2. Richard, to whom his father dedicated his Book of
Tenures, anceftor to the branch we are now to treat of; and,
3. Thomas, of Speechley, in Worceilerfhire. As feveral con-
fiderable perfons were defcended from this youngefl fon, we (hall
give ibme account of them, before we proceed to the Pillatcn
branch.
This Thomas, the third fon, by Anne, daughter of John Bo-
treaux, of Abbots Salford, in Warwickshire, Efq; had feveral
children ; John, his fecond fon, and heir to his elder brother,
Thomas, was Parfon of Mounflow, in Salop. He married Alice,
Vo L. I. U daughter
ago L I T T L E T O N, of Pilkton-Hall.
daughter of Richard Thornes, of Cundover, in the fame county,
Efq; by whom he had feveral fons.
Thomas, his eldeft fon, was of Stoke Milburgh, in Salop ;
and having married Frances, daughter of Adam Lutley, of Bromf-
croft-caftle, in Salop, Efq; died 1621, and was interred at Moun-
flow, leaving five fons ; firft, Sir Adam, of Stoke Milburgh,
created a Baronet, 0£t. 14, 1642, who, by Etheldred, daughter
and co-heir of Thomas Poyntz, of North Okendon, in EiTex,
Efq; had feveral children. His eldeft fon was Sir Thomas Lit-
tleton, Bart, who married Anne, daughter and fole heir of Ed-
ward, Lord Littleton, the Lord-keeper, (hereafter mentioned,)
and was father of Sir Thomas Littleton, of Stoke Milburgh, and
North Okendon, Bart, one of the Lords of the Treafury, Trea-
furer of the Navy, and Speaker of the Houfe of Commons in the
reign of King William III. who died 1709, which title is now
extinct. Richard, the fecond fon of Adam, died unmarried ;
3. Thomas, Vicar of Hales Owen, in Shropfhire, father of Dr.
Adam Littleton, one of the Prebendaries of Weftminfter, and
Sub-dean of that church, who was the Author of the Latin and
Englim Dictionary, and other works. He died June 30, 1694,
and lies buried in Chelfea Church ; 4. John ; and 5. George, vi-
car of Long Stanton, in Salop.
Sir Edward Littleton, of Henley, in Salop, Knt. fecond fon
of John, Parfon of Mounflow, was Chief Juftice of North-
Wales, and dying Sept. 162 1, was interred at Llanvaire, in Den-
bighfhire. He left iflue by Mary, daughter of Edmund Walter,
of Ludlow, in Shropfhire, Efq; Chief Juftice of South-Wales,
eight fons ; 1. Edward, of whom hereafter ; 2. William, Ser-
jeant at Law ; 3. James, Fellow of All-Souis College, Oxford,
who, as well as his brother William, died unmarried ; 4. Wil-
liam, who married, but left no male iftue ; 5. John, Fellow of
All-Souls College, Oxford, and elected Mafter of the Temple,
1638, from whence he was ejected in 1644, for being; in the
King's army ; 6. Nathaniel, a Gentleman in the Earl of South-
ampton's company, in the Low Countries ; 7. Sir Timothy Lit-
tleton, Knt. one of the Barons of the Exchequer, who died
1679, and lies. buried in the Temple Church ; S.Samuel; the
three iaft died unmarried.
E.Jwa.rd Littleton, Efq; the eldeft fon, was Lord-keeper of the
Great Seal of England in the rer^n of Kino; Charles I. was born
in Shropfhire in 1589, and became a Gentleman Commoner of
Chrift Church, in Oxford., in the beginning of the year 1606,
d look', the degree of Bachelor of Arts, April the 28th, 1609.
ience he was removed to the Inner Temple, where he made Co
eat a progrejs m the ftudy of the Law, that he became eminent
m.the p.'uicuion of it. In the Parliament in 162 S he had the
management
LITTLETON, of Pillaton-Hall. 29 1
management of the High Prefumption charged on the Duke of
Buckingham, about King James's death ; upon which occafion
he behaved himfeif with an univerfal applaufe between the jea-
Joufy of the People, and the honour of the Court. His firft pre-
ferment in the Law was the place of a Judge in North-Wales,
after which he was elecled Recorder of London, being about
the fame time Counfellor to the Univerfity of Oxford. In 1632
he was chofen Summer-reader of the Society of the Inner Tem-
ple. Oct. 17, 1634, he was made Sollicitor-general. June 6,
1635, he was knighted by his Majefty at Whitehall. Jan. 27,
1639, he was conftituted Lord Chief Juftice of the Common-
Pleas ; and January the 23d following was appointed Lord-keeper
of the Great Seal. February the 18th he was made a Peer of
England, by the name of Lord Littleton, Baron of Mounflow,
in Shropfhire. In the beginning of the Long Parliament he was
in good efteem with both Houfes ; and when the King paffed the
Triennial Bill, and that of the Subfidies, both Houfes, by the
Lord-keeper, returned their Thanks to his Majefty. He ftaid
iome time with the Parliament ; but at lair, in July 1 642, retired
to the Kin<>- at York, having iuft before fent the Great Seal
thither.
Richard, the fecond fon of Sir Thomas, the Judge, married
Alice, daughter and heir of William Winefbury, of Pillaton-
Hall, in Staffordfhire, Efq; by whom he had iffue two fons, Ri-
chard, who died without iffue ; and Edward, of whom here-
after ; alfo four daughters ; Ellen, married firft to John Cotes,
of Woodcote, in Salop, Efq; and fecondly, to William Baffot,
of Blore, in Staffordfhire, Efq; Margaret, firft the wife of Hum-
phry Pigot, of Shropfhire, and afterwards of Clifton, of
Detbyfhire, Efqrs; Lucy, married to Robert Swinnerton, of Ec-
clefhall, in St afford (hi re ; and Anne, married to Thomas Mid-
dlemore, of Edgbafton, in Warwickfhire, Efqrs. This Richard
died 9 Hen. VIII. His wife furvived him, and died 21 Hen.
VIII. leaving a fon and heir, Edward.
Which Sir Edward Littleton was a Knight, and had a grant
from Hen. VIII. of the office of Conftable, and Keeper of the
Caftleof Stafford, and Keeper of his Parks, and Bailiff of his
Manor of Farebriggs, in StafFordfhire for his life. He was She-
riff of Staffordfhire 15 and 31 Hen. VIII. and 4 Edw. VI. He
married two wives; 1. Helen, daughter of Humphry Swynner-
ton, of Swynnerton, in Staffordfhire, Efq; 2. Ifabel, relict of
1 Wood, and daughter of Richard Hill, fifter and heir of
Robert Hill, of Hounhill, in Staffordshire, Efq; She afterwards
married Ralph Egerton, of Wiinehill, in the fame county, Efq;
By the laft wife he had no iffue ; but by the firft kvcii fons ; the
fix eldeft died without iffue ; 7. Sir Edward, of wac-m hereafter ;
U 2 ' alfo
2Q2 LITTLETON, of Pillaton-Hall.
alio two daughters, Barbara, married firft to Henry Gower, of
Worcefterfhire, Efq; and afterwards to John Folliot, of Pirton,
in the fame county, Efq; and Conusance, wife to Sir James Ful-
jambe, Knt.
After his death, the inquifition fets forth, among other mat-
ters, that Edward was his fon and heir, and of the age of thirty
years and upwards, anno 1558.
This Sir Edward Littleton, Knt. the only furviving fon, was
Sheriff of Staffordshire 5 Eliz. and married Alice, daughter of
Francis Cockain, of Afhburne, in Derbyfhire, Efq; by whom he
had eight fons, and feveral daughters, 1. John, who died without
iffue; 2. Sir Edward; 3. Thomas, who by Caffandra, daughter
of Thomas Lane, of Bentley, in Staffordshire, Efq; left iffue ;
4. Francis, of Melfho, in Salop, who by Gertrude, daughter of
Thomas Sutton, of Over-haddon, in Yorkfhire, Efq; left iffue ->
5. Walter, of Ecclefhall, in Stafford (hi re, who married Alice,
daughter of John Comberibrd, of Stafrordihire, Efq; and left iffue;
6. John, who died without iffue ; 7. James, whole wife was
iVlercy, daughter of John Stone, of London, Efq; relict of Wil-
liam Bowyer, Efq; by whom he left iffue ; and 8. Devereux,
who by Jane, daughter of George Allen, of Woodhoufe, in Der-
byfhire, left iffue. The daughters of Sir Edward, that married,
were, 1. Jane, married to John, fon of Thomas Lane, of Bent-
ley; 2. Conftance, married to Thomas Holt, of Griftlehurfr, in
Lancashire ; 3. Mary, wife of Walter Vernon, of Hounhill, in
StafTordihire ; 4. Grace, married firft to Francis Harnage, of Bel-
zardine, in Salop, and afterwards to Silvanus Lacon, of the fame
county, Efqrs. 5. Margaret, married to Sir John Repington,
of Amington, in Warwickfhire, Knt. This Sir Edward Littleton,
Knt. who died July 19, 1574, lies buried in Penkrich church.
Sir Edward Littleton, Knt. eldeft furviving fon, was Sheriff
of Staffordfhire 25 and 35 Eiiz. He was Provoft Marfhal 1588,
and Deputy Lieutenant to George, Earl of Shrevvfbury, Lord
Lieutenant of the county of Stafford, and was one of the Lieute-
nants for tnat county in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, for divers
years together, when there was no Lord Lieutenant, and one of
the Knights 6( the Shire for the county of Stafford, 39 Eliz. He
married Margaret, daughter and coheir of Sir William Deve-
reui, Knt. youngeft fon of Walter, Lord Vifcount Hereford,
by whom he had fix fons and eight daughters; 1. Edward, of
when-! hereafter; 2. Thomas, who married Elizabeth, daughter
■:ii\d heir of Adam Morton, of Wilbrighton, in Staffordshire,
Eiq; and left iffue ; 3. William ; 4. George ; 5. Gilbert ; and
6. John ; that died young. Of the daughters, I . Mary, mar-
ried to Richard Fowler., of Kings Harnage, in Salop ;. 2. Anne,
w»fe of Humphry Sal way. of Stanford, in vVorctfterftiire ;
3- Do-
LITTLETON, of Pillaton-Hall. 293
3. Dorothy, who died young ; 4. Jane, married to Richard
Knightley, of Fawefiey, in Northamptonfhire; 5. Ellen, mar-
ried to William Babington, of Curborough, in Stafford (hire,
Efqrs. 6. Margaret, the wife of John Skinner, of Cofton, in
WorcefterfTrire, Gent. 7. Lettice, married to John Fulnetby,
Archdeacon of Stafford ; and 8. Conftance, the wife of Richard
Hill, of London, Gent.
Sir Edward Littleton, Knt. his eldeft Ton, was Knight of the
Shire in Parliament, 21 Jac. I. and Sheriff of the county 24th of
that reign. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Clement Fifher*
of Packington, in Warwickfhire, Knt. by whom he had four
fons and four daughters ; 1. Edward ; 2. Fiilier, who married
Anne, daughter of James Baynton, of Wilts, Efq; 3. Sir Walter
Littleton, Knt. Chancellor of the diocefe of Lichfield and Co-
ventry. He married Prifcilla, daughter of Sir Lewis Pemberton,
of Rufhden, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. by whom he had four
fons ; 1. Walter, of Lichfield, who married a daughter of Wil-
liam Talbot, of Sturton-caflle in Stafrordfhire, Efq; and left if-
fue ; 2. Edward, who married a daughter of Mulins, but
left no ifTue ; 3. Fifher, Doctor of Laws, who married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Pincebeck, of London, and relict of
Skegnes, and died March 1696-7, without iffue, and was buried
at St. Andrew's, Holbourn ; 4. Henry, a Merchant, in London,
who left no iffue.
The fourth fon of Sir Edward, was William, who married the
daughter and heir of John Webfter, of Amsterdam, Merchant.
The daughters of Sir Edward were, Lettice, married, firft, to
William Wafhbourne, of Wafhbourne, in Worcefrerfhire, and
afterwards to John Clent, of Knightwick, in the fame county,
Efqrs. 2. Mary, married to Eufeby Shuckburgh, of Nafeby, in
Northamptonfhire, Efq; 3. Margaret, married, firft, to Sir
George Browne, of Radford, in Warwickfhire, Knt. and fe-
condly, to Francis Fifher, Efq; thisd fon of Sir Robert Fifher,
of Packington, Bart, and, 4. Anne, the wife of Sir Thomas
Holte, of Afton, in Warwickfhire, Bart.
Edv/ard Littleton, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Edward, by Mary,
daughter of Sir Clement Fifher, Knt. was Sheriff and Deputy
Lieutenant for Staffordfhire. He was likewife advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet, 3 Car. I. He was rated by the Sequeftra-
tors at 1347!. 6s. 8d. for compofition for his eftate, on account
of his loyalty. He married Hefter, daughter of Sir William
Courteen, of London, Knt. by whom he had three fons ;
1. William,, who died in his father's lifetime, without iffue j
2. Sir Edward, his fucceffor ; 3. James, who died without iffue.
Alfo two daughters ; Anne, married to Cole, of Shrewf-
bury, Gent, and Margaret, to Robert Napier, Efq; eldeft (on
U 3 of
294 LITTLETON, of Pillaton-Hall.
of Sir Robert Napier, of Luton-Hoo, in Bedfordfhire, Bart, by
whom fhe had iflue one fon, Robert. After the death of Sir
Edward Littleton, Bart, the fame Dame Hefter married Thomas
Thorne, of Shelvock, in Salop, Efq; and was buried in Ryton
church, Dec. 12, 1674.
Sir Edward Littleton, Bart, eldeft furviving fon, and fucceflbr
to the title and eftate, was alfo High Sheriff, and Deputy Lieu-
tenant for Staffordfhire, and married two wives; 1. Mary,
daughter of Sir Walter Wrotefley, of Wrotefley, in Stafford-
fhire, Bart, by whom he had two fons, and three daughters ;
J, Edward, of whom hereafter; 2. Walter, a Major in Lord
Oxford's regiment, who married Lady Anne Knowles, daugh-
ter of Nicholas, Earl of Banbury, by whom he had one daugh-
ter, Anne, who died unmarried, at the age of eighteen. This'
Walter Littleton was killed in a duel ; and after his death Lady
Anne married Capt. Philip Lawfon, a younger fon of Sir John
Lawfon, of Brougb, in Yorkfhire, Bart, and, thirdly, to Col.
Hervey, of Leicefterfhire. Of the daughters, Mary married Sir
Henry Gftugh, of Perry-hall, in Staffordfhire, Knt. and left
hTue ; Elizabeth married Walter Chetwynd, of Ingeftree, in
Staffordfhire, Efq; and had ifilie ; Heller marriedHumphry Perfe-
houfe, of Reynolds-hall, in Staffordfhire, Efq; and had iffue.
Sir Edward married, fecondly, Joyce, daughter of Lit-
tleton, Efq; of Teddeiley-hay, his coufin, by whom he had fix
fons, and two daughters ; I. Devereux, who died unmarried,
at his feat at Tamworth, in Staffordfhire, 7 June, 1747, aged
feventy-three ; 2. Walter, who died unmarried ; 3. Henry, De-
puty Governor of Corke, in Ireland, who married, but died
without iffue ; 4. Fifher, a Barrifter at Law, who fucceeded to
the eftates of his brother Devereux, and died unmarried ; 5. Wil-
liam, a Captain in the Navy, who married, and left one fon,
Edward, who fucceeded to the eftates of Fifher, his uncle, and
married Joyce, his coufin, the eldeft daughter of Humphry Wool-
terftan, Efq; of Staffold, in Staffordfhire, and died without iflue ;
6. Adam, unmarried, and was killed in a duel. Of the daugh-
ters, the elder! married Dilke, of Maxtoke-caftle, in War-
wickihire, and hnd iffue ; and the younger, Sarah, married to
Humphry Woolferftan, of StafFold, in Staffordfhire, Efq; and
has iflue.
Edward Littleton, Efq; the eldeft fen by the firft Wife, died
in the life-time of his father. He was Sheriff for the county
of Stafford, and Deputy Lieutenant. He married Sufanna, daugh-
ter of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, of Elmhurft, in Staffordfhire,
Bart, by whom he had three fons and fix daughters ; 1. Sir Ed-
ward, of whom hereafter; 2. Theophilus, who died unmarried,
a. -Bal'iol College, in Oxford ; 3. Fifher, who left iflue by Fran-
ces,
LITTLETON, of Pilkton-Hall. 295
ces, the eldeft daughter and coheir of James Whitehall, of Pipe-
Ridware, in St afford (hire, Efq; (The other daughter and co-
heir, Anne, married the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Parker, Knt.
Lord Chief Baron of his Majefty's Court of Exchequer, by
whom me had iffue, Thomas and George,) Of the daughters,
1. Sufanna, married to Sir John Coryton, of Newton, in Corn-
wall, Bart, and had iflue Sir John Coryton, Bart. 2. Mary,
the wife of Edmund Arblafter, of Longdon, in Staffordfhire, Efq;
by whom fhe had iflue. 3. Elizabeth, the wife of Humphry
Hodgetts, of the fame county, Efq; by whom fhe had no iflue.
4. Catharine, the wife of John Floyer, of Longdon, in Stafford-
fhire, Efq; fon of Sir John Floyer, of Lichfield, Knt. M. D.
5. Jane, the wife of John Eginton, of Rodbafton, in Stafford-
fhire, Efq; by whom (he had two fons, John and Theophilus,
who both died unmarried. 6. Anne, who died unmarried. This
Edward Littleton, died Jan. 24, 1704, and Sufanna his wife,
Aug. 25, 1722. They both lie buried near the weft end of the
fouth aile of Penkridge church.
Sir Edward Littleton, Bart, fon of Edward before mentioned,
was Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford.
He fucceeded his grand-father in title and eftate, and married
Mary, the only daughter of Sir Richard Hoare, Knt. formerly
Lord Mayor of London, and one of the Reprefentatives in Par-
liament for the faid City, in the reign of Queen Anne, by whom
he had no iffue. He died at Pillaton-Hall, January 2, 1741-2 ;
Dame Mary Littleton, his Lady, died April 18, 1761.
Fifher Littleton, Efq; brother to Sir Edward Littleton, Bart.
laft mentioned, left by Frances, his wife, the eldeft daughter and
coheir of James Whitehall, of Pipe-FJdware, Efq; in the county
or Stafford, two fons and two daughters. He died in May 1740,
and lies buried at Pipe-Ridware, together with Frances his wife,
who died March 25, 1768. Their iffue were, 1. Edward ;
2. Fifher, a Barrifler, who married Mary, only daughter and
heirefs of Thomas Seace, of Northreps, in the county of Nor-
folk, Efq; by whom he hath no iffue. 3. Frances, married to
Moreton Wallhoufc, of Hatherton, in the county of Stafford,
Efq; by whom (he hath iflue. 4. Anne, who died an infant.
The faid Fifher dying in the life-time of his brother, Sir Ed-
ward Littleton, Bart, the title and eftate defcended to his eldeft
fon, Edward, on the death of the laft mentioned Sir Edward
Littleton, Bart, and which
Sir Edward Littleton is the prefent Baronet, and married
Frances, dde{\. daughter of Chriftopher Horton, Efq; of Cat-
ton, in the county of Derby, by Frances, the only daughter
and heirefs of Sir Eufebius Bufwell, of Caciebv, in the countv
of Leicester, Bart, by whom he hath no iflue.
U 4 Arms*
296 G O R I N G, of Highden.
Arms. Argent, a Chevron, between three Efcallops, Sable,
with due difference.
Crest. On a Wreath, Argent and Sable, a Stag's Head,
cabofh'd, Sable, attir'd, Or, between the Attires, a Bugle Horn
of the fecond, hanging and faften'd by a Bend, Gules.
Motto. XJng Dieuy & ung Roy.
Seats. At Pillaton-Hall, and Peddefley-Park, in StafFord-
jfhire.
66. Goring, of Highden, Suflex,
As Bowyer, of Leighthorn, Suflex,
Created Baronet, July 23, 1627,
Whofe grand fon and heir, Sir James Bowyer, Bart, by another
patent, dated May 18, 1678, got the honour intailed, after his
deceafe, upon Henry Goring, of Highden, in the fame county,
Efq; with precedence according to his grandfather's patent,
and was accordingly fucceeded therein by the faid Henry.
'THE family of Goring is of good note and antiquity in this
-*■ county, being furnamed from Goring, in the rape of Arun-
del ; of which was, John Goring, of Burton, who married Mar-
garet, daughter and coheir of Sir Ralph Radmill, of Radmiil, in
Suflex. Their great grandibn, Sir William Goring, Knt. was
one of the Gentlemen of the Privy-Chamber to Edw. VI. and
married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Covert, of Slaug-
ham, in Suflex, Efq; and had ifTue two fons, Sir Henry, and
George, of Hurfl-Pierpoint, in Suflex, whofe fon, George, was
(by Anne, filler to Edward Denny, Earl of Norwich,) father of
George Goring, Efq; who was created Baron Goring, of Hurft-
Pierpoint, 14 Car. I. and the 20th of that reign, Earl of Nor-
wich, who was General of Horfe to King Charles I.
Sir Henry, the eldeft fon, married Dorothy? daughter and co-
heir of William Everard, of SufTex, Efq; and had Sir William
Goring, of Burton, Knt. (anceftor to Sir William Goring,
of Burton, who was created a Baronet by King James I.
May 14, 1622, which title became extinct, on the death of the
late Sir William, 1725,) and Edward, from whom thofe of
Highden, that we are now to treat of, are defcended ; which
Edward, by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Wifeman,
of Efiex, Efq; was father of Henry Goring, of Highden, Efq;
who married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Eversfieldj of Denn,
in SuiTex, Knt. whofe fon, ,
3*
GORING, of Highden. 297
Sir Henry, on the deceafe of Sir James Bowyer, Bart, fucceed-
ed him in his honour, as before mentioned ; and having married
Diana, daughter of Sir Edward Bifhopp, of Parham, Bart. (by-
Mary, his wife, fourth daughter to Nicholas Tufton, Earl of
Thanet,) had iflue :#o fons ; I. Capt. Henry Goring ; 2.
Goring, Doctor of Laws, who married a daughter of
Bridger, of Oakham, near Lewes, in Sufiex, Efq; and died if-
fuelefs.
Captain Henry Goring, died in his father's life-time. He had
two wives ; firft, , by whom he had Sir Charles, the fuc-
ceeding Baronet ; and by his fecond wife, the daughter of Sir
John Covert, of Slaugham, in SuiTex, Bart, he had Sir Harry,
hereafter mentioned.
Sir Charles Goring, fuccefTor to his grandfather, married a
daughter of Bridger, of Oakham, near Lewes, in SuiTex,
Efq; and dying without iflue, was fucceeded by his half-bro-
ther,
Sir Harry Goring, Bart, who ferved in feveral Parliaments in
the reign of Queen Anne, for Steyning, in SuiTex, and married
one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir George Matthews, of
Southwark, Knt. and had iflue nine fons, and two daughters; of
which, Frances, married Dr. Ballard, Rector of Langford Mag-
na, in Wilts. Sir Harry, died November, 173I) at Horfham, in
SuiTex, and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate, by his eldeft
fon,
Sir Charles-Matthews Goring, the prefent Baronet, who mar-
ried, July, 1731, Mary, youngeft daughter of William Black-
burne, of High Ongar, in Eflex, Efq; (High Sheriff of that
county, 1 George I.) by whom he had one fon, Harry, who
married, September 9, 1767, to Mifs Anne Foller ; and two
daughters, one of them married to Colvill Bridger, Efq. His
fecond Lady is Elizabeth, daughter of Tagg, Efq.
Arms. Argent, a Chevron, between three Annulets, Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion rampant, guardant.
Seat. At Highden, in SuiTex.
67. Ston-
298 STONHOUSE, of Radley.
67. Stonhouse, of Radley, Berkfhire.
Created Baronet, May 7, 1628.
VKTHETHER this family took their furname from Stonhoufe,
* * in Gloucefterfhire, which was the habitation of the Mild-
mays, (temp. Rich. II.) is a point not eafy to be determined. But
they weregentilirial in Surry, near a century before Henry Ston-
houfe was returned for Guildford, (temp. Edw. II.) to the Parlia-
ment held at Rippon, in Yorkfhire.
Robert Stonhoufe, ofBarfted, in Kent, married Rofe, daugh-
ter of Royden, of EfTex, and had iflue,
George Stonhoufe, of Little Peckbam, in Kent, Efq; who was
one of the Clerks of the Green-Cloth to Queen Elizabeth, and
purchafed the eftate at Radley, in Berks. Ke died 1575, having
had two wives, 1. Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Gibfon, of
Kent, Efq; 2. Elizabeth, daughter to Davy Woodcroft, Alder-
man of London, relicl of Walter Lawfon, Efq. By this laft he
left a daughter, Dionyfia, married to Sir Edward Hexto, in So-
merfetfhire, Km. and four fons, William, Nicholas, Walter,
and James, who was of Amerden-Hall, and created a Baronet ;
but hfs male iiTue failing, that title became extin£t.
William, the eldeft, was created a Baronet, 4 Charles I. He
married Elizabeth, fole daughter and heir of John Powell, of
Wales, Efq; and had by her feveral children, whereof four died
infants ; but three fons, Sir John, Sir George, and William, of
Cockthorp, in Oxfordfhire, (who married, and bad iffue,) as alfo
five daughters, furvived him ; of which, Elizabeth, married
Edward Perrot, of Hinky, in Berks, Efq; Mary, to William
Langton, D. D. Urfula, to John Denton, of North Afton, in
Oxfordfhire ; Anne, to George Windfor, of Bentley, in Hants,
Efqrs. and Dionyfia, to Sir Cornelius Fairmeadow, Knt. Sir
William died Feb. 5, 1631, aged feventy-fix, and lies buried in
Radley Church, in Berkmire, where, againft the fouth wall of
the chancel, is a very fair arched monument raifed, whereon lies
the portraiture of Sir William Stonhoufe, in armour, with his
Lady, in the fame pofture near him. At the head of the monu-
ment is the figure of a man in armour, and on the fides are fons
in long mourning cloaks ; four young children in their f wad-ling
clothes, and five daughters.
Sir John, the eldeit fon, fucceeded to the title and eftate, hav-
ing been knighted, Auguil, 1629, but died unmarried in about
four months after the death of his father, viz. June 14, 1632,
aged thirty-one.
STONHOUSE, of Radley. 299
Sir George, his next brother, fucceeded him in title and eftate.
He was fined for his loyalty to King Charles I. and paid 1460 1.
compofition for his eftate to the Sequeftrators. He married
Margaret, daughter of Richard, Lord Lovelace, and by her was
father of three fons, Sir George, Sir John, and James ; alfo of
one daughter, Elizabeth, married, firft, to Sir Richard Stidolf, of
Norbury, in Surry, Bart, and afterwards to the Lord Byron.
This Sir George furrendered his father's patent of creation,
and had a new one granted him, dated May 5, 22 Char. II. 1670,
of the title to himfelf for life, with remainder to his fecond fon,
John, and his heirs male; and, in default thereof, to James, his
third fon, and his heirs male, with precedence, according to the
former patent, intending to exclude thereby his firft fon.
Sir George, his eldeft fon, however, claimed and enjoyed the
title, according to the firft patent, and marrying Mrs. Anne
Scarlett, of an ancient family, but no fortune, had iftue two-
daughters, Sufanna, and Anne, and one fon,
Sir George Stonhoufe, Bart, his fucceftbr, who married Anne,
daughter of James Aftiton, Efq; of an antient family in Lanca-
shire, by whom he had fixteen children : Whereof George, the
eldeft, lived to be a Captain of Foot ; but all that furvived him,
were only one fon, Sir John, and a daughter, Margaret.
Sir George, died in Fetter-Lane* London, Feb. 24, 1736-7,
and was fucceeded in the title, by his only fon,
Sir John Stonhoufe, Bart, who died unmarried, July, 1 740,
whereupon this title became extinct.
Sir John, the fecond fon of Sir George, (the eldeft: Sir George,
above named, being difinherited,) fucceeded him in the eftate,
and title, granted by the latter patent : He married Martha,
daughter and fole heir of Robert Brigges, of Derbyfhire, Efq;
brother of Sir Humphry Brigges, of Haughton, in Salop, Bart,
and relict of Richard Spencer, of London, Turky Merchant ;
and was fucceeded by his fon,
Sir John Stonhoufe, of Radley, Bart, who ferved as Knight of
the Shire in feveral Parliaments for the county of Berks, and mar-
ried, firft, Mary, daughter and fole heir of Henry Mellifh, of San-
derfteed, in Surry, Efq; by whom he had two daughters, Mar-
tha, (married to Arthur Vanfittart, of Shottefbrooke, in Berks,
Efq;) and Mary. His fecond Lady was, Penelope, daughter of
Sir Robert Dafhwood, of Northbrooke, in Oxfordshire, Bart, by
whom he had nine children ; Penelope, married, firft, to Sir Henry
Atkins, of Clapham, in Surry, Bart, and, furviving him, after-
wards married the Right Hon. the Lord Gower, and died at
Trentham, in Stafford (hi re, Auguft, 1734; Catharine, married
May 29, 1745, to the Hon. Robert Lee, uncle to the prefent
Earl of Litchfield. By this marriage {he had a daughter, which
died
300 W R E Y, of Trebitch.
died foon after it was born ; Anne, married Sir William Bowycr,
of Denham, in Bucks, Bart. Sir John, his fuccelTor ; Margaret,
who died June 30, 1746 ; William ; Dionyfiay married July 1 1,
175 1, the Rev. Mr. Benet, but has no iflue ; James, the prefent
Baronet ; and Sufanna, married in 1744, to Peter Serle, Efq; of
Teftvvood, near Southampton, who has had feveral children, all
of which died young, except a daughter, now married to Sir
William Oglander, of Nunwell, in the Ifle of Wight. This laft
daughter of Sir John's is fince dead.
Sir John, died 0£. 10, 17335 and was fucceeded in dignity
and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir John Stonhoufe, Bart, who dying unmarried, was fucceeded
by his brother,
Sir James Stonhoufe, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Argent, on a Fefs, Sable, between three Hawks,
volant, of the fecond, a Leopard's Face between two Mullets, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Talbot's Head couped, Argent,
collared, Sable, lined, Or, catching a Dove volant, Argent.
Seat. At Radley, in Berks.
£8. Wrey, of Trebitch, Cornwall.
Created Baronet, June 30, 1628.
Tf ROM an old pedigree of this family, I find Robert le Wrey
living the fecond of King Stephen, A. D. 11 36, and by the
prefixed adjunct, they feem to take their name from fome office.
Others denominate them from their habitation and pofleflion, of
Wrey, in Devonfhire.
This Robert, married Sibyl, daughter to Ralph Abbot, .and
had iflue William le Wrey, of Wrey, who by his wife Alice,
daughter to John Kelley, of Brodewood, was father toElias, and
he, to another of the fame name.
Which laft Elias, or Elye, married Joane, daughter and heir of
Nicholas Holwaye, and left iffue Richard, who had to wife Joane,
fcfter and heir of John Morris, and was father to Stephen le Wrey,
father of Thomas le Wrey.
About which time, or not long before, was Roger Wrey, who
held a fourth part of a Knight's fee in Wyke Chalveligh, in De-
voniliire, of the Barony of Okehampton, in 19 Edward III.
which Walter le Wrey formerly held.
Thomas Wrey, aforementioned, married Elizabeth, daughter
to Robert Yeo, tarrd had iflue John and Walter, and Alice, mar-
ried to John Glanvile ; John, by his wife, Conftance, the daugh-
ter
W R E Y, of Trebitch. 301
ter of Hatch, left iflue only a daughter, Conftance, wife of
William Shylfton, fo that Walter, his brother, was next: heir.
Which Walter, married Conftance, daughter to John Shylfton,
and left iflue William Wrey, of North Ruflel, who had iflue
Walter, and Thomas,
Walter, had iflue Robert Wrey, of North Ruflel, and his fons
were, Walter, Thomas, and William, whereof Walter fucceeded
his father at North Ruflel ; and having married Bridget, daugh-
ter to Robert Shylfton, had iflue a daughter, Jane, married firft to
John Wikes, of Cocktree ; fecondly, to Thomas Welcote ; and
thirdly, to Robert Fry ; alfo a fon, John Wrey, Efq;
Which John, married Blanch, daughter and heir to Henry
KilHgrew, of Wolfton, in Cornwall, Efq; by whom he had large
pofleflions, and the Lordfhip of Trebitch, in the parifh of St.
Ives, in that county, which became thenceforward their capital
maniion. He was High Sheriff of the county of Cornwall, anno
28 Eliz. and had iffue two daughters, Phi lip pa and Jane, wife
of Peter Coryton, Efq; and fix fons; fir ft, John, who married
Eleanor, daughter and heir of Bernard Smith, of Tornefs, Efq;
relict of Sir John Fulford, of Fulford, in Devon, Knt. and died
without iflue; 2. William; 3. Edward, (who married Jane,
daughter to Price ap Howel;) 4. Arthur, (who married Joyce,
daughter and heir toTriftram Harris, ofHayne;) alfo Robert and
George, who died without iflue.
William, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father at Trebitch, and
was High Sheriff" of Cornwall, 41 Elizabeth. Mr. Carew, in his
Survey of that county, characterizes him as a man of hofpita-
lity, and a general welcomer of his friends and neighbours. He
was honoured with Knighthood at Whitehall, 27 July, A. D.
1603, before the Coronation of King James I. and died in June,
A. D. 1636, leaving iflue by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter to Sir
William Courtenay, of Powderam, in Devon, Knt. a fon of his
own name, aged twenty years, A. D. 1620.
Which William, about the twenty-fecond year of King James
I. married Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Edward Chicbefter, (then
of Eggesford, in Devon, Knt.) Earl of Donnegall, in the king-
dom of Ireland ; and having received the honour of Kuight-
hcod, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet in the fourth year
of King Charles I. He died in Auguft, 1645, having had iiTue
three daughters; one, married to Bluet, Efq; the fecond,
married to Eriiey^ in Cornwall; and another, wife of
Nichols, Efqrs.
His only fon and heir, Sir Chicheftcr Wrey, of Trebitch,
Bart, was born 1628 ; he faithfully adh^ied to hisMajeft/ Kino-
Charles I. in trie time of his troubles, and took up arms in his
caufe, wherein he behaved himfetf win much bravery. Ab^'ic
tlie
302 W R E Y, of Trebitch.
the year 1652, he married Anne, Countefs Dowager of.Mid-
dlefex, relid of James, Earl of Middlefex, third daughter and
coheir of Edward Bourchier, Earl of Bath, by whom he became
poflefled of a great eftate in the county of Devon, and the noble
feat of Tawftock, where the family now refides. After the Refto-
ration of the Royal Family, he was made Colonel of the Duke of
York's regiment, and Governor of Sheernefs, and ferved in Par-
liament for Leftwithiel, in Cornwall, 13 Car. II. and departed
this life in May, 1668, having iiTue a daughter, Anne, wife to
Sir Francis Northcote, of Nimpton, in Devon, Bart, and four
fons; 1. Sir Bourchier; 2. Chichefter, a Colonel in her Ma-
jefty's armies, who was killed in the defence of Fort Montjouic,
near Barcelona, 1706 ; 3. Edward ; 4. John, who was killed he-
fore Tangier, at nineteen years of age.
Sir Bourchier Wrey, the eld eft fori, fucceeded his father in title
and eftate ; he was created one of the Knights of the Bath, at
the Coronation of King Charles II. and foon after was a Captain
in the Duke of York's regiment, of which his father was Colo-
nel. He ferved under the Duke of Monmouth at thefiegeof Mae-
ftricht, and other places in the Netherlands. After the late Revo-
lution he commanded a regiment of horfe; and in 1690 was with
that regiment in Torbay, where he was very inftrumental in
preventing the landing of the French, who then appeared with
their fleet on the weftern coafts. He ferved as Member of Par-
liament for Leikard, in Cornwall, all the latter end of his life,
and died July 28, 1696, leaving iftue, by Florence, his Lady,
daughter to Sir John Rolle, of Stevenftone, in Devon, Knight
of the Bath, a daughter Florence, wife to John Cole, Efq; fon
of Sir Michael Cole, of Innifkillin, in the county of Fermanaugh,
in the kingdom of Ireland ; alfo two fons, Sir Bourchier, and
Chichefter, Reclor of Tawftock.
Sir Bourchier Wrey, of Tawftock, in Devon, Bart, fucceflbr
--to the title and effate, reprefented the borough of Camelford,
in Cornwall, in Parliament, 10 and 12 Queen Anne, took to
wife Diana, daughter to John Rolle, of Stevenftone, Efq; (eldeft:
fon of the faid Sir John Rolle,) by the Lady Chriftian, daugh-
ter of the late Earl of Aylefbury, filler to the late John Rolle,
of Stevenftone, Efq; (and widow and relief of John Sparkes, of
the Fryery, in Plymouth, Efq;) Sir Bourchier, died 1726, and
left ifiue Sir Bourchier, his fucceffor, John, Chichefter, and
Charles, (fince dead,) alfo Diana, married to John Stafford, of
Robcrough, in Devon, Efq; Florence to Edward Fans, Efq;
Collector of the Cuftoms at Biddeford, in Devonfhire ; Chrif-
tian and Catharine. He was fucceeded in dignity and eftate, by
Sir Bourchier Wrey, the prefent Baronet, who has been
twice married, firft, in 1749, to Mary, daughter of John Ed-
wards,
TRELAWNEY, of Trelawney. ,303
wards, of Highgate, Efq. She died Auguft 23, 175 1, aged
twenty-feven ; on which occafion, an elegant copy of Latin
tferfes was compofed, not defigned as a monumental infcription,
but to preferve to pofterity the character of fo excellent a Lady.
Sir Bourchier married, fecondly, May 1, 1755, a daughter of
Threfher, Efq. In 1748, Sir Bourchier was elected Re
prefentative to the enfuing Parliament, for Barnftaple, in the
county of Devon, and in 1759, was appointed Colonel of the
Devonfhire Militia.
Arms. Sable, a Fefs between three Pole-Axes, Argent,
helved, Gules ; quartering the Earl of Bath's Arms, viz. Argent,
a Crofs engrailed, Gules, between four Water Bowgets, Sale.
Crest. On a Torce of his Colours, an Arm embowed, reft-
ed, Sable ; holding in an Hand, Proper, a Commander's Trun-
cheon, Gules, tipped. But of late, on a Wreath, a Lion's Head,
crafed.
Seats. Trebitch, in the county of Cornwall, and Tawftock-
houfe, the prefent feat of the family ; which laft came by the
divifion of the Earl of Bath's eftate, between the late Earl of
Stamford, (whofe mother was the other furviving coheirefs of
the Earl of Bath,) and the late Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart.
69. Trelawney, of Trelawney, Cornwall.
Created Baronet, July 1, 1628.
'"'pRelawny, Trelany, Trelone, Trilone, and, as in Dooms-
* day-Book, Treloen, a Lordfhip fituate in Alternon, in the
county of Cornwall, gave denomination to this ancient family
that nourifhed in the laid county before the Con.jueit ; Eduni
held the fame in the time of Kins; Edward the C onfefibr. Ha-
melin his fon, (as it is prefumed,) was likewife the poffeflbr
after the Norman invafion, by a tenure from the Earl of Mor-
tain, as found in that great afTeffrnent made in the reig;n of
King William I. at which time it was rated at two carves and
half, two fervants, and ten acres of wood, with ten of pafture, &c.
A defcendant from Hamelin was Richard deTrelony, who
by deed without dace, gave to Pagan, fon of Cleke, half an
acre of land in Caron, parcel of the Manor of South Caron.
He left William, his fon, who was feized in his demefne as of
fee of a fourth part of a Knights fee in Tregenelek. He was
father cf John, his (on aha heir, who. married Joan, daughter
to Reginald de Botrell ; by this Joan, he [eft iflue William, his
(on and heir, who married Jp~n7 iatfghter eff Stephen Trewy-
nick.
3 04 TRELAWNEY, of Trela wney.
nick. He left ifTue John de Trelony, living 9 Edvv. I. who
married Lucy, daughter to Sir Richard Serjeaux, Knt. and had
ifTue a daughter Mary, married to Sir John Moeles, Knt. by
whom defcended Courtenay, and Peverell ; and William, his
fon and heir.
The laid William de Trelawny, was one of the BurgefTes re-
turned for Launcefton, to ferve in the Parliament at Weffmin-
fter, 19 Edvv. II. He married Margery, daughter to John de
Rypariis, or Rivers.
Son and heir of William, was another Wrilliam, who mar-
ried Joan, fole fifter and heir to John, and daughter to Richard
Doyngnell, and left iilue John, his fon and heir.
Which John, up:;n his father's death, became poffefTed of
the ancient patrimony, and had the honour of Knighthood.
He was living 8 Hen. IV. at which time a fine was levied by
him and his wife Matild, daughter to Robert Mynwenyke. He
and his Lady were both living 19 Rich. II. (About this time,
viz. 12 Hen. IV. one Richard Trelenay, was one of the Mem-
bers to ferve in Parliament for Launcefton.) He had iffue a fon
of his own name.
Which John, received the honour of Knighthood, and was
one of the Knights of the Shire for Cornwall. He was in the
fixth year one of the Coroners of that county, and being in the
King's fervice in Normandy, and thereby not able to attend
that place, a v/rit ifTued for electing another. This office of
Coroner was formerly conferred only upon the wifeft Knights
of the county, who could attend thereon, (Stat. Weftm. c. x.)
and it appears from the regifter of writs, that if the perfon
chofen to this office was not a Knight, and had not ico folid.
of rent of freehold ; he was to be removed.
In the 4th of Hen. VI. he, (with Sir William Cheyne, and
others,) was CommhTioner of Oyer and Terminer, and he at-
tests a deed dated 29 July, enrolled in the Tower. He fo emi-
nently fignalized himfelf in the wars of France, that King
Henry V. on the 27th of September, in his feventh year, at Gi-
fors, in Normandy, (as a jufc. recompence of his fignal fervices,)
oranted him twenty pounds yearly for his life. And his fuccef-
for, King Henry VI. was pleafed to confirm it to him again in
the hrft year of his reign, and granted him, (as it is laid,) in
augmentation to his arms, the coat of the three oaken or laurel
leaves, the fymbols of conqueft. Certain it is, that he was the
fir ft of this family who bore that addition. Under the picture
of the former of thefe Kings, which flood formerly over the
great gate at Launcefton, was this obfolete rhyme :
He that will doe ought for mee,
Let hym love well Sir John Tirlawnee.
T R E L A W N E Y, of Trelawney. 305
He was living 12 Henry VI. as appears by an indenture made by
Robert Whyttingham (Receiver-General of the Duchy of
Corn wail) and John Lower, of the profits of the faid county,
wherein mention is made of the payment to the faid Sir John,
of the annuity aforefaid for Michaelmas term that year. He
married Agnes, daughter to Robert Trogodeck.
This Sir John is often named, as rending at Tre ferret, and
had iffue Joan, wife of Thomas Upton, of Treloifh, and I fab el,
married to Stephen Trenevvith, to whom, and the heirs of their
body, he gave lands in Trenthill, &c. and two fons, Sir Ri-
chard, and John. Sir F.ichard, in the life-time of his father,
was one of the Burgeffes for Life ard, in the Parliament 9 Hen.
V. and on July 1, 2 Hen. VI. Sir John, the father, fettles fe-
deral lands in truftees, for the ufe of himfelf for life, then of
Richard, his fen, the remainder to John, his fecond fon, &c.
This Richard died without iffue male, 27 Henry VI. leaving
by one Ai^nes Henwood, two daughters, from one of which
defcended Arundel, of Talferne, by the match of Penpons ;
from the other daughter, are defcended, as heirs-general, Wrey,
and Smith, of St. Germains ; who by virtue of a fettlement,
and an award after a long fuit, had divers of the ancient ma-
nors belonging to the family*
John Trelawny, Efq; was Eurgefs for Truro, in the Par-
liament held Feb. 12, 27 Henry VI. He married Joan,
daughter and heir to Nicholas Heliigan, and had a fon, John.
This John, by the name of John Trelawny, of Treferrett,
had a general pardon granted him. In September, r Edw. IV.
he was Sheriff; and in 14 Edw. IV. had a quietus for collect-
ing the tenths and fifteenths in Cornwall, granted by Parlia-
ment.
Thomas, Earl cf Devon, in confederation of the annuity of
ten marks yearly, granted him by this John Trelawny, cove-
nants to be a firm and fure Lord to him in all things which ap-
pertain to his lands, as far as the law (hall permit, 33 Hen. VI.
This perfon is often {filed John Trelawny, of Brightorre, and
fometimes of Wolfton, in St. Ives parifti.
John, the fon, was a Knight, temp. Hen. VII. and augment-
ed his patrimony by a double marriage ; his firft wife was
Blanch, (in the deeds often named Candida,) daughter and co-
heir to John Powna, of Powna, the heir general of Nodde-
tone, and Crooke, heir of Paderda, Pyncema, and Devyoch.
They v/ere married in or before the 29th of Henry VI. as is
manifeft from a feoffment dated that year by the faid Powna.
His fecond wife was Jane, daughter and coheir to Robert Holland,
(widow of John Kendall,) by whom he had iffue a daughter,
Jane, married to John Wideflade.
Vol. I. X Ev
306 TRELAWNEY, of Trelawney.
By his firfl Lad)' he had ifTue a daughter, married to Thomas
r lamciock, fon and heir of Thomas Flammock, of Bocara, in
4 Hen. VII. who in that year fettled on her his land in Heli-
gan ; and live fons ; J. John Trelawny, his eldeft fon ; 2. ano-
ther John Trelawny, of St. Germains, (who married firfr, Joan,
daughter and coheir of Thomas Clemens, of Lifkeard ; and fur-
viving her without any ifTue, he married, fecondly, Maro-aret,
daughter to Richard Buckton, of Buckton, whofe pofterity now
remain at Coldrinnick, feized of a confiderable eftate ;) 3. Ro-
ger Trelawny, of Brightorre, (whofe daughter and heir was
married to Hawkins;) 4. Richard Trelawny, of Launcefton,
(who had ifTue ;) and 5. Thomas, who died unmarried.
John, the eldeft fon and heir, fucceeded his father, Sir John,
in the bulk of his eftate. He was, with others, commiffioned
by King Henry VII. to hear the controverfies between the Prior
of Bodmyn, and others ; and having had in marriage, Florence,
fourth daughter to Sir Hugh Courtenay, of Boconnock, (and
lifter to Edward, Earl of Devon, upon the extinction of which
line, flie, with her lifters, became coheirs of that noble family,)
fey her had three fons; 1. Walter; 2. Alneth, (to whom
Catharine, Countefs of Devon, granted the Baily wick of Exi-
tond, and the Weft-gate of the city of Exeter for his life, 3
Hen. VIII.) Fie died atTournay, 1515 ; and 3. Edward ; the
two latter died without ifTue.
Walter, the eldeft fon, fucceeded to the inheritance, and had
a grant of the Conftablefhip and Bailywick of the Honour and
Hundred of Plympton, during his life, by patent dated Nov.
10, 1 Henry VIII. to whom, and Catharine, Countefs of De-
von, daughter to King Edward IV. he wrote feveral letters,
now remaining.
By Ifabel, his wife, daughter to John Towfe, of Taunton, in
Somerfetlhire, by Jane his wife, (afterwards married to Sir Tho-
mas Grenville,) who entered into covenants with John Tre-
lawny, father of this Walter, upon this marriage, 20 Flen. VII.
He had ifiue two fons, John, and Richard, which latter died
without ifiue. This Lady furvived her hufband, who died be-
fore 151B, as appears by letters full of kind expreffions fent to
her from Henry Courtenay, Marquis of Exeter.
John, the eldeft fon, fucceeded to the inheritance ; and was
Bur^efs in Parliament for Lifceard, in 6 Edw. VI. and had
two wives ; 1. Maro-erv, daughter and heir of Thomas Lame-
iion, of Lamelion, and by her he had iruie John, his fon and
heir. His fecond wife was Lora, daughter and heir to Henry
Trccarrel, who furvived her hufband, By her he had ifiue ano-
ther John, who married Beatrice, daughter to Hugh Treva-
. nion. He was found to be one of the heirs to the Earl .of
L'cvon,
TRELAWNEY, of Trelawney. 307
Devon, in the 4th and 5th Phil. Sc Mar. and his will bears date
5 Eliz.
John, his eldeft Ton, by the firft wife, fucceeded, being fome-
time denominated of Pool. He was two years and fix months
old in the 28th of Hen. VIII. at the death of his mother's fa-
ther, Thomas Lamelion, Efq; to whom he is found, by an in-
quifition then taken, to be heir, as fon of John Trelawney, by
Margery, his wife, daughter and heir of the faid Thomas. Anno
1 Eliz. he wasBurgefs for Leflwithiel, and was Deputy Lieu-
tenant of Cornwall, under the Earl of Bedford, and then paid
61. for not taking the Order of Knighthood ; 2 Eliz. he was
High Sheriff of Cornwall ; and in the 5th year one of the
Knights of the Shire for that county.
In the 9th of the faid Queen's reign, he was again High Sheriff
of Cornwall. He married Anne, the fifth daughter and coheir
of William Refkymer, Efq; by whom he had a daughter, Mary,
wife, firit, of John Spring, Elq; fon of Sir William, of Laven-
ham, in Suffolk, Knt. and afterwards of Sir Robert Gardiner,
Knt. and two fons, John and Jonathan. He departed this lite
A. D. 1568, having made his will 10 Eliz. wherein he propoies
an eftabliihment of his inheritance on his name and family ;
leaving John, his eldeft. fon, heir to his eftate,, who died an in-
fant foon after, viz. 1570, whereupon 'Jonathan, his brother,
was the next heir, who was born at Foy, 17th Dec. 1568, be-
ing eight weeks after the death of his father. His Lady fur-
vived him, and was re-married to Sir William Mohun.
This Jonathan was Member of Parliament for the borough
of Lifkeard, in 28, 31, and 35 Eliz. of which he was chofen
Recorder 39 Eliz. and anno 35 Eliz. had a quietus for collect-
ing the Queen's fubfidies in Cornwall ; 37 Eliz. he was Sheriff
of that county j and Knight of the Shire of Cornwall, in 39 Eliz.
and chofen Steward cf the borough of Weftlow, 1600.
He was knighted A. D. 1597, keing again chofen Knight of
the Shire in the firft of James I. in which year he made his will,
and died during the feinon, on the 21ft of June, 1604. He was
a perfon of great honour and intereit, a Knight well fpoken,
ftaid in his carriage, and of thrifty providence. The Houfe of
Commons, to fhew their refpect to him, attended his funeral at
St. Clement's Danes, where he was interred, as appears by
what follows from their Journal :
* Die Ven. 22 June, 1604.
* It was informed, that Sir Jonathan Trelawney, one of the
c Knights of the Shire for Cornwall, died yefterday, being fud-
4 denly fuffocated with a flux of blood, which came by breaking
* a vein with vehement coughing, and was faid to be found fick
X 2 4 and
3o8 TRELAWNEY, of Trelawney.
'and dead in a quarter of an hour; and thereupon moved by
4 Sir John Hollis, that the Members of the Houfe do attend his
6 burial to-morrow in the afternoon ; which was fo ordered/
He married Elizabeth, fecond daughter to Sir Henry Killi-
grew, Knight, and had iffue three daughters, Elizabeth, born
1590; Anne, 1600 ; and Cordelia; and two ions, John, and
Edward, born 1595.
John Trelawney, Efq; the eldeft fon, was born at Hall, by
Fowey, 27 April, 1592, and created Baronet by his Mayfly King
Charles I. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall, 6 Charles I. and
married Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Reginald Mohun, of Bocon-
rioek, in Cornwall, Baronet, by whom he had five ions, and
eight daughters ; 1. Sir Jonathan, his fucceffor, of whom here-
after ; 2. John ; 3. Edward, who both died unmarried ; 4. Fran-
cis, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour,
of Bury Pomeroy, in Devon, Baronet; and c. Reginald, who
died a bachelor. The daughters were, 1. Elizabeth, married
to Thomas Lower, of Tremeer ; 2. Anne, to John Vivian, of
Trewan, both in Cornwall, Efqrs. 3. Margaret, to Amos,
younger fon of Sir Francis Fulford, of Fulford, in Devon, Knt.
4. Philippa, died unmarried ; 5. Bridget, married to Lee*
of Kent; 6. Mary, to the Rev. Mr. Greeni worth ; 7. Pene-
lope, to Thomas Maynard, Efq; Conful at Smyrna ; and 8.
Dorothy, to William Mohun, of Trencreek, Efq;
• Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bart, eldeft fon, who fucceeded to
the title and eftate, married Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Sey-
mour, Bart, (eldeft lifter to his brother Francis's wife,) by whom
he had feven fons, 1. John, who died in his father's fife-tittle^
having married Catharine, third daughter and coheir of James
Jenkyn, Efq; by whom he had no iffue ; 2. Jonathan, who
died an infant ; 3. Sir Jonathan, of whom hereafter ; 4. Ma-
jor General Charles Trelawney, who reprefented the town of
Plymouth, in fever al Parliaments, in the reign of Queen Annes
who married, iirft, , and fecondly, Anne, daughter art
coheir of Richard Lower, of London, M. I). He died Sept
1 73 1, aged 78, and was buried on Friday, the 8th of October,
at Plynt, in Cornwall, of whom we find this character :
6 A Gentleman of an ancient and honourable family, which
'.he alfo ennobled by his virtues. His fir ft appearance in the
• field was about the year 1672, under the famous Turenne, a
c Marfhal of France; and his gallantry and experience in mi-
; iitary affairs fpoke him worthy or fo great a mafter. His
: public actions in feveral initances redound to his honour, but
'• are not fo particularly and perfectly known, as a public rela-
• tion of them may require ; thofe who ferved with him can
- give the iufttfl- eulogi'im ; his modcily WU$ too delicate to
c recit«
TRELAWNEY, ofTrelawney. 309
recite his actions. He was To far from courting the applaufe
which was due to his behaviour, that he very rarely made
mention of the one, led it fhould demand the other. He
ferved in the troops which King Charles II. fent to the aflift-
ance of France, when they and their country gained the
greateft reputation, by covering the retreat of the French,
and rep-ulfmo- the Germans ; an action of that f^nai fervice,
that it merited the publick thanks of the King of France.
This may be faid to his and the nation's honour, that the
armies of France have been protected as well as conquered by
the Engiifh. Nor did he fhine lefs in his private than in his
active life : the reputation he acquired in publick fervices he
adorned with affability, tendernefs, and charitv to all about
him : the bravery of the foidier was tempered with the polite-
neis of the moft accomplished gentleman. In fhort, fo ge-
nerous and noble a fpirit attended his whole courfe of life,
and fo much patience and refignation his laft moft painful
and lingering illnefs, that he appeared in both equally the
hero, and died great as he had lived. He was very inftru-
mental in bringins; about the late Revolution, though he was
forry that his country required it : he loved his King, but his
country more : intercft would have inclined him to fupport
the King and absolute power ; his honour, and the love of
his country commanded his fervice for the cenftitution, the
laws, and liberty: he ferved then with reluctance as againft
the King, but he could not ferve the Kino; when againft his
country. In the great and famous battle of the Boyne, he
fliared the glories of the field ; and in confidence of his bra-
very and honour, the important city of Dublin was recom-
mended to his care: an eminent fign of the hio-h efteem he
merited, when the metropolis of Ireland was thought fa f eft
under his government. As his arms were fen iceable againft
the enemies of his Majefty, fo was his adminiftration in pro-
tecting his fubje&s : he preferved the city from the violence
of the foldiers, and generoufly defpifed the advantages of fafe-
guards and contributions : when he left it, the fad effects of
both broke in upon it. As he maintained his poft with hon-
our, fo he retired out of a point of honour ; but his retire-
ment was diftinguifhed by particular marks of royal favour;
King William fent a commifiion, appointing him Governor
of Plymouth. How his great qualities endeared him to the
inhabitants of that place, their univerfai efteem and pub-
lick acknowledgments of his merits abundantly teftify.' —
William Trelawr.ev, the fifth fori oi Sir Jonathan, died un-
married. 6. Chichefier, unmarried, 1694.. 7. Henry, Colonel
of a regimen: in the fervice of King William, who married
X 3 Rebecca,
3io TRELAWNEY, of Trelawney.
Rebecca, daughter and coheir of Matthew Hals, ofEfford, in
Devonlhire, Efq; by Rebecca, his wife, daughter and coheir
of Charles Specott, of Thornbury, in Devonlhire, Efq; by
whom he had feveral children, one of which was Sir Harry,
who fucceeded to the title on the death of Sir John, without
iiTue. What daughters Sir Jonathan had, I do not find ; but
in Winceftcr cathedral is an inscription, as I take it, for one
of them, who is there called Madam Mary Davies, daughter
of Sir Jonathan Trelawney, of Trelawney, in the county of
Cornwall.
Sir Jonathan Trelawney, Bart, eldeft Surviving fon, and
fucceflbr to his father, in title and eftate, was educated at
Weftminftcr-fchool, entered into Chrift Church Coll. Oxon.
in Mich, term 1668, aged eighteen years, and in the year fol-
lowing was made Student thereof. Afterwards he took the
Degrees in Arts, Holy Orders, and had one or two Benefices
in his own country conferred on him by his relations. In 1680,
his eldeft brother died, and thereupon, though the title of Ba-
ronet, and the paternal eftate of his family was to come to him
after the death of his father, yet he ftuck to his Holy Orders,
continued in his function, and, upon the tranflation of Dr.
Lake to the fee of Chichefter, was nominated, by his Majefty
King James II. to fucceed him in Briftoi ; whereupon (after
he had been diplomated Doctor in Divinity) being confecrattd
thereunto in the Archbifhop's Palace at Lambeth, Nov. 8,
1685, he was introduced into the Houfe of Lords with Bi-
shop Ken, the 11th of the fame month ; on June 8, 1688, he
was one of the fix Bifhoos, befides the Archbifhop of Canter-
Dury, Dr. Bancroft, that was committed to the Tower of Lon-
don, for fubferibing a Petition to his Majeftjf, wherein he,
and the reft of the laid Bilhops, fhewed the great averfednefs that
they found in thnnj elves to the d'flnbuting and publifidng in all their
chmehes, his Majeffs late Declaration for liberty of ' confaencey &c.
where continuing till they were publickly tried in Weftminfter
Hall for a Libel, and acquitted, were, to the great joy of the
true fons of the Church of England, releafed thence on the
j 5th of the fame month. On the 13th of April, 1689, he
was by his Majefty, King William III. as a reward for his
ler vices, tranflated to the fee of Exeter, in the room of Dr.
Lamplugh, tranflated to the Archbifhoprick of York ; and
from thence, in 1707, was, by her Majefty Queen Anne,
tranfiated to the fee of Winchefter, in the room of Bimop
Mew, deceafed ; and dying July 19, 1 721, was buried at Plint,
or Plcnint, in Cornwall, with his anceftors. He married Re-
becca, daughter and coheir of Thomas Hele, of Bafcomb, in
Devonlhire^ Efq; (by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheir
TRELAWNEY, of Trelawney. 311
of Matthew Hals, of Efford, in Devonfhire, and Rebecca, his
wife, daughter and coheir of Charles Specott, of Thornbury,
in the fame county, Efqrs.) by whom he left, I. Sir John, his
fucceflbr ; 2. Edward, who, in the laft Parliament of King
George I. was elected Member of Parliament for Weftlow, in
Cornwall, and appointed one of the Commiflioners of theVic-
tualling-Office, and in the firft Parliament of King George I.
he was chofen again for the fame place ; and in the fecond
Parliament, which met June, 1734, he was chofen for two
places, viz. Eaftlow and Weftlow, in Cornwall ; but his feat
was vacated, being then one of the Commiflioners of his Ma-
jefty's Cuftoms ; and afterwards Governor of Jamaica. He
married, in 1737, Mrs. Crawford, daughter of John Craw-
ford, Efq; but died without iffue. 3. Hele Trelawney, D. D.
Rector of the pafffhes of South-hill, and Lanreath, in Corn-
wall, and one of the Proctors for the Clergy of the diocefe of
Exeter, who died without ifTue, June, 1740, leaving behind
him a moft amiable character both in publick and private life,
a zealous advocate for the Chriftian religion, and one who
humblv followed the doctrines of it in his life and converfa-
tion ; of great innocence and fimplicity of manners, and cour-
teous meeknefs of behaviour, who lived beloved, and died la-
mented, leaving an example worthy of imitation. 4. Char-
lotte, died unmarried ; 5. Mary, married to Allifon,
Erq; 6. Rebecca, married to John Bullen, of Morval, Efq;
7. Letitia, married to her firft coufin, Harry Trelawney, Efq;
afterwards Sir Harry ; 8. Anne, who died unmarried.
Sir John Trelawney, eldeft fon of the Bifhop, fucceeded his
father in title and eftate. He was elected a Representative in
Parliament for the borough of Lcfkard, in Cornwall, in the
firft Parliament of K. George I. and for Weftlow, in the fe-
cond ; and in the firft Parliament of his late Majeily, was
elected again for the fame place. Sir John lived a very retired
life, and married Mifs Blackwood, of Scotland, who is ftill
living in Edinburgh. Sir John, who died about the year 1755,
left no ifTue, and his younger brother being dead before him,
without ifTue, the title and eftate defcended to his firft couiin,
Sir Harry Trelawney, Bart, who was married, as before
mentioned, to Letitia, fifth daughter of the Bifhop ; by whom
he had two daughters ; Letitia, married to her firft coufin, Sir
William Trelawney, the prefent Baronet ; and Anne, yet un-
married. Sir Harry had a brother, William, a Captain in the
Army, who left iffue four fons ; Charles, who died without
iiTue ; Sir William ; Harry, a Colonel in the Guards ; and
Thomas, unmarried. Sir Harry, in the beginning of his life,
was Aid de Camp to the Duke of Marlborough, and was in
X 4 Parlia-
3i2 C O N Y E R S, of Horden.
Parliament two or three Seffions ; but at laft retired, and lived
very privately* at Betfhead, in Devonfhire. He was a Gen-
tleman of exceeding good fenfe, and great learning, and dying
in a very advanced age, in the beginning of the year 1762, he
was fucceeded by his nephew,
Sir William Trelawney, the prefent Baronet, who is now
Governor of Jamaica, and a Captain in the Royal Navy.
Sir William has a daughter, and a fon, Harry, about twelve
years of age.
Arms. Argent, a Chevron, Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wolf, palTant, proper.
Motto. Sermoni confona fa 51 a.
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70. Conyers, of Horden, Durham.
Created Baronet, July 14, 1628.
F this ancient family, originally wrote Coigniers, deno-
minated from a place of that name in France, was Roger
de Coigniers, that came into England about the end of the
reign of William the Conqueror, to whom the l^iilrop of Dur-
ham (who died 1095, 9 Will. Rufus) gave the Conftablefhip
of Durham.
Roger de Coigniers, the fecond of that name, Lord of How-
ton Coigniers, and of Sokebourne, by the gift of Ranulph of
Durham, who died 1128, 29 Hen. I.
Roger de Coigniers, the third, was of Howton Coigniers,
in Yorkfhire, and of Sokebourne in Durham. He lived 24
Hen. II.
Robert de Coigniers, de Howton Coigniers, and de Soke-
bourne, lived temp. Rich. I. and King John. He had three
fons, Thomas, Roger, and Geoffrey ; Thomas de Coigniers,
the eldeft fon, had iffue, 1. Robert, who lived temp. Hen. III.
Joan, his daughter and heir, married Sir Chriftopher Mallory,
Knt. 2. Roger de Coigniers, of Sokebourne, who had iffue
Robert, who alienated his inheritance to Geoffrey his uncle ;
3. Geoffrey de Coigniers, of Sokebourne, after the death of
his nephew, Robert. Fie lived 5 Hen. III. and had iffue John,
father of three fens ; the two eideft died iffuelefs ; Sir Hum-
phry Coigniers, of Sokebourne, Knt. third fon, lived 55 Hen.
III. and was father of Sir John de Coigniers, Knt. (28 Edw. I.)
who had iffue two fons, 1. John, who, by his jirft wife, Eli-
zabeth, had a daughter, ifabel, married to Robert de Col vile,
mother of Sir William Coivile, Knt. and by his fecond wife,
Chriftian,
CONYERS, of Horden. 313
Chriftian, had iffue, Petronilla, married to Robert Herle, and
died without il:\:e ; and 2. PvCger, who had two tons, i. Geof-
frey, (8 Edw. III.) who died iffuelefs ; 2. John de Cornier-,
of Sokebourne, who married Elizabeth, third daughter and
coheir of Sir William de Atton, and had iffue Robert Coig-
niers, of Sokebouriie, Efq; who died 1433. He married Ifa-
bel, daughter and coheir of William Pert, Efq; by whom he
had iffue Sir Chriftopher Coigniers, who by Mariora, daughter
of Sir William de Eure, Knt. had iffue four fons, and four
daughters : Of the fons, Sir William, the eldeft, married Anne,
daughter of Sir Ralph Bigott, of Setrington, Knt. but died
without iffue male ; as did Robert, and John, the fecond and
fourth fons ; and of the daughters, Maud, married Wil-
berfofs, and Joan, to Dymoke ; but Humphrey, the third
fon, had iffue, Sir John Coigniers, Knt. father of Robert,
whole younger foil, John, was one of the King's Judges, and
by his wife Margaret, the daughter and heir of Sir Anthony
St. Quintin, had the caftle and eftate of Hornby, in Yorkshire ;
wherein he was fucceeded by his fon, Sir Chriftopher Conyers,
of Hornby, Knt. whofe wife was Ellen, daughter and heir of
Rylilon, by whom he had iffue, Sir John Conyers, Knight
of the moil: noble Order of the Garter, who married Margaret,
daughter and heir of Philip, Lord Darcy, and had ifiue tvro
fons, John, and Richard.
John Conyers, of Hornby, Efq; married Alice, daughter and
coheir of William de Nevil, Earl of Kent, and had little Wil-
liam, Lord Conyers, of Hornby, who had iffue, by his hrft
wife, two daughters, Anne, married to the Lord Lumley, and
Margery, to Sir William Bulmer, of Wilton. He married to
his fecond wife, Anr.e, daughter of Ralph Nevil, Earl of Weft-
morland, and had iiTue, Chriftopher, Lord Conyers, of Hornby,
who, by Anne, daughter of Thomas, Lord Dacres, of Gilfiand,
had iffue, John, Lord Conyers, who married Matilda, daughter
of Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, and had iffue four
daughters, his coheirs ; 1. Margaret, who died young ; 2.
Anne, who married Anthony Kemp, cf Kent, Efq; 3. Eliza-
beth, married to Thomas Darcy, fecond fon to Sir Arthur
Darcy, Knt. and Catharine, married to Atherton, of
Chowbent, in Lancafhire, Efq; fo that the elder branch be-
coming extinct, the family was continued by
Richard Conyers, of Horden, (fecond fon of Sir John Con-
yers, Knight of the Garter,) who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and heir of Sir Robert Claxton, of Horden, Knt. and had
iffue three fons, Robert, Richard, and Percival.
Robert married Margery, daughter of Langforth, Efq;
and had three fons, Chriftopher, John, and Ralph ; Chriitopher,
was
3i4 C O N Y E R S, of Horden.
was father of Chriftopher, who had thirteen children ; the
eldeft ion, Richard, married the daughter of Roger Lumley,
Efq; and had iflue, Thomas, who died iiTuelefs ; and Chrifto-
pher, who married to his firft wife, the daughter of Con-
yers, of Layton, Efq; but fhe dying without iflue, he married,
to his fecond wife, the daughter of Sir Ralph Hed worth, of
Harraton, in Durham, Knt. by whom he was father of
Sir John Conyers, of Horden, the firft Baronet of this family,
fo created 4 Car. I. He married the daughter of Groves,
of Yorkftiire, Efq; and had iflue,
Sir Chriitopher Conyers, Bart, his eldeft fon and fucceflbr,
who married to his firft wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William
Langhorne, of London, Efq; fifter of Sir William Lan.;horne,
of Charlton, in Kent, Bart, and had iflue, Sir John, his fuc-
ceflbr. She died in child-bed, April 27, 1644, (before the title
came to her hufband) and lies buried at St. Giles's in the Fields,
in the county of Middlefex.
Sir Chriftopher married, to his fecond wife, Julia, daughter
of Richard, Lord Vifcount Lumley, and relict of — Ger-
niarne, Efq; by whom he had iflue a daughter, Julia, firft
married to Sir William Blacket, of Newcaftle, Baronet, and
after his deceafe, to Sir William Thomfon, Knt. Recorder of
the city of London, and one of the Barons of the Exchequer.
Sir John Conyers, Bart, only fon of Sir Chriftopher, and
heir to Sir William Langhorne, Bart, became poftefied of the
feat and eftate at Charlton, befjdes other confiderable eftates,
which, by the death of Sir Baldwin, and his fon, without
iflue male, went, according to the entail, firft, to William
Langhorne Games, Efq} who dying without iflue male, it then
went to the Rev. Mr. Mmicn, of Eftcx ; which Sir John
married Mrs. Mary Newman, with whom he had the eftate of
ihe Baldwins, at Great Stoughton, in H'-intingdonfhire, (where
the family chiefly reiided.) Of his fix ions, and two daugh-
ters, Mary was married to Edward Checklcy, of Alwalton, in
Huntingdon (hire, Gent. Sir Baldwin was his fucceflbr, Chri-
stopher died young, and John, Edward, Chriitopher, arfd Wil-
liam, without iflue.
Sir John died Sept. 14, 17 19, aged feventy-five, and lies
buried in Great Stoughton church, in Huntingdonihire, with
his Lady.
Sir Baldwin Conyers, Baronet, his only (urviving fon and
uiccefibr in the title and eftate, married, firft, Sarah, only
daughter and heir of Edward Conyers, of Blafton, in Leice-
irermire, Efq; (by which marriage he poftefied the manor of
Bradley, in Leicefterfhire,) but had no iflue by her. His fe-
cond Lady was Margaret, eldcft daughter of Henry Nevil, of
Holt,
ASTON, of Afton. 315
Holt, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; by whom he had two fons ;
Chriftopher, who died in his infancy ; and John, who died
Sept. 4, 1729, unmarried ; alfo feven daughters ; of which,
two were in a nunnery abroad ; Elizabeth ; Harriot, married
to Thomas Wollafcot, of Caverfham, in Berkfhtre, Efq;
Charlotte married John Baptift Guaftaldi, Refident from Ge-
noa to our Court ; Terefa ; and one daughter died unmarried.
Sir Baldwin dying April 17, 1731, was buried in Great
Stouo-hton church ; and was fucceeded in the title, by his
co u fin,
Sir Ralph, defcended from a younger fon of the firft Baro-
net. Which Sir Ralph Conyers married Jane, only daughter
of Ralph Blackfton, Efq; brother to Sir Nicholas Blackfton,
of Shieldsrow, in Durham, Baronet, by whom he had five
ions, and three daughters ; Blackfton, John, Nicholas, Tho-
mas, and William ; Mary, Jane, and Elizabeth. Of thefe,
John, Nicholas, and Jane died in their infancy ; and Eliza-
beth died Nov. 22, 1767 ; the reft are living. Sir Ralph died
Nov. 22, 1767, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir Blackfton Conyers, the prefent Baronet, who was ap-
pointed a Captain in the Marines, March 5, 1 757, and is un-
married. Sir Ralph's Lady is yet living.
Arms. Azure, a Maunch, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Trefoil erett, flipped, proper.
Seat. Chefter-le-Street, Durham.
71. Aston, of Afton, Cheshire.
Created Baronet, July 25, 1628.
nr HE town of Afton, in Chefhire, gave name to the fa-
milv of the Aftons, who have been feated there for a Ions
time.
In the record of Doomfday book, we find, that Odard held
this town under Wiliiam Fitznigell, Baron of Halton, Cub
anno Chrifti 1086, where we find only one Afton, named ;
for Afton juxta Sutton, and Afton Grange, as now they he
fevered and diftinguifhcd, I conceive were then but one town.
About the reign of Henry the fecond, I find one Gilbert
de Afton certainly poiTeiTed of this town of Afton juxta Sut-
ton : in which line and family it hath continued ever fince to
this day.
1. Gilbert de Afton was Lord of Afton juxta Sutton, and
lived in the time of King Henry II. Richard the firft, and
part
3i6 ASTON, of Afton. '
part of King John, at lead. This I take to be clear out of
ancient deeds, and he had ifTuc Richard, ion and heir. This
Gilbert probably was the ion of Richard de Afton, who re-
leafed all his right to Robert, Abbot of Chefter, in Villa de
Afton, which Thomas, ion of Ernald, fome time held, about
the reign of Henry II. This was Middleton Grange, as I
take it.
2. Richard de Afton, by the name of Richard de Afton, fon
of Gilbert, gave unto Hugh Dutton, of Button, Sex Bovatas
Terras, in Afton, in the beginning of the reign of Henry III.
about 1230, for then lived Geffrey, fon of Adam de Dutton,
who is one of the witneffes ; which lands now belong to the
demain of Dutton, 1671. This Richard, had a wife Joan, by
whom he had ifiue Richard, fon and heir.
3. Richard Afton, of Afton, fon and heir, had iffue Richard,
and Robert ; which Robert had iffue Richard, to whom Sir
Robert Dutton, of Mere, in Staffordshire, gave a parcel of land
in Radward, in the fee of Mere and Afton, in Staftbrdfhire ; to
wit, that land, which the faid Richard, fon of Robert, formerly
held : The original in the poffefiion of Sir Willoughhy Afton,
of Afton, 1671.
I find alfo one Simon de Afton, who married Agnes, one of
the daughters and coheirs of Adam Hatton, of Hatton, nigh
Darefbury, in Chefhire, living 1290, which may fall out for the
time to be a younger fon of this Richard Afton j but I cannot
certainly aftirm it.
This Richard Afton, of Afton, is faid to marry Maude,
daughter of William, fon of Herbert de Walton, and had iflue
Richard, fon and heir, and Margery, married to William, fon
of Hugh de Frodfham.
4. Richard Afton, fon and heir, married Rofe, the fourth
and youngeft daughter, and afterwards coheir. of Roger Throf-
fel, of Maxfield, in Chefhire, in the reign of King Edward I.
and had iiTue Richard Afton, fon and heir ; and Hugh, Prior
of Birkenhed-Abbey, in Wirral Hundred. Rofe was a widow,
and living 18 Edw. III.
5. Richard Afton, of Afton, fon and heir, married Anabella,
daughter of Eva de Rode, and filler to William Rode, of Rode,
in Chefhire, in the reign of Edward II. and had ifiue Robert
Afton, livinor 7 Edw. III. but then very young ; Thomas, an-
other fon, living alfo 7 Edw. III. and Margery, (or Margaret,)
a daughter, married to William, fon of William Walenfis de
Halton, i. e. fon of William the Welfhman, of Halton.
6. Sir Robert Afton, of Afton, Knight, fon and heir of
Richard, married Felice, daughter of John Hawarden, Citizen
of Chefter, about 1338, and had iffue Pochard AftoiT, fon and
heir,
AS TO N, of Afton/ 317
heir, Hugh, fecond fori, Lawrence, and James, living 49 Ed-
ward III. By the French deed, it appears, that Richard Alton,
Lord of Afton, did covenant with John Hawarden, Citizen of
Chefter, that Robert, fon of the laid Richard, fhould take to
wife Felice, daughter of the faid John, and if Robert die before
marriage, then Thomas, another fon of the faid Richard, mould
have her to wife ; with other covenants, in cafe Robert mould
die before he attained unto fourteen years of age, or matrimony
had, dated 7 Edw. III. fo that Robert was then very young.
This Sir Robert was dead before 29 Edw. III. as appears by
a record, dated 29 Edw. III. and had iffue Richard Afton, Lord
of Afton, living 29 Edw. III.
7. Richard Afton, of Afton, fon and heir of Sir Robert, was
Lord of Afton, 29 Edw. III. who died without iffue about 42
or 43 Edw. III. or fooner.
And the right line now failing, the eftate came to Sir Richard
Afton, fon of Robert Afton, of Ringey, in Afton, ion of Hugh
Afton, brother and heir to Richard, who died without iiTue.
It appears by the teftimony of Robin Hocan, 5 Hen. V. 141 7,
then aged feventy years, that he knew Robin of Afton, fon and
heir of Hugh, to be married, by Hugh his father, to Fillote,
daughter of Black John Hawarden, at that time Steward of Ha-
warden, and that Robin and Fillote were enfeoffed of a parcel
of land called PJngey, and had iffue Sir Richard Afton, and
other children ; and afterwards Robin died, in Spsin, in the life-
time of Hugh, his father : This Hugh had to wife Cicely, af-
terwards married to Hocknell ; and Hugh married Richard,
his grandfon, fon of Robert Afton, of Ringey, unto Jonet,
daughter of John Hocknell, of Huxley, and had iffue : But
Jonet, and her children, and Fillote, mother of Richard,
died all of the peftilence at Ringey; and afterwards, Sir Ri-
chard Afton married Ellen, daughter of GeMrey Dutton ; and
that Hocan knew Sir Richard Afton, occupying the whole
manor of Afton, for forty years and nore, and Sir Robert, his
fon, occupying it for feven years and more.
8. Sir Richard Afton, of Afton, Knight, (fon and heir of
Robert Afton, of Ringey, in i\fton, fon of Hugh, of Afton,)
married Jonet, daughter of John Hocknell, of Huxley, and had
divers children by her, who died all of the plague at Ringey,
with their mother aifo : Afterwards Sir Richard married Ellen,
daughter and heir of Geffrey Dutton, 9 Rich. II. (which Gef-
frey was third ion of Sir Hugh Dutton, of Dutton,) by whom
he had lands in Liftark and Halton, 22 Rich. II. By Ellen he
had iffue, Robert, fon and heir ; Henry living 10 Henry V.
Eleanor, married Richard Pricftland, of Prieitland ; Elizabeth,
married Thomas, fon of Thomas Boydell, of Caterich, in
Gropen-
318 A S T O N, of Alton. ,
Gropenhall, in Bucklov/ hundred, 17 Rich. II. but had no
iflue by him ; afterwards fhe married Robert Mafly, of Hale,
21 Rich. II. and laftly, (he married Thomas Danyel, of Over
Tabley, and fhe died 11 Hen. IV, 1410. This Sir Richard
was Treafurer to Queen Philippa, wife of Edward the third,
of her lands and rents, in Ambrage, in Wales, 32 Edw. III.
and Steward of Hopefdale : he was a foldier in Spain, 12 Ric.
II. and Steward of Hal ton, 10 Hen. IV.
Ellen, wife of Sir Richard, after his death, married John
Rycroft.
9. Sir Robert Afton, of Afton, Knt. fon and heir of Sir Ri-
chard, married Ifabel, daughter and heir of John Beefton, of
, and had iflue Richard, fon and heir ; David Afton, liv-
ing 23 Hen. VI. and Alice, wife of John Mafly, of Sale, 24
Hen. VI.
Sir Robert died 5 Hen.V. 1417. Afterwards Ifabel, his wi-
dow, married John Carington, of Carington, in Bucklow hun-
dred, in Chefhire, 9 Hen. V. He was afterwards Sir John Ca-
rington, Knt. Ifabel had the wardfhip of Richard Afton, her
fon.
10. Sir Richard Afton, of Afton, Knt. fon and heir, mar-
ried Maude, daughter and hsir of Peter Mafly, of Horton, in
Chefhire, by Margaret his wife, daughter and heir of William
de Horton, 9 Hen. V. This Peter Mafly was younger fon of
Richard Malty, of Rixton, in Lancafhire, Efq;
Sir Richard had iflue by Maud, Thomas Afton, fon and heir;
John, fecond fon, living 7 Edw. IV. Geffrey Afton, third fon,
living 19 Hen. VII. William, fourth fon, died without iflue,
20 Hen. VII. Maude, married to John Done, of Flax-yoards,
in Chefhire ; Joan, wife of Roger Dutton, afterwards heir to
all Dutton's lands ; which Joan, after the death of Roger,
married Sir Richard Strangewaies ; and Margery, another
daughter, married John Wood, of Sutton, 2 Hen. VII. Sir
Richard died 8 Hen. VII, 1492.
11. Thomas Afton, of Afton, Efq; fon and heir, married
Margaret, one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Dutton, of
Dutton, 7 Edw. IV, 1467. This Thomas died in the life-
time of Sir Richard, his father, about 1484. Margaret, his
widow, afterwards married Raufe Vernon, of Haflington, in
Chefhire, Efq;
12. Richard Afton, of Afton, Efq; fon and heir, married
Dowfe, daughter of Piers Warburton, of Alley, Efq; 1 Rich.
Ill, 1484, and had- iflue Thomas, fon and hen ; Richard, a
Prieft, 26 Hen. VIII. Robert Afton, of Grange, in Stafford-
shire; John Afton, of Grange ; Catharine, wife of Richard
Brough'con, of Sroughton, in $taffordfhire • Alice married
Randle,
A S T O N, of Afton, 319
"Randle, Ton and heir of Randle Manwaring, of Karincham,
in Chefhire, Efq; 23 Hen. VII. and Anne, married to Wil-
liam Mally, of Rixton, in Lancafhire, Efq; 10 Hen. VIII.
This Richard Afton died 20 Hen. VIII. 1529.
13. Thomas Afton, of Afton, Efq; fon and heir, married
Bridget, one of the daughters of John Harewel!, and fifter and
coheir to T'homas Harewell, of Shotery, in Warwickfhire,
4 Hen. VIII. 1512, and had iiTue, John, fon and heir ; Ri-
chard ; Peter, third fon, 38 Hen. VIII. had a baftard, called
Thomas Afton, then living at London ; William, fourth fon,
married Anne, daughter of Thomas Ireland, of the Hutt, in
Lancafhire, Efq; and had iiTue ; and Francis, fifth fon.
He had alfo a baftard fon called Roger, afterwards Sir Roger
Afton, Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to King James I. who
married Mary Stewart, daughter to Alexander Lord Oghiltrey
(Ochiltree) being lineally defcended from Duncan, Earl of
Lenox, in Scotland ; by whom he had iiTue Margaret, married
to Sir Gilbert Houghton, of Houghton-Tower, in Lancafhire,
Bart. Mary, married to Sir Samuel'Peyton, of Knowkon, in
Kent, Bart. Elizabeth, wife of Sir Robert Winkfield, of Up-
ton, in Northamptonfhire ; and Anne, wife of Sir Thonras
Perient, of Colchefter, in ElTex, Knts. Thefe were his four
daughters, and heirs. Afterwards Sir Roger Afton had to
wife Cordelia, fifter to the Earl of Chefterfield, but had no
iftue by her. This Sir Roger lies buried in Cranford church,
in Middleiex.
Thomas Alton, of Afton, before mentioned, was Sheriff of
Chefhire, 1551, 4 Edw. VI. and died 6 Edw. VI.
14. John Afton, of Afton, Efq; fon and heir, married Mar-
garet, daughter of Thomas Ireland, of the Hutt, in Lancafhire,
Efq. 38 Hen. VIII. 1546, (by Margaret his wife, daughter of
Sir Richard Bold, of Bold, in Lancafhire, Knt.) and had iiTue
Thomas, fon and heir ; John, a lawyer, died without iftue ; Ed-
ward, another fon, died without iftue; Bridget, marriedThomas
Bunbury, of Stanney, in Chefhire, Efq; Elizabeth, wife of
John Mafly, of Coughow, younger brother to George MaiTy,
of Podington, Efq; and afterwards heir to his brother ; Mar-
garet, wife, rirft, of Thomas Egerton, of Walgreve, and after-
wards of Sir Edward Tirrel, of Thornton, in Buckingham-
fhire ; Mary, died without iiTue; Eleanor married JamesWhit-
lock ; Winifred, wife of Peter Derby, near Liverpoole ; Ellen,
wife of George Manwaring, of Ightfteld, in Shropfhire, a
younger brother; Urfula, wife of Geffrey Holcroft, of Hurft,
in Lancaihire ; alfo Richard, a baftard fon, who lived at Rock-
favage, and died at Hal ton, 1616. He died 5 Aug. 15 Eliz.
1573-
32o ASTON, of Afton.
1573. Margaret his widow, married Hugh Beefton, of Tor-
perley, in Cheihire, Efq; 27 Eliz.
15. Sir Thomas Afton, of Afton, fon and heir, v/as knighted
1603, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Arthur Man wa-
ring, of Ightfield, in Shropshire, 11 Eliz. 1569, and had iiTue
John, fon and heir ; Sir Arthur Afton, of Fulham, in Middle-
fex, fecond fon, who had ifTue Richard Afton, and Sir Arthur
Afton, a Colonel in Germany, and Governor of Oxford for the
King, 1644, but was barbaroufiy killed atTredagh, in Ireland,
after having furrendered the town to the Parliament rebels upon
conditions, 1655, and had iflue. Sir Thomas Afton, third fon,
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Shuckburgh, of Birden-
bury, in Warwickfhire, Efq; and had iiiue ; Frances, eldeft
daughter of Sir Thomas, married John Hocknell, of Hocknel],
in Chefhire ; afterwards to Richard Davis, of Croughton ; and
thirdly to Owen Longford, of Burton, in Derbyfhire ; Grace,
fecond daughter, died without iffue ; Margaret, third daughter,
married Sir Thomas Ireland, who bought Beufy, nigh War-
rington, in Lancashire, and was Vice-chamberlain of Chefter;
Elizabeth, another daughter, married Richard Dod, of Clover-
ley, in Shropshire ; Mary, wife of Richard Brown, of Upton,
nigh Chefter, Gent, afterwards to Jaques Arnodio, a French-
man ; Anne, another daughter, married Richard Allen, of
Greenhill, in Nether Witley, in Chefhire ; Catharine, another
daughter, married Peter Leigh, of Ridge, near Maxneld, Gent.
Sir Thomas had a fecond wife, Mary, daughter of William
Unton, -of Draitcn, in Shropshire ; but had no iflue by her.
This Sir Thomas was Sheriff of Chefhire 1601, 43 Eliz.
and died 1613. Mary, his widow, afterwards married Ed-
ward Paylcr, of York, Efq;
16. John Afton, of Afton, Efq; fon and heir, was Sewer to
Oueen Anne, wife of King James I. and married Maude,
fjauenter of Robert Nedham, of Shenton, in Shropfhire, Efq;
161 !, and had iiiue Thomas, fon and heir ; John Afton, fe-
cond Ion, died unmarried, 1648 ; Robert, third fon, died
Vetm'g; ; Maude married, nrft, Thomas Parfons, of Cubbing-
ton, in Warwickshire, Efq; afterwards to John Shuckburgh,
of Upton, in Wirral, 1666, a younger fon of the Shuckburghs,
in Warwickfhire ; Anne, another daughter^ died young; and
Elizabeth died unmarried, 1628. This John Afton, of Afton,
died May 13, 1615, I3jac.
T7i Sir Thomas Afton, of Afton, created Baronet 4 Car. I,
fon and heir of John, married Magdalene, daughter of Sir John
Poultney, of MihVrton, in Leicefterfhire, K-nt. (by Margery,
d I'iihur jil~ Sir John Fortefcue, JCnt.) and After and coheir to
'. John
ASTON, of Afton. 321
John Poultney, of Mifterton, Efq; 1627, by whom he had iiTue
Robert, who died young, 1634 ; and Thomas, who died 1637,
at the age of fix years ; and two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth,
who both died infants.
Magdalene, his firft wife, dying 2 June, 1635, he afterwards
married Anne, daughter and fole heir of Sir Henry Wilughby, of
Rifley, in Derbyfnire, Bart. 1639, (by his firft Lady, one of the
daughters and coheirs of Sir Thomas Knollys, of Berks, Knight,)
by whom he ha*d one fon, and two daughters, Sir Wilughby, his
■fucceffor ; Magdalene, married to Sir Robert Burdet, of Bram-
cote, in Warwickmire, Bart, and Mary, married to Bid-
dulph, of Polefworth, in the fame county, Efq; His Lady fur-
viving him, married the Hon, Anchitel Grey, Efq; fecond fon of
Henry, Earl of Stamford.
This Sir Thomas was Sheriff of Chemire in 1635. He died
in the time of the late war between the Kino- and his rebellious
Parliament: He was loyal to his Prince, and was unfortunately
beaten by Sir William Brereton, of Honford's party of rebels,
near Nantwich, Jan. 28, 1642; but Sir Thomas efcaped, and
got away : he was afterwards taken at another fkirraifh, in Staf-
fordmire, and brought pri'foner to Stafford, where, endeavouring
to make an efcape, a foidier efpying him, gave him a blow on
the head, with which, and his other wounds, he fell into a fever,
whereof he died at Srafford, not long after, Mar. 24, 1645, and
was buried at his own chape! of Afton, in Chemire ; which cha-
pel he procured to be confecrated by John Bridgman, Bifhop of
Chefrer, 1635, with liberty of baptifm and burial, and repaired
the chancel thereof very handfomely, though much defaced af-
terwards in the late war.
Thus far Sir Peter Levcefter.
Sir Wilughby Afton, Bart, only fon, and fucceffor to his father,
built a fumptuous houfe at Afton, a little diftance from the old
feat, and died Dec. 2, 1702, having married Mary, daughter of
John Ofrley, of Madely Manor, in Staffordfhire, Efq; and had
jftue eight foiiS, and thirteen daughters. Of the fons, Sir Tho-
mas was his fucceflbr ; John, Captain of a man of war, and
died without ilfue ; Wilughby ma-rried -, and left two daugh-
ters ; Arthur died at Conftantinople, unmarried; Gilbert died
young; Richard married Elizabeth, daughter of John Warren,
of Oxfordshire, Efq; and died Nov. 24, 1 74 1 , (but teft iffue,
Willoughby, the prefent Baronet ; Richard, bred to the Law,
knighted, and fworn one of the Judges of the Court of King's-
Bench, in April, 1765? and has had two wives; firft, Mifs
Eldred ; and, after her death, the relict of Sir David Williams,
Bart, alio Mary, married to Dawfon, M. D.) Robert, a
Merchant, in London ; and Edward* who died young,
Vbt. 1. v Of
32* ASTON, of Afton.
Of the daughters, Mary, married, firft, Sir John Crew, of
Utkington, in Chefhire, Knt. and, fecondly, the late Dr. Cham-
berlayne ; Magdalen, wife of Thomas Norris, of Speke, in Lan-
caftiire, Efq; Frances, Chriftian, Anne, and Bridget, all died
young ; Elizabeth, and Dorothy ; Charlotte, married to John
Pickering, of Thelwal), in Chemire, Efq; Catharine died un-
married ; Purefoy, wife of Henry Wright, of Mobberley, in
Chefhire, Efq; Helena, married to Captain Penington, alias
Leigh, of Booths, in Cheftiire ; and Letitia, wife of >
Jenks.
Sir Thomas Afton, Bart, who fucceeded his father in title and
eftate, married Catharine, daughter of Widdrington, Efq;
and died January 16, 1724-5, leaving ifiue only one fon, Sir
Thomas, his fuccefibr, and eight daughters ; of which Catha-
rine married, in March, 1730, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Henry
Hervey, fourth fon of John, Earl of Brifrol ; and Margaret, to
Gilbert Walmefly, Efq; Regifter of the diocefe of Lichfield and
Coventry.
Sir Thomas Afton, fuccefibr to his father in title and eftate,
was elected Member of Parliament for Leverpool, 1 Geo. II.
•and afterwards was chofen for the borough of St. Alban's, in
Hertfordfhire. He married, in March, 1735-6, the daughter
of Sifhe, Efq; but me died in May, 1737, without iffue.
Sir Thomas dying in France, Feb. 17, 1744, without ifiue, be-
queathed the family eftate to his eldeft fifter, Catharine, married,
as before mentioned, to the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Hervey, who,
by Acl: of Parliament, took the furname of this family ; but the
-title defcended to
Sir Willoughby Afton, the prefent Baronet, who married Mifs
Elizabeth Pye, fourth daughter of Henry Pye, Efq; of Farring-
don, Berks, (by Anne, fifter of Lord Bathurft,) by whom he
has had one fon, Willoughby, who is now abroad on his tra-
vels ; alfo fix daughters ; 1. Elizabeth ; 2. Purefoy; 3. Mary ;
4. Selina ; 5. Belinda ; and, 6. Sophia. Of thefe, Selina died
at Paris, in 1764; and the others are all as yet unmarried. Sir
Willoughby, in 1754, was elected to Parliament for Notting-
ham, and in 1759 was appointed Colonel of the Berkfhire Mi-
litia.
Arms. Party per Chevron, Sable and Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Afs's Head, Proper.
Motto. Pret d'accomplir.
Seat. At Rifley, in Derbyfhire.
72. Pryce,
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jz. Pryce, of New Town, Montgomeryfhire.
Created Baronet, Aug. 15, 1628.
'""p HIS is a family of great rntiquity, and are defcended from
A Elyftan Gloderidd, Earl of Hereford, Governor of Glou-
cefter, Baron Stafford, Lord of all between Guy and Severn, and
one of the five Royal Tribes of Wales. He was born in Hereford-
Caftle, in the ninth year of King Athelfton, King of the Saxons,
who was his God-father ; he married Gwenllean, daughter to
Eynion ap Owen, ap Howel Dda, by whom he had a ion called
Cadwgan, 3nd a daughter, Conftance, married to Sir Alexander
Middleton, the firft of that name, and Conftable of Montgomery :
This Elyftan aflifted his brother-in-law, Edwyn ap Eynion, to
regain South Wales, of Meredith ap Owen \ and was killed by
Meredith, in a place called Keven Digoll, and was buried there
in a chapel, which fince has been called Trefyluftan, in memory
of him.
Cadwgan, his fon, married Eva, daughter to Gwrgan ap Ithel,
Lord of Glamorgan, by whom he had twelve fons.
Idnerth, his eldeft fon, was Lord of Melienydd Kery; he mar-
ried Eva, daughter to Aaron Pen, by whom he had feven fons.
Ifor, his third fon, married Morfydd, daughter to Marchvvydd
ap Carwdd, one of the five Royal Tribes of North Wales, and
had by her five fons.
Gronway, his eldeft fon, married Lwci, daughter to Ifor ap
Cadifor, by whom he had five fons.
Jevaf, his eldeft fon, married Eva, daughter to Madog ap
Meredyth, ap Gethin, by whom he had three fons.
• Eynion> his eldeft fon, married Jenet, only daughter and heir
of Owen ap Meredith, ap Robert, of Kedewen, by whom he
had four fons.
Eynion, the eldeft, married Syan, daughter to Lien Moylwgn*
of Buellt, by whom he had five (ovs.
Tudor, his eldeft fon, married' Mared, daughter to Gwrgany
Vychan, and had by her five fons.
Howel ap Tudor, the eldeft, married Anghard, daughter ancf
heir to Lien ap Madock Vychan, of Mochtre, and had four fons.
Madog, the eldeft, dying without iftue,
Eynion ap Howell, the fecond fon, became heir ; he married
Neft, daughter and coheir of Adda ap Myri'ck, ap Adda, of
Kery, by whom he had five fons. Madog ap Eynion, of the
Place, in Mochtre; David ap Eynian, Rees, Morgan, and
Griffith, died without hTue.
Y 2 David
324 P R Y C E, of New Town,
David ap Eynion was of New Town, in Montgomeryfhire,
where the family have continued ever fince ; he married Methevis,
daughter to Meredyth apGwilim, of Llynwen, and had three
ions, David Lloyd, Rees, and Griffith.
David Lloyd, the eldeft fon and heir, married Gwenllian,
daughter to Owen ap Griffith, ap Eynion, Lord of Towyn, and
had only one fon,
Rees David Lloyd, 'Squire of the Body to King Edw. IV. (a
poft then of great honour,) who fell honourably in the ferviceof
his King and country, at Banbury fight, 1469, whofe wife was
Margaret, daughter and heir to Evan ap Owen, of Neuadd
Wen, in Powis, and by her was father of two fons, Thomas,
and Meredith Pryce, (orap Rice, or Rees,) and two daughters,
Gwenllian, wife to Edward ap Howe), and Catharine, married
to Rees Lloyd, ap Rhydderch, Efqrs.
Thomas Pryce, Efq; of New Town, the eldefl fon, (fince
Whofe time the family have borne the name of Pryce ; before
him there was no fettled furname,) married, firft, Florence,
daughter to Irlowel Clun, of Clun, Efq; and had by her four fons,
Matthew, Oliver, (anceftor to the Bolviers, of Neuaddwen, in
Powis,) Richard, (who died ilTuelef?,) and John, (from whom
defcended the Pryces of Pennarth, in Ynfrin-Llanwair,) and
two daughters, Gwen, wife to Humphrey Lloyd, of the Llai,
near Poole ; and Margaret, married to Meredith David Vaughan,
of the Lloyn went, Efqrs. He afterwards married Gwen, daugh-
ter to Meredith Morgan, and by her had another fon, William,
and a daughter, Catharine, wife to Owen ap Howel Goch,
anceftor to the Owens of Machynleth.
Matthew, (fon and heir of Thomas,) by his firft wife, Jane,
daughter to Lien Vaughan, ap Sir David Gam, had a daughter,
Catharine, married to Thomas Tannat, of Abder Tannat, an-
ceftor of that houfe ; by his fecond wife, Joice, daughter to Evan
Gwyn James, Efq; of the Monachty, in Radnorfhire, he had
John, of whern hereafter, and Arthur Pryce, of Vainor, Efq;
who married two wives, 1. Lady Bridget, daughter to John
Bourchier, Earl of Bath, by whom he had a fon, Edward ;
2. Jane, filler to Sir Randolph Brereton, of Malpas, Knt. by
whom he had a fon, John, who married Margaret, daughter to
Thomas Vaughan, of Llynwent, Efq;
Edward Pryce, Efq; the eldeft fon, married Margaret, daugh-
ter to Dr. Nicholas Robinfon, Bifhop of Bangor, by whom he
had Arthur; Thomas, and Edward, who died without iflue ;
and one daughter, Jane, married to Thomas Fox, Efq; fon to
Sif Edward Fox, of Gwernugo, Knt.
Arthur Pryce, Efq; the eldeft fon, married Mary, daughter to
Owen Vaughan, of Llwvdyarth, in Powis, Efq; by* whom he
bad
P R Y C E, of New Town. 325
had only one daughter and heir, married to George Dcvereux,
Efa; ion to Sir George Devereux, or Sheldon, in Warwick-
shire, Knt. from whom the prefent Lord Vifcount Hereford is
defcended ; which ended this houfe.
The four daughters of Matthew Pryce, Efq; before mentioned,
were, Elizabeth, wife of Edward Herbert, Efq; anceftor to the
Lord Herberts, of Cherburv ; Maniaret, wife to Hu<>h Howel.
Edenhope, of Shadwell ; Joyce, married to Owen Blayney, of
Gregunog, Efqrs. and Catharine, who died without ifTue.
John, (the elded fon of Matthew,) married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter to Rees Morrice, of Abberbachan, Efq; and had^ four fons,
and four daughters ; I. Edward, of whom hereafter; 2. Matthew,
who married Catharine, daughter and coheir of Lewis Gwin, of
Llanidloes, Efq; by whom he had a fon, John, and fix daughters ;
Elizabeth, wife to Meredith Morgan, of Abberhavey, Efq; Mary,
married to Edward Oakly, of Bacheltre ; Bridget, wife of Jenkin
Morrice, of Naritdee; Margaret, wife to Evan Lloyd, of Glanhu-
frce-, Catharine, wife of John Biihop, of Duffring Llanvair ; and
Lowry, who died without ifTue. John Pryce, of Park, Efq; the
only fon, married Mary, daughter to William Reed, of Cattle
Bromfhill, in Herefordfhire, Efq; by whom he had three fons,
Matthew; John, and William, who both died without ifTue ;
and four daughters ; Catharine, wife of Hugh Matthews, of.
Llanvair-waterden ; Mary, wife to John Reynolds, of Garth-
mill ; Bridget, wife to John Edwards, of Melinygreeg ; and
Dorothy, to Lodowick Lewis, of Dolegwrnith. Matthew Pryce,
Efq; only furviving fon, married Hefler, daughter to JohnThel-.
wall, of Bathefoin Park, in Denbighfhire, Efq; and died with-
out iflue ; which ended this houfe.
The third fon of John Pryce, Efq; was Richard, and the fourth,
Arthur, who both died ifTuelefs ; and the four daughters were,
Bridget, wife to Lewis Blayney, of Gregunog; Mary, married
to Thomas Powell, of Nantgwilt; Margaret, to David Lloyd,
of Crynfrin, in Cardiganfhire ; and Joyce, the wife of James
Matthews,, of Trefnaney, Efqrs.
Edward Pryce, Efq; (fon and heir of John,) by Julian, his.
wife, daughter to JohnVaughan, of Llwydyarth, in Powis, Efq;
had ifTue John, and a daughter, Jane, married to William Ro-
binfon, of Gwerfilt, in Denbighfhire, Efq;
Sir John Pryce, of New Town, Knt. (only fon of Edward,)
was, oy King Charles I. advanced to the degree of a Baronet.
He married Catharine, daughter of Sir Richard Pryce, of Go-
garthan, in Cardiganfhire, Knt. and had iilue, Edward ; and
Sir Matthew, his fucceflbr ; " alfo two daughters; Mary, who
died unmarried; and Elizabeth, wife of Edward Clun, of Clun, •
Efq;
Y 3 Edward,
326 P R Y C E, of New Town.
Edward, the eldeft fon of Sir John Pryce, Bart. To foon as
he was fit for action, manifefted his abhorrence of the indigni-
ties fhewn to his facred Majefty King Charles I. betaking him-
felf to the army, under the conduct of Major General Gerard,
afterwards Earl of Macclesfield ; and behaved himfelf in fo
diftinguiihing a manner, that his Lordfhip ever mentioned him
with a refpefi, which carried in it fomething that was particular.
After having honourably efcaped the very often fatal chances of
war, he received, as he was generoufly endeavouring to appeafe
a tumult, feveral mortal wounds, of which he fhortly after died,
at Gogerddan, in Cardiganshire ; by reafon of which great and
grievous lofs, his father, after his deceafe, was fucceeded by his
younger fon,
Sir Matthew Pryce, Bart, who married Jane, daughter of
Henry Vaughan, of Kilkenain, in Cardiganmire, Efq; by whom
he had three fons, Sir John, Sir Vaughan, and Edward 5 and
two daughters ; Jane, wife of Richard Moftyn, of Dolycoftlay,
Efq; and Anne, who died without iffue.
Sir John Pryce, Bart, (eldeft fon, and fuccefTor,) married An^
na-Maria, daughter to Sir Edmund Warcup, of Englifh, in,
Oxfordfhire, Knt. and had by her two fons, Matthew, and
John, who both died infants' ; and four daughters ; Anna-Ma-
ria, Elizabeth, Penelope; and Juliana, married to William
Davie, of Orleigh, in Devonfhire, Efq; whereupon,
Sir Vaughan Pryce, of New Town, Bart, fucceeded his bro-
ther, and took to wife Anne, daughter of Sir John Powell, of ;
Broadway, in Carmarthenfhire, Knt. Juftice of the King's-
Bench, by whom he had ifliie Sir John, his fuccefTor, Arthur,
Matthew, Edward, and Vaughan, (the four laft died ifiuelefs,}
and a daughter Mary, who died unmarried.
Sir John Pryce, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father in title and
eftate. He married, firft, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir
Thomas Powell, Bart, fon of Sir John Powell, Knt. before na-
med, and by her had only one fon, Sir John-Powell Pryce, the
prefent Baronet ; and two daughters; Anna-Elizabetha, who
died young ; and Diana, now living. This Lady died April 22,
1731, and was interred at New Town, in Montgomeryfnire.
Sir John married to his fecond Lady, Mary, eldeft daughter
of Mr. John Morris, of Wern Goch, in the county of Mont-
gomery, by whom he had two daughters, now living, Mary,
and Elizabeth. This Lady died Auguft 3, 1739? and was in-
terred alfo at New Town.
Sir John married, to his third Lady, Eleanor, the relict of
Roger Jones, Efq; ofBuckland, in the county of Brecon ; but
by her he had no iflue. Sir John dying in October, 1748, was
fucceeded in title and eftate, by his fon,
WISEMAN, of Canfield-Hall. 327
Sir John-Powell Pryce, the prerent Baronet, who is themnety-
third in a lineal defcent from Henwin, Duke of Cornwall, and
the hundred and third from Brutus, the firft King of this Ifland.
Sir John married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Man-
ley, of Englifh, in Berks, Efq; a defcendant of Manlius, of
Leach, in Chefhire, and by her has one foil, Edward-Manley
Pryce, Efq; now living.
Arms. Gules, a Lion rampant, reguardant, Or; and fome-
times the Family quarters therewith, Argent, three Boars Heads,
Sable, couped and langued, Gules, tufked, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion rampant, reguardant, as in the
Arms.
Motto. Avl numerantur avorum.
Seats. At New-Town-Hall, Montgomery (hire ; and Early-
Court, in Berks.
73. Wiseman, of Canfield-Hall, Effex.
Created Baronet, Aug. 29, 1628.
f N the ordination made by King Edward I. upon his eftablifh-
ing the Kingdom of Scotland, in the 33d of his reign, to-
wards its better government :
William Wifeman was conftituted Vifcount, or Sheriff, of
Elgin ; and Alexander Wifeman Vifcount of Foreis and Inner^
van, in like manner as others ; and had other fhires in their
charge, with fome Englifh, fome Scottifh Natives, under the
King's Lieutenant and Chamberlain ; fo that the original ex-
traction of the name remains uncertain.
Not long after, Simon Wifeman was found to be poffeflbr or
lands, in Cotes, in North am ptonfh ire, as recited in a confirma-
tion to a charter, 2 Edw. III. to the Nuns of St. Mary de Pra-
tis, in that county.
After that was John Wifeman, who married Magdalen,
daughter and heir of — — Rockell, and was father of Robert,
who, by a daughter of Hobart, of Suffolk, had iffue, George
Wifeman, who married a Gamifli, and had iffue, John, who
married Anne, daughter to Wyndham, and had ifTue, Si-
mon, father of William.
It is obfervable, that all thefe matches of the male line are
with Suffolk houfes, infomuch, that it is not much doubted, that
a race of them might tranfplant themfelves out of Northampton-
ihire, and thence, with an eafy remove, fettle In Pliiex^ For
another fon of the laft John, 1 take to be that Jotin Wifeman,
Y 4 who
328 WISEMAN, of Canfield-Hall.
who flourifhed temp. Edw. IV. and purchafed the capital mefc
fuageof Billocks, in the parifh of North End, in Efl'ex, and left
two fons, John, (anceftor to the Wifemans, of Rivenhall, in
EfTex ; whofe defcendant, Sir William Wifeman, of Rivenhall,
was created a Baronet, June 15, 1660 ; and dying 1692, left
only one daughter and heir, Elizabeth, firft married to John le
Mott Honeywood, of , in EfTex, Efq; and afterwards to Sir
Ifaac Rebow, of Colchefter, Knt. whereupon that title became
extinct.) And
Thomas, who built the manfion houfe, called Gayharlands, in
Chelmsford, in EfTex ; and was fucceeded by John Wifeman,
Efq; who was one of the Auditors to King Henry VIII. for the
county of EfTex, and by circumfrance of time may be that
John, who received the honour of Knighthood at the battle of
Spurs, in that King's reign. He purchafed Much Canfield Park,
confuting of a mefTuage, and two hundred and fixty acres of
land, lying in both Canfields, and Hatfield, temp. Edw. VI.
by licence. He married Agnes, daughter of Ralph Jofcelyn,
of Great Canfield, Efq; and had a Ton, John ; and Agnes, mar-
ried to Thomas Fytch, of High-Eafter, Efq; and Anne, who
had two hufbands; 1. William Fytch, of Little Canfield, in
EfTex, Efq; and 2. to Ralph Pudfer, of Grays-Inn, Efq; and
other children. He died March 6, and lies buried in Canfield
Magna church.
John Wifeman, Efq; his Ton and heir, married Margery,
daughter of Sir William Waldgrave, of Smallbridge, in Suf-
folk, Knt. Under-Treafurer of Calais, (where he died 44 Eliz.)
by whom he had fix fons, and two daughters.
Thomas Wifeman, Efq; the fourth Ton, upon failure of iflue
by the two elder, and the third being a Monk, inherited. He
married Alice, daughter and heir of Robert Myles, of Sutton,
in Suffolk, Efq; and died the laft year of King James I. He held
the Reclory, or Grange, of Great Canfield, of the King, of his
manor of Eaft-Greenwich, and the manor of Little Maplefted,
of the King, in capite ; Robert, his fon, did the fame ; but dy-
ing without iffue,
William, his next brother, fucceeded, who was advanced to
the dignity of a Baronet, 4 Car. I. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Henry Capel, of Hadham, in Hertfordfhire,
Knt. (by Theodofia, fitter to Edward, Lord Montagu, of Bough-
ton, and to Henry, Earl of Manchefter, and fitter to that loyal
I*ord Capel, who loft his life for his Sovereign, King Charles I.)
by whom he had Sir William, his fuccefTor ; Sir Edmond, of
London, Knight ; and Capel, who was a Bifhop in Ireland :
Eliza, married to Robert Tyderlegh, Efq; and died April 26,
1654 j
\
PILE, of Compton. 329
1654 ; and Theodofia, married to Sir William Craven, of Sper-
fliolt, in Berks, Km. Sir William died at Oxford, 164.3, an^
was there buried. His Lady was buried in Great Caniield
church.
Sir William Wifeman, Baronet, eldeft fon, and heir, fuc-
ceeded to the dignity and eftate. He was four years old 1634;
and had two wives ; firft, Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir John
Prefcot, of Hoxton, in Suffolk, Knight, by whom he had no
iffue ; ((he died May 1 1, 1662 ;) fecondly, Arabella, fifth daugh-
ter of Sir Thomas Hewet, of Pifhiobury, in Hertfordfhire,
Baronet, (and fifter to the Lord Vifcount Hewet, of Gowran,
in Ireland,) by whom he had thirteen children, of which, Sir
Thomas was his fucceffor ; and Sir Charles fucceeded his bro-
ther : Of the daughters, Anne married General Lumley, only
brother to Richard, firft Earl of Scarborough ; (me died Mar. 4,
1736-7 ;) and Ifabella, to Stifted, of Suffolk, Efq; This
Sir William died Jan. 14, 1684, and lies buried at Great
Canfield.
Sir Thomas Wifeman, Baronet, eldeft fon, and fuccefibr, to
his father, dying unmarried, May 1, 173I) was fucceeded by
his next furviving brother,
Sir Charles Wifeman, Bart, who died June 3, 1751, when
the title and eftate dcfcended to
Sir William Wifeman, the prefent Baronet, who, on Jan. 30,
1759, was appointed Lieutenant-colonel of a company in the
Coldftream Regiment of Foot Guards.
Arms. Sable, a Chevron, Ermine, between three Cronels,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Caftle triple tower'd, Or; Port
open, Argent ; out of it a Demi-Moor iffuant, armed, Proper ;
in his Right Hand, a Dart, Argent, plumed and barbed, Or;
in his Left, a Roman Target, of the laft.
74. Pile, of Compton, Berkshire.
Created Baronet, Sept. 12, 1628.
HIS family have enjoyed a very plentiful fortune in this
country for fome hundred years, and feveral of them have
had the honour of Knighthood conferred upon them by the
Kings of England, for their known loyalty, juftice, and valour.
The laft that received that honour, was Sir Gabriel Pile, fon
of Richard Pile, of Denton, in Wilts, Efq; He married one of
the
3 30 P I L E, of Compton.
the daughters of Sir Peter Welch, fomeiime Cofferer to King
James I. by whom he had ifiue four fons.
The eldeft fon, Francis, was, for his repeated Services to his
Sovereign, created a Baronet, 4 Car. I. He married one of the
daughters of Sir Francis Popham, of Littlecot, in Wilts, Knt.
by whom he had three fons; 1. Sir Francis, his fucceflbr;
2. Sir Seymour, fucceflbr to his brother ; 3. Gabriel Pile, of
Okemarfh, in Berks, Efq; who married Frances, third daughter
of Sir Henry Moore, of Fawley, in Berks, Bart, and three
daughters. He died Nov. 1, 1635, was buried at Collin-
born Kingfton, in Wilts, and was fucceeded, in title and eftate,
by his eldeft fon,
Sir Francis Pile, Bart, who married Mary, the only daughter
of Samuel Dunch, of Pufey, in Berks, Efq; by whom he had
Francis, who died young. This Lady lies buried at Pufey.
After her deceaie, he married to his fecond Lady (who furvived
him) the only daughter of John Stijl, Lord Biftiop of Bath and
Wells, by whom he had only three daughters ; Anne, married
Francis, Lord Holies, of Ifleld ; Elizabeth, to Sir Thomas
Strickland, of Boynton, in Yorkfhire, Bart, and the third to
Richards, of the Ifle of Wight, Efq; For want of ifiue
male, the title defcended to his brother,
Sir Seymour Pile, of Axford, in Wiltfhire, Bart, who mar-*
ried Elizabeth, fecond daughter of Sir Henry Moore, of Fawley,
in Berks, Bart, by whom he had two fons, and one daughter*
His eldeft fon,
Sir Francis, fucceeded him, and married Frances, daughter of
Sir Bulftrode Whitlocke, of Chilton, in Berks, Knt. by whom
he had two fons, and two daughters. He was fucceeded, in title
and eftate, by his eldeft fon,
Sir Seymour Pile, Bart, who married Jane, only daughter of
John Lawford, of Stapleton, in Gloucefterfhire, Efq; (who died
July, 1726,) by whom he had one fon, Sir Seymour, his fuc-
ceflbr in title and eftate ; and one daughter.
Which Sir Seymour Pile, Bart, dying May 4, 1761, was
fucceeded by his fon,
Sir Seymour Pile, the prefent Baronet, who is a minor.
Arms. Argent, a Crofs between four Nails, Gules.
Crest. In a Marquis's Crown, a Pelican, Or, bleeding her-
(elf, Proper.
Seat. At Axford, in Wiltfhire,
75, Pole,
P O L E, of Shute. 331
75. Pole, (or Poole,) of Shute, Devonfhire.
Created Baronet, Sept. 12, 1628.
*"p HIS is a younger branch of the family of the Pooles, of
* Poole-Hall, in Wirrall, in the county of Chefter. The
firft of the family, who fettled in Devon, was Arthur Pole,
fecond fon of Sir William Pole, of Wirral, in Chefhire, Knt.
This Arthur Pole, Efq; married Elizabeth, the daughter and
heir of John Pole, of Devonfhire, Efq; the grandfather, and
great-grandfather of which John, was returned one of the
Members for the city of Exon, in a Parliament, held at Weft-
minfter, 12 Edw. III. as was Thomas, another of the fame
family, for the borough of Barnftaple, in the 14th of the fame
reign.
Arthur was fucceeded by his fon John, who married Alice,
daughter of Robert Code, ofGidleigh, in Cornwall, Efq; and
was fucceeded by another John, who married Edith, daughter
of Robert Titherleigh, of Titherleigh, in Dorfetfbire, Efq; He
deceafing, was fucceeded by his fecond fon, William, (his eldeft:
fon dying ifluelefs, before him.) Which William married
Agnes, the daughter of John Drake, of Afh, in Devon, Efq;
William, his eldeft fon, took to wife, Catharine, the daughter
of Alexander Popham, of Huntworth, in Somerfetfhire, Efq;
and fifter to Sir John Popham, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice of the
King's Bench, by whom he left iflue, a daughter, Dorothy,
married, firft, to Thomas Erie, of Charmifter, in Dorfeilhire,
Efq; and, fecondly, to Sir Walter Vaughan, Knt. and one fon,
Sir William Pole, Knt. his heir, who married twice, firfr,
Mary, the eldeft daughter, and one of the coheirs of Sir William
Peryam, Knt. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; fecondly,
Jane, daughter of William Symes, of Chard, Efq; and relicl of
Roger How, of London, Merchant. He rebuilt the manfion-
houfe of Colcum, once a caftle, belonging to the Courtenays,
Earls of Devonfhire ; which, with the houfe at Shute, was foon
after burnt down by fome troops of the Parliament army, quar-
tered at Lyme. This Sir William Pole was that famous Anti-
quarian, whofe manufcripts are fo often quoted by our modern
Authors, and are juftly efteemed as fome of the moft perfect
pieces in their kind : Valuable as they are, they are now irre-
trievably loft to his pofterity ; for the humanity of his fucceiTors
was fuch, that they were never denied to any of the curious, who
had an inclination to perufe them : The greater part of which
have been fo well approved by thofe Gentlemen, that they never
thought fit to return them.
Mr.
332 P O L E, of Shute.
Mr. Prince, in his Worthies of Devon, fays, He had the be-
nefit of an academical education, in Exeter College, Oxford,
and, after that, an inclination to ftudy the Law, and removing
to the Inns of Court, became a Member of the Inner Temple,
where he grew eminent for his /kill and knowledge in that
honourable profefiion. 3. Eliz. he was chofen Autumn Reader,
and the year following, Double Reader ; in which year there was,
a grand Chriftmas kept in the Inner Temple, at which the Lord
Robert Dudley, (afterwards Earl of Leicefler,) was the Chief
Confrable, or Marfhal, under the title of Palaphilos. This our
Sir William was one of his great officers, being Chief Juftice of
the Common-Pleas, as divers perfons of quality befides were
others, as Mr. Onflow, Lord Chancellor ; Mr. Stapleton, Lord
Treafurer; Mr. Kelway, Lord Privy Seal; Mr. Fuller, Chief
Juftice of the King's Bench, &c. which place, though perfonated
only in fhew and folemnity, if he had been called thereunto, he
was highly qualified to have executed in truth and reality*.
7 Eliz. he was chofen Treafurer of the Inner Temple, a place
then of truft and honour ; but we are not to underftand, that he
fpent his whole time in London, but as the Terms and his
occafions required. For he had his refidence, (during his fa-
ther's life-time, at lead,) at Colcomb, lying within both manors
of Coliton and Whitford, in the parifh of Coliton, in the fouth-
eaft part of this county ; it was fome time the feat and dwelling,
as well as inheritance, of the raoft noble family of the Courte-
nays, Earls of Devon, from whofe heirs general it was purchafed
by Sir William's father, and fettled upon this his fon, who new
built it. Being thus fettled here, he lived in great reputation,
and became an ornament to, and a very ufeful perfon in, his
country, ferving his Prince in the quality of a Juftice of Peace,
(then efteemed an honour,) and High Sheriff of this county, the
laft year of Queen Elizabeth, and 1 King James I. About
four years after which, he was advanced to the dignity of Knight- •
hood, by the faid King, at Whitehall, Feb. 15, 1606. As to
Sir William's perfonal qualifications, fays the fame Author,
(Prince,) he was endowed with excellent parts, and adorned
with great accompliihments ; and, as what enamels, and adds
lovelinefs to all the other, beautified with a very civil, courteous, (
obliging carriage and difpofition, which, indeed, is the true
gentility. He was learned alfo, not only in the laws, but in,
other polite matters : He was very laborious in the fludy of
antiquities, efpecially thofe of his own county, and a great lover
of that venerable employment. A fufHcient confirmation of
which, we have in thofe many volumes of rnanufcripts on this
argument, which be left behind him.
There
POLE, of Shutc. 333
There were feveral volumes of manufcripts written by this
Gentleman, and his fon Sir John Pole, Bart, (who was much
addicted alfo to the ingenious ftudy of Antiquity, and made fome
additions to his father's Defcription of Devon,) which all mif-
carried in the time of the late Civil Wars in England ; fo that
the very titles and arguments of them are perifhed likewife.
From whence it plainly appears, how very induflrious this
Gentleman was; how he chofe to lay out his time in higher and
nobler gratifications than what fenfuality affords ; and how he ap-
plied himfelf to this genteel ftudy of Antiquities for more than
twenty years together : infomuch, he thereby became, as the firft,
fo the beft Antiquary (for certainty and judgment) that we ever
had in our county ; it being plain, that with this Gentleman's
labours, moft of thofe who wrote fince on this argument, have
adorned their works.
But at length Death (that ultima linea reriwi) came, and added
a period to the laft line of his life ; though not until he had lived
to a very great age. He lies interred in the Parifh Church of
Colliton, under a flat ftor.e, whofe inscription is obliterated by
time.
Sir Wijliam, by His firft wife, before mentioned, had ifTue,
Sir John, who fucceeded him ; Peryam ; William ; and Francis;
(Peryam fettled in Ireland, where he acquired large pofteflions ;)
and feveral daughters, Mary, married tirrr, to Hurft, and
afterwards to Francis, fon and heir of Sir William Courtenay,
of Powderham, in Devon, Knt. another of his daughters married
to Walrond, of Bovey, Devon ; and one to Floyer; moft
of the others died young. He was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir John Pole, Bart, raifed to that dignity in the life-time of
his father, 4 Car. I. He was Knight of the Shire for the county
of Devon the fame year, and married Elizabeth, the daughter of
Roger How, of London, Merchant, (the daughter of his father's
fecond wife,) by whom he had three fons, Sir William Pole,
Knt. Sir Courtenay; and John, who died young; and three
daughters, Martha, married to Ivory, of Somerfetfhire ;
Jane, to Croker, of Lynham, in Devonshire, Efqrs. and
Elizabeth died unmarried.
Sir William Pole, knighted by King Charles I. married to his
firft wife, Grace, daughter of Sir Thomas Trenchard, in Dor-
fet, Knt, by whom he had no furviving ifllie. His fecond wife
was, Catharine, only daughter of Henry St. Barb, of Afhenton,
in Somerfetfhire, and Broadlands, in the county of Southampton,
Efq; by whom he had two fons who died in their infancy, and
four daughters ; Catharine died unmarried, 1668 ; Jane, married
to Humphry Sydenham, of Combe, in Dulverton, Somertfhire,
Efq; Amy, married to William FJoyer, of Berne, Dorfetlhire,
Efq;
334 POL E, of Shute.
Efq; and Elizabeth died a maid. This Sir William Pole died in
the life-time of his father, 1648. Sir John Pole died April 16,
1658, and was fucceeded in honour and eftate, by his fecond fon^
Sir Courtenay Pole, Bart, who was Member of Parliament
for Honyton, 13 Car. II. and High Sheriff of Devon, temp.
Car. II. 1668. He married tJrith^ the daughter of — — - Shap-
cote, of Shapcote, Efq; by whom he had two fons, Sir John,
and Courtenay ; and three daughters, Jane, Mary, and Penelope;
Jane, married, flrft, Sir Coplefton Bampfield, of Poltimore, in
Devon, Bart, and fecondly, Edward Gibbons, of Whitechapel, in
the fame county, Efq; Penelope was married to the Hon. Francis
Roberts, Efq; fecond fon to the Right Hon. John, Earl of Rad-
nor, but died without iflue ; Mary, and Courtenay, died young.
Sir Courtenay Pole died April 25, 1695, in the feventy-eighth
year of his age, and was fucceeded by his only furviving fon,
Sir John Pole, who, in the year 1688, was a A4ember of that
Parliament which fettled the Crown on King William and Queen
Mary ; as he was alfoof thofe Parliaments which were fummoned
1 and 10 Will. III. and chofen Knight of the Shire for Devon,
the 13th of the fame reign; was elected again a Burgefs for Eaft-
low, in Cornwall, 1 Queen Anne; and for Newport* in the
fame county, the 4th of that reign. He died March 13, 1 707,
having married Anne, the youngeft daughter of Sir William
Morrice, of Werrington, in Devon, Knt. one of the Principal
Secretaries of State to King Charles II. by whom he had four
fons, Sir William, John, Charles, and Carolus ; and four daugh-
ters, Charlotte, Urith, Mary, and Anne. All the daughters died
young, except Urith, who was married to Sir John Trevelyan,
of Nettlecombe, in Somerfetfhire, Bart. Sir John Pole was fuc-
ceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir William Pole, of Shute, in Devon, Barf. He was elected
Member of Parliament for the Borough of Newport, in Corn-
wall, 13 Will. III. and was elected Member in every Parlia-
ment fummoned from that time till the year 17 12, when he was
chofen Knight of the Shire for Devon ; and two years after, con-
ftituted Matter of the Houihold, by her Majefty Queen Anne,
which place he held till the death of that Princefs. He married
a daughter of Mr. Warren, by whom he left one fon, Sir John,
his fucceflbr ; and one daughter, Elizabeth, married to John An-
ftis, Clerk, fecond fon of John Anftis, Efq; Garter King at
Arms ; and dying Dec. 31, 1741, of the gout in his ftomachj
was fucceeded indignity and eftate by his only fon,
Sir John Pole, who married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of
John Mills, of Woodford, in the county of Eflex, Efq. This La-
day died Auguft 10, 1758, aged twenty-one, and Sir John, Feb,
19, 1760, aged tw'enty-feven, and was fucceeded by his only fon,
Sir
VAVASOR, of Hafelwood.' 335
Sir John William-Pole, the prefent Baronet.
John Pole, fecond Ton of Sir John Pole, and brother to Sir
William, betook himfelf to the army, and was a Captain in the
Earl of Barrimore's regiment, in the war in Spain, and died un-
married, June, 17 10.
Charles, third fon, died in his infancy.
Carolus Pole, fourth fon, took Hoty Orders, and was Rector of
St. Breock, in Cornwall, and fome time Proctor in Convocation
for the Clergy of the Diocefe of Exon. He married Sarah, eldeft
daughter of Jonathan Rafhleigh, late of Menabilly, in the county
of Cornwall, Efq; by whom he left two fons, and a daughter ;■
Reginald who married Anrte, fecond daughter of John Francis
Buller, of Mowal, in the county of Cornwall, Efq; by whom he
has five children, Anne, Reginald, Sarah, Charles, Morice, and
Edward, all in their minority. John, the fecond fon, took Holy
Orders, and died unmarried, 1750, aged twenty-nine, jane, the
only daughter, is yet unmarried.
Arms. Azure, Semee of Fleur-de-Lis, Or, a Lion, rampant,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion's Gambe, Gules, armed, Or.
Supporter's. On the dexter Side, a Stag, Gules, attired
and unguled, Or ; on the finifter, a Griffin, Azure, gorged with
a Ducal Crown, proper, armed and beaked as the Stag.
Motto. Pollet Virtus.
Seats. Shute, Taliaton, Colly ton-Houfe, and Colccmb-
Caftle, in Devonshire.
76. Vavasor, of Hafelwood, Yorkfliire.
Created Baronet, October 24, 1628.
HIS famous and very ancient family of Vavafor, or Valva-
for, (as Mr. Camden ha^h it,) have their name from their
office, being formerly the King's Valvafors, (a degree in time paft
Tittle inferior to a Baron,) and had therefore anciently the addition
of Le, to their name.
Sir Mauger le Vavafor, is noted in Doomfday-book, temp.
Will. I. He had iflue, another Sir Mauger, father of Sir William
Vavafor, Lord of Hafelwood, a Judge in the reign of Kino-
Henry II. and one of the witnelles to the Charter of the Abbey
of Salley, in Yorkfhire, re-founded by Matildas de Percy, Coun-
tefs of Warwick. Robert, his fon, in 21 Henry III. was High
Sheriff of Nottingham, and Derby; and from the 31ft of the fame
reign, he ferved for eight years fucceffively, in the fame office. He
had
336 VAVASOR, of Hafelwood.
had the cuftody of the Honour of Peverell committed to his
charge, and died about 38 Hen. III. leaving iiTue by Julian,
daughter of Gilbert de Rofs, of Steeton, in Yorkshire,
Sir John Ie Vavafor, Knt. Lord of Hafelwood, (which hath
been the chief feat, and ancient inheritance of the family, which
town has a pleafant profpect, wherein may be difcovered the two
Cathedrals of York and Lincoln, though iixty miles afunder, and
where is a remarkable quarry of ftone : Of the ftones taken out
here, was the (lately church at York built, by the bounty of the
Vavafors. Their being benefactors to that church, is alfo evi-
dent from their arms therein, and thfe portraitures of them, and
the Percies, in the gate, the latter with a piece of timber, and of
the Vavafors, with a ftone in their hands, (hewing the materials
each family contributed to that (lately ftructure ; and with ftones
out of the quarry, in the Manor of Hafelwood, were alfo built the
Monafteries of Holden, Selby, and Beverley, with Thornton-Col-
lege, in Lincolnfhire, and many others.) Sir John, aforemen-
tioned, had iiTue, by Alice, daughter of Robert Rookfield, two
fons, Sir William, and Malgerius, anceftor to the Vavafors, of
Wefton, Acafter, and Coppinthorp, in Yorkfhire.
Sir William fucceeded his father, at Hafelwood, which he had
Hceoce tocaftellate, from King Edward I. in whofe reign he was
in the Gafcoigne and Scotch wars, and was fo efteemed, that he
had fummons to Parliament among the Barons, from 28 Edw. I.
to 6 Edw. II. and was a truly noble great man ; and having wed-
ded Nichola, daughter of Sir Stephen, and fifter to Sir Richard
Wallis, of Newton, had ifTue, three fons, 1. Sir Robert, who,
having been likewife employed againft the Scots, had fummons,
as a Baron, 7 Edw. II. but died without ifTue male, leaving only
a daughter and heir, Elizabeth, wife to Sir Robert Strelley, of
Nottinghamfhire, Knt. 2. Sir Henry, of whom hereafter; 3.
William, of Deneby, in Yorkfhire, anceftor to thofe of that place.
Sir Henry le Vavafor, Knt. (fecond, but eldeft furviving fon of
William, Baron Vavafor,) living 20 Edw. III. was buried in the
Abbey of Louth, in Lincolnfliire. He had ifTue, Sir Henry, who
by Amabilia, daughter of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh, had ifTue,
William, who died in his father's life-time, leaving iiTue, by Eli-
zabeth, daughter of William Stapelton, Sir William, who died
without ifTue, 10 Rich. II. and Sir Henry le Vavafor, heir to his
brother. This Sir Henry, by Margaret, daughter of Sir William
Skipwith, Knt. had ifTue, William le Vavafor, Efq; who died
1452, leaving iiTue, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Langton,
Knt. two fons ; the younger was John le Vavafor, anceftor to
rhofe of Spalding-More, and Newton.
Sir Henry Vavafor, of Hafelwood, Knt. the eldeft fon and heir,
was High Sheriff of Yorkfhire, 10 Edw. IV, and died 146c,
leaving,
V A V A S O R, oF Hafelwood. 337
leaving, by Joane, daughter of Sir William Gafcoigne, Knt.
four Tons, i. Henry, of whom hereafter; 2. John, who mar-
ried Cicely, daughter of Langdale ; 3. William ; and 4.
Leonard, a Prieft; and divers daughters, of which Anne, mar-
ried Robert Maleverer, Efq; Catharine, to Sir Peter Middleton,
of Stockheld, Knt. Mary, to Sir Thomas Gaifcoigne, Knt.
Elizabeth, to Richard Goldfborough, of Goldfborough, Efq;
and Matilda, to Sir Thomas Gilliot, of York, Knt.
Henry, the eldefr. fon, fucceeded his father, as Lord of Ha-
felwoocl, and died 15 15, leaving by Elizabeth his wife, daughter.
of Sir John Everingham, Knt. three fons, John ; William j
and Chriftopher, who died underage; and five daughters, Eli-
zabeth, wife of Gilbert Topcliffe, Efq; Agnes, who died an
infant; Anne, wife of Nicholas Cawnds, of London, Mer-
chant ; Jennet, married to Thomas Oglethorpe, of Beal, Efq;
and Dorothy* a Nun. John Vavafor, Efq; his fon and heir,
efpoufing Anne, daughter ©f Henry, Baron Scrope, of Bolton,
had ilTue fay her, three fons, Sir William ; Chriftopher, living
*594; and Leonard, who married Mary, daughter of Sir John.
Hctharn, ivnt. and two daughters, Margaret, wife of William
Redman, of Twiikton ; awdjane, wife of William Perchehay,
of Ryton, in Yorkfhire, Efqrs. Sir William Vavafor, Knt. fuc-
ceeded his father, and 2 Edw> VI. and 6 Eliz. was High She-
riff for the county of -York. He married Elizabeth, daughter
to Sir Anthony Cavalier, an Italian, and had ifTue by her, five
daughters, Mary, wife of William Plumpton, of Plumpton ;
Frances, of John Rider, of Rider ; Anne, of Francis Gaf-
coigne ; Elizabeth, of Thoipas Heyland ; and Catharine, of
Richard Pack, Efqrs. Alio fix fons, 1. John ; 2. Ralph, who
married two wives, rirfr, Urfula, daughter of Sir William Fair-
fax, of Steton, Knt. by whom lie had only one fon, that died
before bap'ifm ; fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard
Peck, of Wakefield, Efq; by whom he had William, hereafter
mentioned., and a daughter, Frances, wife of William Percy, of
Scotton, Efq. The four other fons of Sir William died without
iiiue.
John Vavafor, of Hafelwood, Efq; the eldeft fon, was living
1598. But leaving no iffue male, bv Ellen, daughter of Sir Ni-
cholas Fairfax, his nephew, William, (fon of his brother
Ralph,) became his heir.
Which William had to wife Anne, daughter to Sir Tho-
mas Manners, Knt. ion of Thomas, Earl of Rutland, by
whom he had five fons, 1. Thomas ; 2. Henry, a fecular Prieft;
3, John, a lay brother; 4. Francis, a Francifcan ; and 5.
•George, who died unmarried.
Voz.- I. Z Thorns-,
338 VAVASOR, of Hafelurood.
Thomas, his eldefr fon and heir, was advanced to the degree
of a Baronet, 4 Car. I. in his life-time, for his recufancy, he
paid the competition of 150 1. per annum to King Charles I.
His Lady was Ui Tula, daughter of W alter GifFard, of Chilling-
ton, in Stafford (hire, Efq; by whom he had iffue, Sir Walter ;
William, a Major, under his brother, in the fervice of King
Charles I. who died unmarried ; Thomas, flain at Marfton-
Moor, in the fame fervice, without iliue ; John, who died un-
married-; and Peter, of York, M. D. who married Elizabeth,
daughter of Philip Langdaie, of Langthorp, in Yorkftiire, Efq;
alfo two daughters, Anne, a Nun; and Frances, married to
AlphonfoThwenge, of Kelton Caflle, in Yorkmire, Efq.
Sir Walter Vavafor, of Hafelvvood, Bart, aged fifty-three,
1666, fucceeded his father in dignity and eftate. He flood
firm in his allegiance in the grand rebellion, and raifed a regi-
ment of horfe for the fervice of King Charles I. under William,
Marquis of Newcaftle. He married Urfula, daughter of Tho-
mas, Vifcount Fauconberg, and had iffue, four fons, 1. Tho-
mas, who died an infant; 2. Sir Walter, his fucceffor ; 3.
Henry, who died in his infancy; and 4. John, thirteen years
old, Aug. 1666, who died unmarried at York; and a daugh-
ter, Urfula, that died in her infancy.
Sir Walter Vavafor, Bart, the eldefr furviving fon, fucceffor
to his father, married Jane, daughter of Sir Jordan Crofsland,
Knt. he died Feb. 16, 1712-J3, leaving no iffuc, and was fuc-
ceeded by his ccufin,
Sir Walter Vavafor, Bart, (fon of Peter Vavafor, Efq; Doctor
in Phyfick, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Philip Lang-
dale, of Langthorp, in Yorkfhire, Efq.)
Which Sir Walter Vavafor, Bart, died in Lancashire, in
May, 174c, aged eighty, unmarried ; and was fucceeded by his
nephew,
Sir Walter, fon of his brother Peter, (who was another fon
of Dr. Peter Vavafor's, and died Jan. 9, 1735, aged fixty-eight.)
Which Sir Walter Vavafour, married nrit, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter to Peter Vavafour, of Willitoft, in the Eaft Riding of York-
shire, Efq; and had iffue one daughter, who died young 5 and
fecondly/in April, 1741, Dorothy, elded daughter of the Lord
Langdaie, bv whom he had three fons, Sir Walter, his luccef-
for, bom Jan. 16,1744; Thomas; and .Peter; all unmarried.
Sir Walter, dying April 13, 1 766, was fucceeded by his eldefr.
fon.
Sir Walter Vavafour, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Or, a Fefs, dancette, fable.
Crest. On a Wreath, (anciently) a Cock, Gules, trifled,
Or.
77* Woj.se--
WOLSELEY, of Wolfey. 339
77. Wolseley, of Wolfeley, Staffordshire.
Created Baronet, Nov. 24, 1628%
''PHIS is a family of great antiquity, and has been lon.-r
feated in the county of Stafford ; the firft mentioned in the
pedigree is, Siwardus, Lord of Wifelei, as appears by a deed
without date; he was father of William, who is mentioned in
an old deed, alfo without date.
Richard, his fon, is alfo mentioned in an old deed without
date. This Richard, had two ions, Stephen and Ralph.
Stephen, was father of Robert, Lord of Wolfey, who by a
deed in a very old hand, proveth that he was owner of Wifelia,
by granting liberty of his woods in Wifelia.
Robert, fon of Robert, living 9 Edw. I. had ifiue Robert, fa-
ther of William, Lord of Wlfeleia, 30 Edw. I. and 11 Edw. II.
He had ifiue Richard, who had two fons, John, and W7illiam.
John, Lord of Wlfleia, 11 Edw. III. by his wife Eleanor,
had ifiue Ralph de Wlfeleia, 15 and 20 Rich. II. who by his
wife Maud, had ifiue, Thomas de Wlfeleia, 39 Hen. VI. who
by Margary, daughter of William Broclon, of Longdon, in
StafFordfhire, had ifiue
Ralph Wlfeley, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, temp.
Edw. IV. Fie married two wives : firft, a daughter of the Lord
Montjoy, by whom he had no ifiue; fecondly, Margaret,
daughter of Sir Robert Afton, of Heywood, Knt. and had one
fon, John de Wolfeley, who, by Anne, daughter of George
Stanley, of Bromwich, in Stafford mire, Efqj had iflue three
fons ; 1 . Anthony, who married Margaret, daughter of William
Rlith, of Norton, in Derbyfhire, Efq; by whom he had two
fons, Erafmus, and Francis, who died without ifiue, and two
daughters ; Maud, married to Chriftopher Rolfton ; and Anne,
to John Couney, of Wefton Couney, in S t afford fh ire, Efqrs.
Erafmus Wolfeley, Efq; his eldeft fon, by CafTandra, daughter
of Sir Thomas Gifford, of Chillington, in Scafrordfhire, Knt.
had two daughters, Grill], married to Ralph Fitzherbert ; and
Dorothy, to John Wolmer, of Kington, in Worcefterfllire,
Efqrs. and feveral fons ; Sir Thomas Wolfeley, Knt. the eldeft
fon, married, firft, Grace, daughter of Sir Thomas (or Sir
William) Grefley, Knt. by whom he had no ifiue; fecondly,
Anne, daughter of Humphry Mofeley, Efqj by whom he had
John ; Humphry, who died without iiiue ; and Edward ; and
three daughters, Margaret, Mary, and Joan. The fecond fon
ef John de Wolfeley, was Ralph, of whom hereafter ; third,
John, Re&or of E&on Montgomery, in Northamptonihire.
Z 2 The
34o WOLSELEY, of Wolfeley.
The daughters were, Helen, married to Weflcote, of
Handifacrc, in StafFordfhire ; Ifabell, wife to Geofry Cawar-
dyn ; Joan, wife to Montgomery, of Eclon Montgo-
mery ; Margery, married to John Barbor, of Glafburgh, in
Stafrordmire ; Miry, a Nun; and another daughter, married
to Abney, of Willefley, in Derbylhire, Efq.
Ralph Wolfeley, of Shugborough, Efq; fecond fon of John
de Wolfeley before-named, married Joyce, daughter and heir of
John Srtlway, of Stanford, and widow of John Afhby, Efqrs.
by whom he had two fons, John, and George, who died with-
out ifFue.
John Wolfeley, of Stafford, Efqj eldefr. fon, living 1614,
married Ifabell a, daughter of John Porter, of Chillington, in
StafFordfhire, Efq; by whom he had three fons and three
daughters ; 1. William, a Captain in Ireland, aged forty-fix,
1614; he married Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Marmaduke
Whitchurch, of the kingdom of Ireland, l£nt. but his ifFue
failed; 2. Robert, hereafter mentioned ; 3. Richard, who died
without ifTue. The daughters were, Mary, married to George
Franke, Efq; Elizabeth, and Anne.
Robert, the fecond fon, was Clerk of the King's letters pa-
tents, and advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, 4 Car. I. He
married Mary, fecond daughter of Sir George Wroughton, of
Wilcot, in Wilts, Knt. by whom he had five fons, and fix
daughters; 1. Sir Charles, his fuccefFor ; 2. Robert; 3. Tho-
mas ; 4. Ralph ; which three lafl all died unmarried ; 5. Col.
William Wolfeley, who accompanied King William into Ire-
land, in the time of the troubles there, and commanded the In-
nifkillen men at the memorable battle of the Boyne; the fuccefs
of that day was in a great meafure owing to the gallant beha-
viour and bravery of thofe men, which King William acknow-
ledged in a fpeech made to them on that occafion ; whereupon
Col. Wolfeley was advanced to a Brigadier on that Eftablifh-
ment, and had the command of a regiment of horfe, of twelve
troops, cenfifting of a thoufand men ; and was made Matter of
the Ordnance, Privy Counfellor, and one of the Lords Juftice?
of Ireland ; he died a batchelor in the year 1697. The daugh-
ters of Sir Robert were, 1. Penelope, married, firft, to
Fountaine, of Ireland, and fceor.dly, to Richard Edwards, of
Old Church, in the county of Wick-low, in Ireland, Efqrs. by
neither of whom Vnc had any ifTue ; 2. Mary, who died un-
married; 3. Frances, married to John Dives, Efq; third fon of
Sir Lewis Dives, of Bromham, in Bedfordfhirc, Knt. (fhe died
1702.) 4. Mary, married to Thomas Ncvil, of Holt, in Lei-
cefterfhire, Efq; 5. Anne, married to Copwood Hollins, of
Ditton, in Stafrordfhire; 6. Dorothy, died unmarried. Sir
Robert,
WOLSELEY, of Wolfeley. 341
fcobert, the father of thefe children, lies buried in Colwich
Church, in StafTbrdfhire, in the north aile; as alio one of his
fons, and a daughter, are there buried.
Sir Charles Wolfeley, Bart, his eldeff fort and fuccellor, re-
prefented the county of Stafford in Parliament in the reigns of
King Charles I. and II. and was a very considerable man in
thofe times. He married Anne, youngeft daughter cf William,
Lord Vifcount Say and Seal, by whom he had feven fons, and
ten daughters ; I. Robert, who, March 3, 1 691-2, 4 Will. III.
was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to ti e Elector of Bavaria,
Governor-General of the Spanifn Netherlands, then refiding at
BruiTels, where he continued five years, and died unmarried,
1697 ; 2. Charles, who married one of the daughters and co-
heirs of Beaumont, of Yorkfhire, Efq; and relict of
Tildfley, of the Lodge in Lancafhjre, Efq; but had no iflue ;
3. Fiennes, who died young ; 4. Sir William ; 5. Sir Henry ;
6. Captain Richard Wolfeley, who married Frances, daughter
of Mr. Burnefton, of Ireland, by whom he had four fons ;
Charles, who died youngs Sir William, Robert, and Richard;
7. James, who married Chriftian, daughter of Mr. Meritt, of
Ireland, by whom he had only one daughter. The daughters
of Sir Charles were, 1. Elizabeth, married to Robert Somer-
vile, of Edftone, in Warwickshire, Efq; who left two fons ;
William Somervile, Efq; Author of that excellent Poem called
the Chace ; and Edward, deceafed, late Recltor of Adderbury,
in Oxfordfhire ; 2. Mary, married to Richard Edwards, Efq;
fon of Richard beforementioned ; 3. Anne, married to John
Berry, Merchant in London ; 4. Dorothy ; 5. Bridget ; b. Pe-
nelope, who died young ; 7. Sufan, married to Charles Wege-
wood, at the Haracles, in Staffoidfhire, Efq; S.Penelope;
9. Frances; and 10. Conftance.
Sir Charles, died October 9, 1714, aged eighty-five, and lies
buried in Colwich church, in Stafford ih ire. He was fucceeded^
in dignity and eftate by his fourth, but eldeft furviving fon,
Sir William Wolfeley, Bart, who was unfortunately drown-
ed in his chariot8 (and his four mares,) returning home from
Litchfield, July 8, 1728, between feven and eight o'clock in the
evening, pafling a little brook in a village called Long, in the
high road. This accident happened by the fudden breaking
down of a mill dam at afmall diitance, occalioned by a violent
thunder mower, which brought down fuch a vail body of wa-
ter the very inftant the chariot was paffing the brook, that funk
it; the Coachman was carried down the ftream by the torrent
into an orchard a hundred yards from the place, and faved him-
felf by getting to the upper boughs of an apple tree. Sir Wil-
Z 3 ham,
342 R U S S E L L, of Chippenham.
liam, died unmarried, and lies buried in Colwich church,
near his father.
Sir Henry Wolfeley, Eart. fuccseded his brother in title and
eftate, and died two years after him, unmarried j whereupon
the dignity and eftatc came to his nephew,
Sir William Wolfeley, the preTent Baronet, eldeft furviving
fen of Captain Richard Wolfeley, fixth fon of Sir Charles
Wolfcley, Bart, befcrementioned. He married, and had a fon
and heir, William, born Auguft 24, 1740, who married, July
2, 1765, Mifs Chambers, of Wimbledon, in Surry, by whom
he had a daughter, born Oct. 23, 1767.
Arms. Argent, a Talbot paiTant, Gules.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Crown, Or, a Talbot's Head erafed,
proper.
Seat. At Wolfeley, in Stafford (hire.
78. Russell, of Chippenham, Cambridgefliire.
Created Baronet, January 19, 1628.
^THE firft we find mentioned of this family, is Thomas
■ RufTeil, of Yaverland, in the file of- Wight, who held
the manors and advowfons of Yaverland and Wathe, the ma-
nor cf Rouburgh, in the Iile of Wight, and Cariibroke Caftle
in capite, and died 16 Lien. VI.
Sir William Ruffell, Knt. (fon to William Ruffell, of Surrey,
Efq; and grandfon to Maurice Ruffell, of Yaverland, in the
county of Southampton, Efq;) was many years Treafurer of the
Navy Royal. He was advanced to the dignity of a Earonet,
4 Car. I. and had three wives.
By his firftj Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Francis Cherry, Knt.
he had no iffue.
B;* the fecond wife, Elizabeth, daughter to Thomas Gerard,
of Burwell, in Cambridegfhire, Efq; a younger fon of the Ge-
rards, of Fiamberds, on Harrow the Hill, in Middlefex, he had
iffue, 1. S}r Francis Ruffell, Bart, his fon and heir; 2. Sir
William Ruffell, Knt. fome time of St. Edmund's Bury, in
Suffo'k, commonly called Blacl* Sir William, and was' ililed
the Cream of the Ruffels, on account of his loyalty, who mar-
ried Anne, daughter and heir of Bendifh, but left no iffue ;
(his daughter and only child died an infant, with whom he lies
buried at Burwell aforefaid ;) 3. Gerard Rulici], of Fordharri,
in the fame county, Efq; (who married two wives, firft, Mary,
daughter of -~ Cherry, of Surry, by whom he had three
fon-Sj
RUSSELL, of Chippenham.. 343
fons, 1. William RuiTell, ofFordham, who married Elizabeth,
daughter of Cromwell, of Cambridgeshire, Efq; and left
iiTue, 2. Gerard, and 3. John, who both died without iiTue ;
fecondly, , daughter of Loyd, by whom he had one daugh-
ter, Mabel, married to Richard Rufiell, Efq; fecond fon of Sir
John, hereafter mentioned, and died in December, 1682, aocd
iixty-five ; 4. Edward Rufiell, (buried at Chippenham, July
10, 1647 ;) 5. Robert RulTell, (buried there Feb. 17, 1640 ;)
6. John RulTell, (baptized in the parifh of Allhallows Barking,
London, Jan. 31, 1623, and died an infant; and 7. JohnRul-
fell, (baptized in the fame parifh, Nov. 29, 1624, who died
without illue.) Sir William had alfo by the laid Elizabeth,
three daughters; Elizabeth, the elder, firil married to Edward
Lewknor, of Denham, in Suffolk, Efq; (by whom he had a
daughter, Mary, married to Horatio, the firft Lord Vifcount
Townfhend;) fecondly, to John Gauden, D. D. afterwards
Bimop of Worcefter ; 2. Anne, manLd to John Bodvile, of
Bodvile Caftle, in Carnarvonflaire, Efq; (by whom he had a
daughter, Sarah, married to John, Lord Vifcount Bodmyn, fon
to the Earl of Radnor, who dying in his father's life-time, his
Lady had a warrant for the fame place, titles, precedence, Szc.
as if herhufoand had lived to be Earl of Radnor. The third
daughter, Sarah, was wife to Sir Thomas Chichley, of Wim-
pole, in Cambridgefhire, Knight.
Sir William's third wife was Elizabeth, daughter and coheir
to Michael Smallpage, of Chicheller, in SuiTcx, Gent, and Ca-
tharine, his wife, daughter and coheir of William Devenifh, of
Hellingleigh, in SuiTcx, Efq; defcended from the Lord IIoo ;
(which Elizabeth was relict of John Wheatiy, of Catesheid, in
the fame county, Efq; Barrifter of the Middle Temple >) by
whom he had iliue two fons ; William RulTell, (baptized in the
pariih of Allhallows, Barking, London, Dec, 7, 162 1, who died
young,) and Sir William Rufiell, of Langherne, in Carmar-
thenfhire, Knight, created Baronet, Nov. g, 1660, called White
Sir William, who married Hefter, daughter of Sir Thomas
Roufe, of Roufe Lench, in Worceiterfhire, Bart, and left only
one daughter and heir, Mary, married iirft, to Hugh Calveley
Cotton, Efq; fecond fon of Sir Robert Cotton, of Cumbermere,
in Chefhire, Bart, and fecondly, to the Lord Arthur, fecond
furviving fon of Henry, Duke of Beaufort ; whereupon this
title of Baronet became extinct.
Sir Francis Rufiell, Bart, fon and heir to Sir William, was
married at Chippenham, Sept. 19, 1631, to Catharine, daugh-
ter and fole heir of John Wheatiy, Efq; (beforementioned, by
Elizabeth Smallpage, his wife,) by whom he had i 111: c fix fons,
and fix daughters. The fons being, 1. §;tr John Rufiell, his
52 4 fucceflbr;
344 RUSSELL, of Chippenham.
fucceiTor ; 2. Robert Ruflell, born at Chippenham, Gel:. li>
1644, who was fome time of Freckenham, and afterwards of
Mildenhall, in Suffolk, who married (a widow) daughter and
coheir to Thomas Soame, of Thurlow, in Suffolk, a Captain
of foot in the fervice of King Charles I. 3. Gerard Ruflell,
born at Chippenham, Jan. 2', 1645, who was a Hamburgh
Merchant, and married the daughter of one Yonker, a Mer-
chant at Hamburgh ; 4. Killephet Ruflell, born at Chippenham,
April 21, J647, and buried there April 16, 1650 ; 5, Killepbet
Ruffld!, Efq; born at Chippenham, March 11, 1652, who be-
ing married, was fome time of Mildenhall, in Suffolk ; and had
a fon named Francis, (buried in his infancy, Oct. 1, i6#o, at
Ifelham, in Cambridgefhire ;) 6. Edward Ruflell, baptized at
Chippenham, OcT:. 12, 1654.
The daughters of Sir Francis were, 1. Elizabeth, (married to,
Henry Cromwell, the younger fon of Oliver Cromwell, Lori
Protector ;) 2. Sarah, (baptized at Chippenham, May 3, 1637,
and buried 0£t. 19 following ;) 3. Sarah, (baptized at Chip-
penham, Aug. 24, 1639, wife, rlrff, to Reynolds, of Cam-
bridgefhire, Efq; fecondly, to Henry O'Brian, Earl of Tho-
mond ;) 4. Catharine, (baptized at Chippenham, Dec. 23, 165^
and, as is fuppofed, was the wife of one Sheers, of Hertford-
shire;) 5. Frances, (baptized at Chippenham, Nov.. 18, 1649,
wife to John Hagar, of Bourn, in Qambridgemire, Efq;) 6.
Anne, (fecond wife of Hugh Underwood, of Wittlefey, in the
Ifle of Ely, Efq; one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the faid Ifle.)
Sir John Ruflell, Baronet, fon and heir to Sir Francis, was
baptized at Chippenham, Ocl, 6, 1640, and buried there March
24, 1669. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver Crom«-
well. Lord Protector, and widow of Robert Rich, Efq; grand-
fon to Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, and had iflUe by her,
I. Sir William Ruflell, his fon and heir; 2. Rich Ruflell, (fo.
named from the Lord Rich,) a Captain of King William's
Guards, who married Mabell, daughter of Gerard Ruflell, of
Fordham, Efq; aforenamed ; and another fon, named John,
firft a Factor for the Ear! India Company at Bengal, and after-?
wards Governor of Fort William there, and died at Bath, Dec.
5, 1735, aged fixty-fix. The aforefaid Sir John, had alfo by
the faid Elizabeth, two daughters, Chriftian, buried at Chip-,
penham, Aug. 28, 1669 ; and Mary, wife to the late Sir Tho,-*
mas Frankland, of Thirkelby, iq Yorkfhire, Bart.
Sir William Ruffel, Baronet, {on and heir to Sir John, h^v--
ing fpent the remainder of a confiderable fortune in rai&ng
troops at the Revolution, fold his feat at Chippenham, and
dying in 1707, left iflue two fons, and one daughter, Mary,,
who died Dec. 17 K.
Sir
RUSSELL, of Chippenham. 345
Sir William RufTell, Baronet, his eldeft fon and fucceflbr,
died at Paffage, near Waterford, in Ireland, in May, 1738,
without iflue, and was fucceeded by his only brother,
Sir Francis RufTell, Baronet, who was one of the Council
of Fort William, in Bengal, in the Eaft Indies, and married,
1725, Anne, daughter of Gee, Merchant, and had by
her one fon, his fucceflbr,
Sir William RufTell, Baronet, who was a Lieutenant in the
firft regiment of Guards, and died in the year 1757, unmarried.
The aforefaid John, third fon of Sir John, and Governor of
Fort William, in Bengal, was born Oct. 14, 1670, and died
at Bath, Dec. 5, 1735, as before-mentioned. He was married,
firft, to Rebecca, fifter of Sir Charles Eyre, of Kew, in the
county of Surry, Knt. Dec. 17, 1697, in Bengal ; by whom he
had iiTue one fon, and three daughters ; Frances, born Jan. 6,
1699, who married John Revett, of Checkers, in the county
of Bucks, Efq; and is Bedchamber-woman to her Royal High-
nefs the Princefs Amelia. Mary, born Aug. 16, 1701, who
married Mr. Holmes, in the Eaft Indies, but who died without
iflue j and Elizabeth, born July 20, 1704, married to Samuel
Greenhill, of Swincombe, in the county of Oxford, Efq; by
whom (he had two fons, the Rev. John Ruflell Greenhill ; and
Charles, who died young. Charles Ruflell, born Jan. 8, 1700,
was appointed a Major in the fecond regiment of Guards, with
the rank of Colonel, in Nov. 1745, and Colonel of the thirty-
fourth regiment of Foot, Dec. 17, 1751, who attending his
regiment in the Ifle of Minorca, contracted the diftemper of
which he died in London, Nov. 20, 1754, and was buried at
Kew. John Ruflell married, fecondly, Johanna Revett, widow
of Col. Revett, Sept. 7, 17 15, by whom he had one daughter,
who died young. His fon, Charles, married, June 18, 1737,
Mary Johanna Cutts, daughter of the aforefaid Col. Revett,
(who was killed in the battle of Malplaquet, Sept. 11, 1709,)
by the aforefaid Johanna, fole daughter and heirefs of Serjeant
Thurban, of Checkers aforefaid, by whom he had iflue Mary,
born Dec, 13, 1739, and
John Ruflell, the prefent Baronet, born Od"t. 31, 1741, who
fucceeded to the title on the death of Sir William aforefaid, in
1757. He is a Student of Chrift Church, Oxford, and Barrif-
ter at Law of Lincoln's Inn.
Arms. Argent, a Lion Rampant, Gules ; on a Chief, Sable,
three Rofes of the Firft.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Goat, Argent, attired and gorged
with a Crown Mural, Or.
Seat. Checkers, in the County of Bucks.
79. EVERARD,
346 E V E R A R D, of Mucfa-Waltham.
79. Everard, of Much-Waltham, Effex.
Created Baronet, Jan. 29, 1628.
F this ancient family was Ralph Everard, who lived in the
reign of Hen. III. and Edw. 1. and had iffue Walter Eve-
rard, who lived temp. Edw. II. and Edw. III. He left Wil-
liam Everard, of Marihbury, in Effex, his fon and heir, who
lived there temp. Ric. II. and Hen. IV. and left two fons of
the name of John.
John Everard, fen. of Newarks, in Good-Efire, and MarfTi-
bury, in the faid county, had ifiue Thomas Everard, of Wal-
tham-magna, who married the daughter and coheir of John
Cornifh, of Langleys, in Much-Waltham, aforefaid, and had
iffue fix fons, and three daughters. He lived in the reign of
Hen. VII.
Richard Everard, fourth fon, married, firft, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Richard Stephens, Gent, and had ifiue Richard, and
three daughters. His fecond wife was Agnes Upcher, reli£t
of Thomas Wood, and had only one daughter. He died Dec.
29, 1561.
Richard, his only fon and heir, married Mary, daughter of
Thomas Wood, of Raine Parva, (who furviving him, became
the wife of John Goodday, of Braintre, Gent.) and died in his
father's life-time, leaving iffue another Richard Everard, of
Langleys, fucceffor to his grandfather. He married demen-
tia, daughter of John Wifeman, of Great Canfield, Efq; and
had iffue four fons, Anthony, Matthew, Hugh, and John, of
Great-Badow ; and a daughter Mary, wife of John Wifeman,
Efq; Thev lived together in wedlock nfty-three years. She
qhed Sept. 1611, and he July 25, 1617. They both lie bu-
ried in Waltham church.
Anthony, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father. He received
the honour of Knighthood, July 23, 1603, before the Coro-
nation of King James 1. He had two wives ; firft-, Anne,
daughter of Sir Thomas Bernardiilon, of Ketton, in Suffolk,,
Knt. by whom he left Anne, his fole daughter and heir, mar-
ried to Sir William Maynard, of Little-Eaiton, in Effex, Bart,
afterwards Lord Maynnrd. His fecond wife was Anne, daugh-
ter of Sir Anthony Fekon, of Playford, in Suffolk, Knight of
the Barn, by whom he had no ifiue. He died 1614, and was
buried at Waltham.
Hugh Everard, Efq; (third fon of Richard,) was High. She-
riff of E: .ex, 1626. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas
Brand, alias Bond, of Great Hormead, in Hertfordfhire, Gent.
and,
i
EVERARD, of Much-Waltham. 347
and had ifiue Richard, his only Ton and heir. He and his wife
both died in 1637, and are buried in Waltham church.
Richard Everard, Efq; his only fon and heir, was advanced
to the dignity of a Baronet by King Charles I. He married
Joan, daughter of Sir Francis Barrington, Bart, and had iflue
four fons, Sir Richard, Barrington, and Robert, that died iffue-
jefs; alfo Hugh, Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge;
and three daughters, whereof Winifred, the youngeft, was
married to Sir William Luckyn, Bart. -His fecond wife was
Frances, daughter of Sir Robert Lee, of Billefly, in War-
wickfhire, relict of Sir Gervafe Elwes, of Woodford, in ElTex,
Knight.
Sir Richard, his eldcft fen, fucceeded him, and was Sheriff
2Q Car. I. for Effex. He married to his firft wife, Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Henry Gibbs, of Faulkland, in Scotland, Knt.
of the Bed-chamber to King James I. and had iiTue two fons;
Richard,, who died unmarried, and Sir Hugh ; alfo one daugh-
ter, Jane, who died young. He took to his fecond wife, Jane,
daughter of Sir John Finnet, Mailer of the Ceremonies to K.
James I. and K. Charles I. but had no iiTue by her. He died in
Aug. 1694, aged feventy.
Sir Hugh Everard, his fecond, but cideft furviving fon, fuc-
ceeded him, who, in his younger days, fignalized himfelf in
Flanders, (his elder brother being then alive.) He married
Mary, daughter of John Brown, Doctor in Phyfick, of Salis-
bury, by whom he had iiTue Sir Richard ; Hugh, drowned in
the great ftorm 1703, being Lieutenant of the Reftoration ;
and Morton, who was killed on board the Hampshire, com-
manded by the Lord Maynard ; alfo two daughters, Elizabeth,
married to the Rev. Mr. Oburne, Vicar cf Thaxted, in ElTex 5
and Frances, the youngeft, who died unmarried. He was Re-
ceiver-general of the Land-tax, andjuftice of the Peace for
the county of EfTex, and died Jan. 1705-6, aged fifty-one;
and lies buried at Waltham.
Sir Richard Everard, his eld eft fon, fucceeded him in dig-
nity and eftate, and married Sulanna, one of the daughters and
coheirs of Richard Kidder, D. D. late Lord Biihop of Bath
and Wells, (who was killed at his Palace in Wells, by the
great ftorm in Nov. 1703,) by whom he left iflue two fons,
Sir Richard ; and Hugh, wrho went to Georgia ; and two
daughters ; Sufanna, married in Virginia, to Mr. Mead, a eon-
fiderable Merchant and Planter there ; raid Anne. He went
Governor of North Carolina, under the Lords Proprietors ;
and after his return to England, died in Red-Lion-llreet, Hoi-
bourn, Feb. 17, 1732-35 and his Lady, who furvived him,
died Sept. 12, 1739.
Sir
348 L U M L E Y, of £ardfield.
Sir Richard Everard, Bart, his eldeft fon and fhcceflbr, died
unmarried, March 7, 1 741-2, and was fuccecdcd by his bro-
ther,
Sir Hugh Everard, the prefent Baronet, who now enjoys
the title and eftate.
Arms. Argent, a Fefs wavy, between three Eftoils, Gules.
Cr£st. On a Wreath, a Buft of a Man in Profile, habited
in a long Cap, cheeky.
Seat. At Bromfield Green, in EfTex.
80. Lumley, of Bardfield, Effex.
Created Baronet, January 8, 1640.
*Tp HIS family of Lomelin, (anciently fo fpelt,) or Lomelay,
-** came out of Italy, and is reckoned to be nobly delcended.
It derives its furname from Lomelin, a city of note, belonging
to the feigniory of Venice. The firft who fettled in England
was Dominigo Lomely, an Italian by birth, and of the Bed-
chamber to King Henry VIII. He commanded a troop of
horfe, and maintained them at his own charge at Bollogne, for
the ufe of the faid King.
His fon, James Lomelin, or Lumley, was of London, Mer-
chant, and died 1592, aged eighty-eight years. His fon was Sir
Martyn Lumley, Knt. Sheriff 1614, and Lord Mayor of Lon-
don 1623. He died 1634, and was magnificently interred at
Great St. Helen's, London, the funeral directed by Sir Henry
St. George, Sir William le Neve, and others of the Heralds.
By his will, dated Sept. 1, 1631, he gave to the Church-war-
dens of St. Helen's, and their fucceffors, for ever, one annuity,
or rent-charge, of 20 1. to be ifTuing out of his mefluage, or te~
nement, in the parifh of St. John the Evangelift, London, upon
truft, for eftablifhing a Lecture, or Sermon, for ever, to be
preached in that parifh church, on Thurfday evening, weekly,
from Michaelmas to Lady-day ; and the faid Church- wardens
to pay the fame to" a godly Divine, for his pains in preaching
the faid Lecture ; and alfo bequeathed an annuity of 4/. per ami.
for the ufe of the poor of the laid parifh. He married Mary,
daughter of —■ — Withum.
His eldeft fon and heir was Martyn Lumley, of Bradiield-
Magna, in ElTex, Efq; one of the Knights of the Shire for
Eftex, in the Long Parliament, that met at Weftminfter, 1640.
He was the firft Baronet of this family, fo created j6 Car. L
He married two wives j firft, Jane> daughter and heir of John
Meredith,
D A L S T O N, of Dalfton. 349
Meredith, of Denbighftiire, Efq; and had iflue, only one
daughter, Prudence, married to Sir Roger Moftyn, of Moftyn,
in Flintshire, Bart.
His fecond wife was Mary, daughter of Edward Alleyn, Al-
derman of London, and had iflue, Sir Martyn, his fucccilbr ;
Thomas, and James, who died unmarried.
Sir Martyn Lumley, Baronet, fueceeded to the dignity and
«ftate, and died Aug. 1702, havmg married Anne, daughter of
Sir John Langham, of Cottefbroke, in Northamptonlhire, Bart.
jQie died in Sept. 1692, and was buried at Great Bardfield, by
whom he had iflue, Mary, who died young ; and,
Sir Martyn Lumley, Baronet, his only fon and heir, who
fueceeded his father, in title and eftate, and married to his firnV
wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Jonathan Dawes, Knt. Al-
derman of London, and had iflue, Anne, married to Sir Stephen
Anderfon, of Eyworth, in Bed ford (hi re, Bart, and Martyn
Lumley, Efq; who died young.
His fecond wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cham-
berlayn, of Gray's-Inn, in Middlefex, Efq; by whom he had
iflue, one daughter, Elizabeth, married to the Right Rev. Dr.
Cecil, late Bifhop of Bangor, and Rector of Hatfield, in Hert-
fccdfhire, who left her a widow May 29, 17375 and his fuc-
ceflbr, Sir James.
His third Lady was Elizabeth, daughter of Clement Raw-
linfon, of Sanfcate, in Lancafhire, Gent, by whom he had no
iflue. He died Jan. 7, 17 10- 11, and was buried in Bardfield
church, in a vault with his anceftors.
Which Sir James Lumley, only fon and fucceflbr to Sir
Martyn, is the prefent Baronet, and unmarried.
Arms. Or, a Chief, Gules, (the fame as the City of Naples.)
Crest. On a Wreath, an Eagle difplayed, Sable, beaked,
legged, and crowned, Or.
81. D Alston, of Dalfton, Cumberland.
Created Baronet, February 15, 1640.
HE family of Dalfton is of great honour and antiquity, in
the county of Cumberland, being derived from Robert de
Dalfton, fecond brother to Hubert de Vallibus, (or Vaux,)
Lord of Gill ell and, in Cumberland, who, temp. Will. I. had
the barony of Dalfton, given him by Ranulph de Mefchines,
(or Micenis,) who was nearly related to the Norman Con-
queror, and from him. had a grant of the county of Cumberland,
upon
350 D A L S T O N, of Dalfton.
upon condition, that he difpofTefTed the Scots, who had got
pofTeffion of it. To this Ranulph, Earl of Cumberland, and
afterwards of Chefter, Hubert de Vallibus, and Robert de Dal-
fton, were near relations. The pofterity of the laft pofTefTed the
barony of Dalfton, in a lineal defcent, until King Stephen gave
Cumberland to David King of Scots. Hen. II. recovering the
county from the Scots, feized the barony of Dalfton, and
united it to the forcft of Englewood, whereof it continued a
member till Hen. III. (14.Ps.egni) disforefted the fame, and
gave or fold it to Walter JVLalclerk, then Bifhop of Carlifle, and
Lord Treasurer ; vvhofe fuccefFors,Bifhops of Carlifle, have ever
ilnce enjoyed it. However, the defcendants of the laid Robert
de Dalfton had the ancient manficn-houfe, with the manor or
lordfhip of Dalfton-Parva, which they poflefs to this day.
Of the defcendants of Robert, the firft Baron, John, (fon of
Robert,) married a daughter and coheir of Kirkhide. From
Thomas, (by Chriftopher, a younger fon by a fecond venter,)
are defcended the Dalilons, of Acornbank, in Weftmoreland,
and Sir John Dalfton, Knt. who was Sheriff of Cumberland,
10 Jac. I. Sir George Dalfton, Knt. (fon and heir of Sir John,)
was Sheriff of the fame county, 16 Jac. I. and its Reprefentative
in Parliament 16 Car. I. He had a daughter, Catharine, mar-
ried to Sir Henry Fletcher, of Hutton, in Cumberland, Knt.
who was (lain at Rowton-heath, near Chefter, 1645, fighting
for King Charles I. This Lady was a perfon of great courage
and refolution ; and endured fequef'cration, imprifonment, plun-
dering, &c. from the Rebels, with a brave mafculine fpirit ;
file lived to fee her daughters married to fome of the beft fa-
milies in the count}', as Daniel Fleming, of Rydall, Chrifto-
pher Dalfton, of Acornbank, and Thomas Fletcher, of Marefby,
Efqrs. Sir George left alio one fon,
Sir William Dalfton, Knight, who was created a Baronet,
16 Car. I. being the fame year elected Member of Parliament
for Carlifle. When the rebellion broke out, both he and his
father behaved themfelves very bravely and dutifully towards the
Kin0-, and were great fufferers for the royal caufe, Sir George
bein^ obliged to pay 70c 1. and his fon Sir William, 3000I. to
theSequeftrators for his eftate. He refided moftly at Heath-Hall,
in Yorkihire, (an eftate which came into the family by mar-
riage,) and died Jan. 13, 1683, leaving ifiue by Anne, daughter
cf Thomas Bolles, of Ufberton, in Nottingham (hire, Efqj and
Dame Mary Bolles, his wife, Baronetefs of Nova Scotia,,
futviviug him, married to her fecond hufband, ! dward Andrev
of
EVERY, of Egginton. 351'
of Weftminfter, Efq; and to her third, Sir Richard Fifher, of
lilington, Eart. and died at Turnham-Green, in Middlefex,
March 15, 1739-40, aged eighty-feven.) By her he had only
one daughter and heir, married to Sir William Halton, Bart.
and dving in the life-time of her father,
Sir John Dalfton, Knt. fecond fori of Sir William, (and bro-
ther of Sir George, and knighted at Whitehall, Feb. 16, 1663,
the fame day with his brother,) fucceeded his father in title and
eftate, was Sheriff of Cumberland, 1 Jac. II. and having mar-
ried Margaret, fecond daughter of Sir William Ramfclen, Knt.
(fifter to his brother's Lady,) had iiTue two fons, Sir Charles,
and Major John Dalfton ; alio one daughter, married to Juftice
Brown, of iflington, in Middlefex, and died at Heath-Hall, 1 7 1 1 .
Sir Charles, fucceffor to his father, married, firft, a daugh-
ter and coheir of Sir Francis Blake, of Whitney, in Oxfordshire,
Knt. by whom he had iffue Sir George, and four daughters, one
of which married Francis Fauquier, Efq. His fecond Lady
was a daughter of Wentworth, of Woolley, in Yorkfhirc,
Efq; by whom he had only one daughter, who died young.
Sir George Dalfton, Bart, only fon and fuccefTor to his fa-
ther, was a Volunteer on board Admiral Haddock's fquadron,
1740; Sheriff of the county of Cumberland, 1752, and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the Yorkshire Militia, in 1759. He married
Anne, daughter cf George Huxley, Efq; which Lady died
Auguft 15, 1764, and Sir George, March 9, 1765, and was
fucceeded by
SirWilliam Dalfton, his eldeft fon, who is the prefect Baronet.
Arms. Argent, a Cheveron ingrailed, between three Daws
(though fome make them Ravens) Heads, erafed, Sable, beak-
ed, Or.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Coronet, a Falcon's Head, ijTuing,
proper.
Seat. At Heath-Hall, near Wakefield, in Yorkfhire.
82. Every, of Egginton, Derbyfliire.
Created Baronet, May 26, 1641.
rT~1 H I S family were originally of Somerfetmire, and Sir Si-
*■ mon Every, the firft Baronet, fo created by King Charles
I. was born at Chard, in that county, and a great fufferer for
King Charles I. He married the eldeft daughter and coheir of
Sir Henry Leigh, of Egginton, Knt. whereby he became pof-
feffed of that and other eftates, by whom he had Sir Henry, his
fucceflbr.
352 EVERY, of Egginton.
fuccefTor, and Capt. Every, who was feated at Burton upori
Trent, and there died without iffue, and left his Somerfetfhire
eftate to his nephew, Sir Simon Every, Bart.
Sir Henry Every, Bart, the eldeft fon, who fucceeded his fa-
ther in title and eftate, was a great fufFerer for his loyalty in the
reign of King Charles II. He married Vere, eldeft daughter
of Sir Henry Herbert, Knt. Mafter of the Revels to Kino-
Charles I. by whom he had fix fons, and five daughters ; i. Sir
Henry ; 2. Sir John ; 3. Sir Simon ; 4. William, killed at the
fiege of Cork, in Ireland, in the reign of King William ; and
two others, that died unmarried : Of the daughters, one mar-
ried Mr. Matthew Alured, of Burton upon Trent ; another
Mr. Gayner ; another Mr. Gumming; and two died unmarried.
Sir Henry Every, Bart, eldeft fon and fucceflbr to his father,
married two wives ; firft, Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir
Francis Ruflel, of Strenfham, in Worcefterfhire, Bart, relief, of
Richard Lygon, of Madresford, in the fame county, Efqj (who
furviving Sir Henry, married to her third hufband, Sir John
Guife, of Rendcomb, in Glocefterfhire, Bart.) and fecondly, a
daughter of the Lord Vifcount Tracy, of Toddington, in Glo-
cefterfhire, but dying without iffue male, was fucceeded in
dignity and eftate by his brother,
Sir John Every, Bart, who was for fome time Captain of the
Queen, a firft rate man of war, and did fignal fervices for the
Government in the reign of King William the Third ; he mar-
ried likewife two wives ; firft, Martha, daughter of John, Lord
Haverfham ; fecondly, Dorothy, daughter of Godfrey Meynell,
ofBradly, in Derbyfhire, Efq; and dying July 1, 1729, with-
out iffue, was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his next bro-
ther,
Sir Simon Every, who was Rector of Naumby, in Lincoln-
fhire, and married Mary, eldeft daughter of the Rev. Mr.
Joihua Clarke, Reclorof Somerby, in Lincolnfhire, and one of
the Prebendaries of Lincoln, (whole other daughter was married
to Jacob Butler, of Barnwell, in Cambridgeshire, Efq;) by
whom he had iffue five Ions, Henry, his fuccefTor; and John,
Simon, Jofliua-Clarkjg, and Edward, nil fince dead, except Sir
John, the prefent Baronet ; and feven daughters, Jane, Anne,
Martha, Sufanna, Mary, Anne, and Elizabeth, of which only
Anne is now living, who is married, but has no iffue. Sir Si-
mon died Jan. 12, 1753^ and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir Henry Every, Bart, who was High Sheriff of Derbyfhire,
in 1749. He married July 1, 1741, a daughter of Henry Ib-
betfon, of Yorkfhire, Efq; and dying a widower without iffue,
May 31, 1755, the title and eftate defcended to his next bro-
ther,
Sir
L A N G L E Y, of Higham-Gobion. 353
Sir John Every, the prefent Baronet, who has no ifTue.
Arms. Or, -four Chevronels, Gules, (very near Clare, Earl
•of Gloucefter's coat.)
Crest. On a Wreath, an Unicorn's Head, couped, proper.
Seat. At Egg in ton, in Derbyfhire,
£3. Langley, of Higham-Gobion, Bedfordfhire.
Created Baronet, May 29, 1641.
*THHIS family is defcended from William Langley, ofLang-
•* ley, in the Bifhopric of Durham, who, by Alice, his wife,
had ifTue Thomas Larcglev, father of two fons ; I. Henry, of
whom hereafter ; 2. Thomas Langley, Lord Chancellor of Eng-
land, Bifhop of Durham, and a Cardinal 141 7. Bifhop Goodwin
fays, he was confecrated Bifhop of Durham 1406, at which
time he gave over his Chancellorship ; but eleven years after, it
was laid upon him again ; after which he continued in that place
about fix years.; in the mean fpace, viz. 6 June, 1411, he was
made Cardinal, together with Robert Halam, Bifhop of Salifbury,
by Pope John xx in, This man bellowed the fum of 499I. 6s.
yd. in repairing of that gallery in the weft end of his church,
which was firft built by Hugh Pudfey, his predecefTor ; he alfo
founded two fchools in the Place-Green, one for Grammar, an-
other for Mufick: thirty-one years he continued Bifhop here,
and dying 1437, was huricd, (as I am informed,) in the gallery,
and lieth entombed before the altar there, under the table of the
Confiftory.
Henry Langley, Efq; before mentioned, the elded fon, was of
Dalton, in the Weft-riding of Ycrkfhire. He married the
daughter of Kaye, of Woodfome, in Yorlcfhire, Efq; by
whom he h;id two fons ; 1. Thomas Langley, of Rathorp-Hall,
m Dalton, Efq; anceflor to thofe of that place; 2. Robert Lang-
ley, of Langley, whofe fon George had ifTue two fons, firft, Ro-
bert Langley, whofe daughter and heir, Catharine, was married
to Thomas Lee, of Booths, in Chefhire, Efq;
William Langley, Efq; fecond fon, had ifTue George Langley,
of Stainton, in Yorlcfhire, who by Jane, daughter of J >!m Hall,
of Sherbourn, in that county, had ifTue a daughter, married to
William Foriler, of Erdfwick, Yoikfhire, Efq; and three fons ;
Sir William ; Matthew, who married, but left no ifTue ; and
John, who died without iflue.
Sir William Langley, of Scainron, Yorlcfhire, and of Higham
Gpbiori, in Bedfordfhire, the firft Baronet oi' this family, -ic-
Vo l. I. A a vanccd
354 LANGLEY, of Higham-Gobion.
vanced to that dignity 17 Car. T, married Elizabeth, daughter of
Roger Lumley, Efq; (and fifter of Richard, Vifcount Lumley,
of Waterford, in. Ireland, grandfather to Richard Lumley,
late Earl of Scarborough,) by whom he had iilue William, who
died unmarried, 1634, in his father'? life-time; Sir Roger ; and
Dorothy, wife of William Briftow, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; Sir
William died in Holbourn, and was buried at St.- Andrew's
church, 1 65 1.
Sir Roger Langley, of Sheriff-Hutton Park, in Yorkfhire, Bart,
fucceeded his father in title and eitate. He was thirty- eight
years of age, 1665, and married, firft, Mary, daughter of Tho-
xnas Keighley, of Hertingfordbury, in Hertford fh ire, Efq; and
had iflue William, Richard, Roger, and Thomas ; the three laft
died ifTuelefs ; alio four daughters; Mary, married to Mr. Pref-
cot, of EPicx; Rofe, to Peter Priaux, of London, Merchant ;
Elizabeth, and Frances, who both died unmarried. His fecond
wife was, Barbara, daughter and coheir of Chapman, of
Foxton, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; Serjeant at Law, by whom he
had no iflue, Kis third Lady was §arah, daughter of John
Neale, of Malden-Afh, in Eflex, Efq; by whom he had three
fens; i.William, v/ho died young; 2. John, a Major in the
army, who married a daughter of de la Hay, of Weftmin-
fler, Efq; and, 3. David, who was killed in an engagement in
the Weft-Indies, 1708; alfo two daughters, Mary and Sarah,
that died unmarried. Sir Roger was Foreman of the Jury on the
trial of the {even Bimops, and was a Commiffioner of the Prize-
office in the reign of King William. He died in 1698.
William Langley, Efq; his eldeft fon, married Ifabella, daugh-
ter of Sir John Griffith, of Erith, in Kent, Knt. (who furviving
him, was remarried to Thomas Barnes, of Eaft-Winch, in Nor-
folk, Efq;) He died 1689, before his father, leaving iflue fix
Ions ; 1. Sir Roger; 2. William Langley, (married to Margaret,
daughter of — — Sutton, of Barbadoes, Efq; and widow of A-
braham Jaggard, and left one daughter and heir, Ifabella, mar-
ried, 1724, to William Ettrick, Efq;) 3. Robert; 4. Samuel,
who both died ifTuelefs; 5. Sir Thomas ; 6. Haldanby, who
married Mary, daughter of Charles Peck, of Gilderfley, in Der-
byfliire, Efq; and dying May 30, 1728, left three fons ; Gil-
bert, who married a daughter of Mr. Brown, of Searle-ftreet,
hear Lincoln's- inn-fields ; Haldanby, and James.
Sir Roger Langley, Bart, fucceeded his grandfather in title
and eftate; and married Mary, daughter of — Browne, of
Eaftborne, in SufTex, Efq; by whom he had only one fon, Charles,
who died an infant. He died 17 16 ; whereupon his next fur-
viving brother,
Sir
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Sir Thomas Langley, became his fucceflbr. He married the
fecond daughter of Captain Robert Edgeworth, of Longwood,
in the county of Meath, in Ireland, and had ifTue two fons, Tyr-
rell, and John, both dead ; and three daughters, all dead. One
of them was married to Edward Johnfon, Efq; of the Lottery -
office. Sir Thomas died December i, 1762, aged ninety-eight,
without iflue, and was fucceeded by
Sir Haldanby Langley, his nephew, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Paly of Six, Argent and Vert.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Crown, Or, a Plume of Five Of-
triches Feathers, three Argent, and two Vert.
Seat. At High-Gobion, Bedfordihire.
84. Cave, of Stanford, Northamptonfhire. .
Created Baronet, June 30, 1641.
f\ F this ancient family were Wyamarus and Jordayne, two
^-, brothers, who were living at the time of the Conqueft ; the
firft of them enjoying, by the gift of William the Conqueror, in
the third year of his reign,, 1069, as marks of his royal favour
and reward, the Lordihips of South and North Cave, Clyffe,
Stanton, Haflofhefe, Newland, Skalby, and the manor of Walr
dingfene, cum membris, in Yorkfhire, all which the faid Wya-
marus conveyed to his brother Jordayne, in the feventh year of
William Rufus, in which reign Wyamarus died without ifTue.
1. Jordayne de Cave, brother and heir, according to the cuftom
of thofe early times, was fo furnamed from his lordfhip of Cave.
2. Bryan de Cave, his fon and heir, had iflue a daughter, Joan,
married to Nigelr Foflard, Lord of Ellaton, and one fon.
3. Robert de Cave, who by a daughter of Thomas de Metham,
had iflue one fon, Thomas, and three daughters, Ifabella, wife to
Thomas de Rednefs, of Rednefs ; Margaret, to Sir Gerard Fur-
nival, of Swanland, Knight; and Jane, to Sir John de UfTiet,
Knight.
4. Thomas deCave, fon and heir, married Joyce, daughter of
SirWilliam St.Quintin, Lord of Brainfburton, in Yorkfhire, Knt.
by whom he had three fons ; 1. Geoffrey ; 2. Robert, who mar-
ried the daughter of Robert de Haldenby ; 3. John, whofe wife
was the daughter of Eftoftes •> alfo two daughters ; Chriftian,
married to Thomas Newbold ; and Grace, to William Ayrmiue,
of Newland, upon Ayre, Efq;
5. Geoffrey de Cave, fon and heir, took to wife Mabel,
daughter of Robert Saltniarfli, of Yorkshire, and had iflue, Pc-
A a 2 ter.
350 C A V E, of Stanford.
ter, and Alexander de Cave, Dean of Durham, and Prebendary
of Holden, where he lieth interred.
6. Peter de Cave married a daughter and heir of Sir Thomas
Bromflete, Knt. by whom he had two fons, Sir Alexander, and
Thomas, (who married the daughter of Robert Cliffe, and was
progenitor to the Caves of Flinton, in Holdernefs, Yorkfhire;)
alfo three daughters ; Catharine, wife to John Riplingham, of
Riplingham ; Beatrix, to Philip de Waldby ; and Jane, the wife
of John Dawney, of Sefay, all in the county of York.
7. Sir Alexander de Cave, Knt. eldeft fon and heir of Peter,
and heir to his uncle Alexander, married the daughter of Peter
de MawleVj Lord of Mulgrave, by whom he had one fon, Peter,
and four daughters ; Margaret, the wife of Ralph Andlaby, of
Andlaby; Joyce, wife of Sir Thomas Polington, of Polington,
Knight ; Jane, wife of Shelton, of Shelton ; and Urfula, married
to Sir John Ella* of Kirk Ella, Knt.
8. Peter de Cave took to wife Anne, daughter of Sir Simon
Ward, Knt. and had ifTue Sir Alexander, and two daughters ;
Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Middleton, of Middleton on the
Woulds \ but furviving him, fhe took the veil and ring; and
Mary, who took upon her a religious life, and became Priorefs
of Watton Abby.
9. Sir Alexander Cave, Knt. was living 4 Edw. II. 1320.
He married Alice, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Hotham, Knt. by
whom he had one fon, John, and two daughters ; Margaret,
married, firft, to Sir Anfelme St. Quintin, Knt. and, fecondly,
to Moigne, of Hafell, in Yorkfhire ; and Jane, married to Sir
Roger Kelk, Knt.
10. John Cave, fon and heir, was a Knight, and married
Mary, daughter and coheir of Peter Genell, of Southcliffe, (by
his wife, the daughter and heir of Cliffe, of Southcliffe,) where-
by he much augmented his ancient patrimony, and had four fons,
and two daughters ; Sir Alexander, Thomas, Peter, and John,
which three laft died without iffue. His daughters were, Anne,
married to Sir Marmaduke Grendall ; and Mary, wife to Sir
Peter de See, Knights.
11. Sir Alexander Cave, Knt. fon and heir, had to wife Ca-
tharine, daughter of Roger Somervile, of Grindall, who bore
him three fons, and three daughters ; 1. Sir Alexander; 2. Pe*
ter, of whom hereafter; and, 3. John, who died without iiTue ;
Grace, a Nun ; Catharine, married to Sir John Markenfeild,
Knt. and Anne, to Gilbert Stapleton, of Bayton.
12. Sir Alexander Cave, the eldeft fon, married Conffa nee,
daughter of Roger Leeds, but left only one daughter, Maud, his
ible heir, who being married to Alexander Lownde, of Lownde-
hall, the Lordfhip of Cave, and other lands, went with her in
mar-
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marriage ; and their daughter and heir, Janet, married Robert
Sheffield, of Butterwick, in Lincolnfhire, Efq; anceftor to the late
Duke of Buckingham, who thereupon quartered the arms of Cave.
12. Peter Cave, next brother to Sir Alexander, continued
the line; he married Anne, daughter of Ralph lngleby, by
whom he had three forts ; I. Peter; 2. John, Abbot of Selby,
in Yorkfhire, (one of the Parliamentary Abbeys,) who, accord-
ing to Mr. Browne Willis, was chofen Abbot, in 1430, and
died fix years after ; and 3. Alexander. John, the fecond
fon, died, as appears by rhe infcription on his monument,
February, 1471, and lies buried in Stanford church. In South
and North Cave churches in Yorkfhire, feveral of the anceftors
of this family lie buried, as were evident by feveral of their re-
mains in thofe churches; for, in 1585, when Robert Glover,
Somerfet Herald, went his vifitation, he found feveral of their
arms painted on the glafs in North Cave church ; and feveral
Knights of this family, with their wives, carved in (tone, in
kneeling poftures, in South Cave church ; with the Caves arms,
Azure, frette, Argent, on them ; and particularly a very ancient
tomb of an armed Knight at full length, as big as the life, with
a helmet on his head, and thereon a ducal coronet, with a fal-
con, and the arms of Cave round the tomb, but without any in-
fcription. But at this time, this tomb, and all the other re-
mains, are gone to decay ; nor are there any evidences remain-
ing, that can determine when this family fettled in the counties of
Northampton and Leicefter, though the monument of John Cave
is the firft we can find of this family in Stanford church, and
probably he was prefented to the vicarage by his father.
13. Peter Cave, the eldeft fon and heir of Peter, married Mary,
daughter of Burdet, of Rothwell, in Northamptonfhire, and
had iflue only one fon,
14. Thomas Cave, Efq; who, by Thomafine, daughter of
Paflemere, of EiTex, had ifTue five fons ; 1. Richard; 2.
William, father of John, and Peter Cave ; 3. Chriftopher, who
left a daughter, married to Noble, of Stowford, in Leiceftet (hire ;
4. John, father of Thomas, William, and Chriftopher Cave, of
Stanford, and of Bartholomew, and Edward Cave, of Wei ford ;
5. Henry, who married, firft, a daughter of Saunders, of
Harrington, in Northamptonfliire, Efq; fecondly, a daughter of
Belgrave, of Blaby, in Leicefterfhire, Ei~q-; by the laft he
left iflue. This Thomas, the father of -thefe fons, died I495>
and lies buried in Stanford church.
15. Richard Cave, Efq; fon and heir, married two wives, firft,
Elizabeth, daughter of Marvin, of Church Lawford, in
Warwickfhire, Efq; by whom he had one fon, Edward ; and a
daughter, Margaret. Edward took to wife Dorothy, daughter
A a 3 and
S58 C A V E, of Stanford.
and coheir of Nicholas Mallory, of Winwick, in Northampton-
fhire, and of Nevvbold Revell, in Warwickshire, Efq; but left
only two daughters, his coheirs, Catharine, married to Sir Tho-
mas Andrews, of Charwelton, in Northamptonshire, Knt. and
Margaret, to Thomas Boughton, of Lawford, in Warwickshire,
Efq j (his wife furviving him, married George Afhby, Efq;) The
daughter Margaret married Thomas Saunders, of Harrington, in
Northamptoniliire, Efq; by whom (lie had Laurence Saunders,
who was burnt for the teftimony of the Gofpel, in the Little Park,
within the city of Coventry, 2 and 3 Ph. and Mary. Captain
Saunders, Slain at Newbury ; and Sir Edward Saunders, Knight,
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and other children. His
fecond wife was Margaret, daughter of John Saxby, of North-
ampton, Merchant of the Staple, by whom he had eight fons, and
four daughters ; 1. Sir Thomas, of whom hereafter ; 2. Anthony
Cave, of Chichley, in Bucks, Efq; who married Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Lovet, of Aftwell, in Northamptonshire,
Efq; She afterwards married, to her fecond hufband, John New-
digate, of Harfleld, in Middlefex, Efq; and to her third hufband,
Richard Wefton, Efq; one of the JuStices of the King's Bench.
By her firft hufband fhe had only four daughters and coheirs ;
I. Judith, married to William Chefter, Efq; fon and heir of
Sir William CheSter, Knt. Lord Mayor of London ; 2. Anne,
wife of Griffith Hampden, of Hampden, in Bucks, Efq; 3. Mar-
tha, to John Newdigate, of Arbury, in Warwickshire, Efq; and
4. Mary, to Sir Jerom Weflon, Knt. fon and heir of the Judge,
from whom the WeStons, Earls of Portland, were defcended.
The third fon was Clement Cave, who married Margery, daugh-
ter and coheir of Nicholas Mallory, of Newbold Revell, in War-
wickshire, Efq; and died without i{Tue, and lies buried in Stan-
ford church. His wife, furviving him, afterwards married John
Cope, of Eydon, in Northamptonshire, Efq; 4. Sir Ambrofe
Cave, Knt. who was High Sheriff for Warwickshire, and Lei-
cestershire, 2 Edw. VI. and one of the Knights of the Shire for
the county of Warwick, 4 and 5 Ph. and Mary, and 5 E!rz. he
was alio Chancellor of the duchy of Lancafter, and one of the
Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth ; a Gentleman in great eiteem
with that Queen, and a moSt intimate friend of the Lord Trea-
iurcr Burleigh's. Attending at Court, on a public night, her
Majclty's gaiter flipped off, as She was dancing ; Sir Ambrofe,
taking it up, offered it to her, who refufmg it, he tied it on his
left arm, and laid, he would wear it for his Miftrefs's fake, as
lung as he lived. In the pofteiTion of the family is an original
picture of him, with the garter round his arm. He married
Margaret1, eldeft daughter and coheir of William Willington, of
Barcneftoiij in Warwickshire, Efq; relict of Thomas Holte, of
Alton,
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Alton, in Warwickmire, Efq; and left onlv one daughter, Mar-
garet, his fole heir, who married Henry Knollys, Efq; Ton and
heir of Sir Henry Knollys, Knight of the moft noble Order of
the Garter, by whom he had two daughters, his coheirs ; Eli-
zabeth, married to Sir Henry Willou^hby, of Riiley, in D,rby-
fhire, Knt. and Laetitia, wife of William, Lord Pager, Baron of
Beaudefert, in Staffordfriire, anceftor to the late Earl of Ux-
bnds;e. This Sir Ambrofe lies buried in Stanford church. —
5. Francis Cave, who took to wife Margaret, daughter of Tho-
mas Lille, of Surry, LL. D. from whom the Caves of Bargrave
were defcended. 6. Richard Cave, of Pkkwell, in Leiceftcr-
/hire, Efq; who married Barbara, daughter of Sir William Fiel-
ding, of Newnham Padox, m Warwickmire, Knt. by whom
he had John Cave, of Pickwel), Efq; High Sheriff of the county
of Leiceftcr, 17 James I. who had ieveral fons. His third fen,
John, was Reclor of Pick well, of whofe fufferings, and ill
ufage, we have the following account, in Walker's Sufferings
of the Clergy.
' He was born in the pariih of Pickwell, and educated at
Lincoln-college, in Oxford ; where he was chamber- fellow
with the famous Dr. Sanderfon, for eight years. " After he was
fettled here in his native parith, he attended his mimilerial cure
with great diligence, and lived in great efteem and reipeel: with
all his neighbours, till the breaking out of the Great Rebellion
in the year 1642. The firft attack that was made upon him,
was when the Parliament fent a regiment to be quartered about
that place, where fix troopers, with their hories, were quar-
tered upon him ; who continued off and on for a year or two.
They firft attempted him by way of difpitte, concerning the
Liturgy and conftitution of the Church of England, which
paffed in writing, by way of objection and SnTwen : but find-
ing they were like to do little good that way, they betook
themfelves to rougher methods. Thev ravaged his houfe, and
abufed his children and fervant-, demanded unreasonable pro-
visions to be made for them ; and would fom?times take up a
good dim of meat from the tabic, mrl throw it upon the ground,
beeaufe not cooked, or drefk-d up to their humour and palate >
they debauched fome of the fcrvants ; and when complaint
was made of it to fome of the neighbouring- Juftices, and to
fome of their fupcrior officers, no remedy could be had. Not
content with this, when three or four of their horfes were
ftolen one night out of the liable, they accuicd him of the
theft, carried him to their head-quarters, and tried him at a
council of war for his life ; and were ready to pafe fentence
upon him, when Colonel Ireton, coming;; fuddenly in, and ex-
amining int the matter, fufpecled there was fome villainy in
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* it ; as indeed it afterwards appeared, that they were fiolen- by
* fome of their own party. Whereupon he put a flop to their
* proceedings, and difmiffcd him. When this would not do,
* they fell a tampering with the parifhioners, to try if they could
* prefer, and bring articles againll: him ; but at prefent they could
c find none for their purpofe; and becaufe he ftill perfifted in a
c firm loyalty to the King, and unfhaken zeal for the Church of
* England, praying for the Biftiops, after they had been voted
e down by the Parliament, they one time came into the church*
* and difcharged a piftol at him then in the pulpit ; and at an-
* other time plucked him out of the pulpit, and pulled his gown
* over his ears. After feveral attempts to get falfe witneiTes,
4 they at lad corrupted three or four, a tailor, a miller, a
* weaver, and one more : whereupon articles were drawn up,.
c fubfcribed, and fworn to before the Committee of Leicefter;
* though fome of them afterwards upon their death-beds fent for
* him, and profefled they could not die, till they had declared*
* that they had been fuborned to teftify and fwear againlt him.
* Some years matters hung in this way ; he being banded from
* Committee to Committee, though the clearnefs of his cafe was
* fuch, that they could bring it to no conclufion. By this time
* one of the Committee of Leicefter had combined with one
* Wells, an Independent Preacher, who having a fon brought up
* a filk-weaver in New-England, fent for him over to be married
' to the Committee-man's daughter, and the Rectory of Pick-
* well was pitched upon for the portion for his daughter. And
* now matters were pufhed on with more vigour : but finding
* that little good would be done at country Committees, the caufe
* was removed to London, and brought before the Committee of
* the Houfe of Commons ; where Mr. Cave was advifed to retain
c Bradfhaw, for his Council ; who at firft told him, that his
c cafe was clear and good : but being tampered with the night
c before the trial, by the oppofite party, he told him the next
* morning, he much feared how his cafe would go ; and two of
e his near kinfmen, both Members of the Houfe, Sir William
* Armyn, and Sir Arthur Haflerigg (the only two he was re-
* lated to of that party) firmly promifed him to be at the
' Committee, and to fupport his caufe ; but both of them thought
* fit to beabfent. Accordingly the caufe went againft him j and
* an order was directed to the Committee in the country to dif-
* pofTcfs him ; who fent a file of mufqueteers, and turned father,
4 mother, and fix children, out of doors at once, not fuffering
* the neighbours to take them in, nor to have one bit of bread,
* nor draught of drink, out of their own houfe. And now, hav-
* ing made clean work of it, a parcel of itinerant preachers were
* fent to Pickwell, to mock God with a dzy ot thankfgiving, that
the
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* the people were delivered from fuch an ignorant, unlearned,
' and unfkilful teacher. He and his family notwithftandin°: were
' entertained by the neighbours for the prefent, though they were
c not fuffered long to continue there, nor he to teach fchool there,
* or elfewhere. Whereupon he took up his dwelling nearStam-
* ford ; where not being fufFered to abide long, he removed up.
' to London ; when being broken with age and fufterings, and
* worn out with long and tedious winter journeys, from Com-
c mittee to Committee, he departed this life about the beginning
* of November, 1657/
Dr. William Cave, (fon of the faid John,) is that learned
writer, who was fo great an honour to this nation, and author
of Scnptorum Ecclefiafticorum Hiftoria Literaria, in two vols,
fol. The Lives of the Fathers, Primitive Chriitianity, &c.
Bryan Cave, the feventh fon of Richard, by Margaret Saxby,
his fecond wife, beforementioned, was Sheriff of Leicefterfhire
and Warw. 6 Phil, and Mary, and again temp. Eliz. He mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Sir George Throckmorton, Knt. by
whom he had two fons ; r. Edward, who married Barbara,
daughter and coheir of Sir William Devereux, Knt. 2. Henry,
of Ingarfby, in Leicefterfhire, who married the daughter of Gre-
gory Ifham, of Pitchley, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; 8. Auftin <
Cave, who embraced a religious life. The daughters were,
J.Elizabeth, married to William Wirley, of Hamfted, in the
parifh of Houndefworth, in Staffordfhire, Efq; 2. Dorothy, wife
of William Smith, alias Harris, of Witchcock, in Leicefterfhire,
Efq; 3. Prudence, wife to John Crooke, alias Blunt, of Chil-
ton, in Bucks, Efq; one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, from
whom defcended the Lord Chief Juftice Crooke ; 4. Bridget,
married to Francis Tanfield, of Gayton, in Northamptonfhire,
Efq; from whom defcended Baron Tanfield. Richard, the fa-
ther of thefe fons and daughters, died 1528, and was buried at
Stanford.
16. Sir Thomas Cave, Knt. his eldeft: fon, by the fecond
venter, was Lord of the whole manor of Stanford and Stormf-
more, alias Stormfworth, and of Downe, and Wefterhill. He
married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir John Danvers,
of Waterftock, in Oxfordfhire, Knt. (and Margaret, his wife,
daughter of Hampden, of Hartwcll, in Bucks, Efq; fon
and heir to William Danvers, Efq; Lord Chief Juftice of the
Common-Pleas, by Anne, his wife, daughter and heir of John
Pure}', of Chamberhoufe, in Thatcham, in Berks, Efq; which
William, the Lord Chief Juftice, was fon and heir of John
Danvers, of Colthorp, in Berks, Efq; and Jane, his fecond
wife, daughter and heir of William Bruley, of Waterftock, Efq;)
by
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by whom be had fix Tons, and eight daughters; I. John, who
died young ; 2. Richard Cave, of Little Oakley, in Northamp-
tonshire, Efq; who married Elizabeth, eldeft daughter of Sir Ed-
Ward Montagu, Knt. Lord Chief Juftice of the Common Pleas,
by whom he had only two daughters, Elizabeth, married to Ed-
ward Gates ; and Anne, who died young ; his widow afterwards
married William Markham, of Little Oakley, Efq; 3. Edward
Cave, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Conway, of
Ragley, in Warwickfhire, Knt. and left one fon, John, who died
young; 4. Roger, who continued the line; 5. Ambrofe ; and
6. Anthony, who both died young. The daughters were, 1. Amy5
married to John Hunt, of Lindon, in Rutlandfhire, Efq; 2. Mary,
married to William Skevington, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; 3. Mar-
garet, married to Sir William Mering, of Mering, in Notting-
hamshire, Knt. 4. Elizabeth, married to Sir Humphry Stafford,
of Blotherwick, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. 5. Margery, married
iirfr, to Francis Farnham, ofQuarndon, in Lei cefter (hire ; fe-
condly, to John Daffet, of Hill Morton, in Warwickfhire, Efqrs.
6. Barbara, died young ; 7. Alice, married to John Skevington,
of Fifherwick, in St afford (hire, Efq; and 8. Sufan, to Sir John
Bowes, of Elford, in Staffordmire, Knt. Sir Thomas, the fa-
* ther of all thefe, died Sept. 4, 1558, and lies buried with his
Lady in Stanford church.
17. Roger Cave, Efq; eldeft furviving fon, married Margaret,
daughter of Richard Cecil, of Burleigh, in Northamptonfhire,
Efq; fifter to the famous William, Lord Burleigh, Lord High
Treafurer of England, (ancefrorto the Earls of Exeter, and Sa-
3ifbury,) by whom he had four fons, and four daughters ; 1. Sir
Thomas, of whom hereafter ; 2\Sir William Cave, Knt. who
married, firft, Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Grey, of Enfield, in
Staffordmire, Efq; by whom he had feveral children ; and fe-
condly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Burnell, of Winckborne,
in Nottinghamfhire, by whom he had no iffue ; 3. Cecil, who
married twice ; firft, Anne, daughter and fole heir of Anthony
Ben net, of Greenwich, in Kent, Efq; and left two daughters his
coheirs, Abigail, the eldeft, married, firft, to Henry Tremam,
Efq; fon and heir to Sir Thomas Trefham, of Newton, in
Northamptonfhire, Knt. and fecondly, to Sir William Sherrard,
of Stapleford, in Lcicefterfhirc, Knt. created Lord Sherrard, 6t
Le Trim, in Ireland, anceftor to the prefent Earl of Harborough.
Anne, youngefl daughter and coheir, married William Tufton,
Efq; Ion and heir or Sir John Tufton, of Raynham, in Effex,
Bart, by his fecond wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Markham,
of ? but had no iffue ; 4. John, who died a bachelor, May 3,
1639, and lies buried at St. Mary's, in Nottingham. The
daughters
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daughters of Roger, were, Elizabeth, married to Walter Bagor,
of Blithfleld, in Staffordfhire, Efq; Margaret, to Sir William
Skipwith, of Cotes, in Leicefterfhire, Knt. Anne, to Sir Edmund
Builey, of Hather, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. and Dorothy, to
Hartop, in Leicefterfhire, Efq; This Roger Cave, Efq; died at
Stanford, July 26, 1586.
18. Sir Thomas Cave, of Stanford, Knt. eldeft ion of Roo-cr,
had iflue, by Eleanor, daughter of Nicholas St. John, of Lydyard
Tregoz, in Wilts, Efq; four fons, and two daughters ; 1. Ri-
chard, a young Gentleman of great expectation, liberally educated
at Oxford, and for farther improvement, travelled into France,
and intending for Italy, died at Padua, aged nineteen, July 26,
1606 ; having on his death-bed refufed extreme unction, and
auricular confefiion, from the Ecclefiafticks there, they made a
diligent fearch for his body, in order to burn his heretical remains,
but it was preferved from their fury by his friends, who threw it
into the Adriatic Gulph, efteeming the deep more merciful thaa
a miftaken religious fury.
The fecond fon was Sir Thomas, of whom hereafter ; 3. Oli-
ver Cave, of Swinford, in Leicefterfhire, who married Fran-
ces, daughter of Sherrington Talbot, of Ridge, in Shropfhire,
Efq; and died in Sept. 1660, aged fiftv-fix, and lies buried at?
Stanford ; 4. St. John Cave, who married Bridget, daughter of
, by whom he had Oliver Cave, of Clifton, in
Warwickfhire, Efq; and a daughter, Eleanor, married to Ed-
ward Chamberlaine, of Princethorp, in Warwickfhire, Efq;
The two daughters of Sir Thomas were, Margaret, married, firft,
to Sir John Wynne, of Gwidder, in Caernarvonmire, Bart,
fecondly, to the Lord Aungier, Mafter of the Rolls, in Ireland ;
and Eleanor, firft married to Sir George Beefton, of Beefton-
Gaftle, in Chefhire, Knt. and fecondly, to Sir Thomas Roe, of
Bullwick, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. Chancellor of the Moft
Noble Order of the Garter, and Ambafiador to the Emperor
Ferdinand III.
ia. Sir Thomas Cave, the eldeft furvivinfe fon and heir,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Herbert Croft, of Croft -
Caftle, in Herefordfhire, Knt. by whom he had one fon, Sir
Thomas, and two daughters, Lucy, who died young, and Do-
rothy, married to Sir Rowland Berkley, of Cotheridge, in
Worcefterfhire, Knt.
20. Sir Thomas Cave, his only fon and fucceftor, having re-
ceived the honour of Knighthood, was afterwards advanced to
the dignity of an Englifh Baronet, 16 Car. It He was one of
the Deputy Lieutenants for the county of Northampton, and,
during the Civil Wars, a ftrenuous alTertor of his Sovereign's
caufe, fupplying him with arms, ammunition, &c.
Si
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364 CAVE, of Stanford,
Sir Thomas married, firft, Catharine, daughter of Sir An-
thony Haflewood, of Maidwell, in Northamptonftiire, Knt. by
whom he had no iflue ; fecondly, Penelope, daughter of the Lord
Vifcount Wenman, of Tuam, in the kingdom of Ireland, by
■whom he had Sir Roger, his fucceflbr ; Thomas, who died a
bachelor ; Ambrofe, a Brigadier, in the Life-guard, who was
unfortunately flain, 1690, as he was fitting peaceably in his
chair, in publick company, by one Biron, an Officer, whofe life
he had frequently fpared, though many provocations had caufed
frequent fkirmifliing between them, and in return for his gene-
rofity, Mr. Biron run his fword through his back, as be fat in
his chair, of which wound he foon died ; the fword was left in
his body, but the offender fled, and no diligence could difcover
him. Sir Thomas had alfo a daughter, Eleanor, who died un-
married ; and Mary, married to Sir Orlando Bridgman, of Rid-
ley, in Chefhire, Bart, fecond fon of the Lord-keeper ; and other
fens and daughters, that died ifluelefs.
2r. Sir Roger Cave, Bart, the eldeft fon, and heir, reprefen-
ted the city of Coventry, in the Oxford Parliament, 32 Car. II.
and ferved again for the fame city, in the Parliament held at
Weftminfter, 1 Jac. II. He married two wives ; 1. Martha,
daughter and heir of John Brown, of Eydon, in Northampton-
fhire, Efq; Clerk of the Parliament ; 2. Mary, daughter of Sir
William Bromley, of Bagington, in Warwickfhire, Knight of
the Bath, and fitter of the Right Hon. William Bromley, Efq;
late Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, and principal Secretary
of State to Queen Anne, who furvived him, and died Nov. 22,
1721 . By the iirft Lady he had iflue Sir Thomas, his fucceflbr ;
John ; Charles (drowned at fea, in the great ftorm, Nov. 1703,
being on board one of her Majefty's fhips of/ war;) another
John ; and Oliver; alfo two daughters, Elizabeth (flrft wife of
Sir John Chefhire, Knt. Serjeant at Lav/,) who died Aug. 16,
1705; and Penelope, {married to John Crefwell Wentworth,
of Lillingfton Lovell, in Oxfordfhire, Efq;) who died June 4,
1726, having furvived her faid fifter and brothers, who all, ex-
cept Sir Thomas, died without iflue.
Sir Roger, by his fecond Lady, before mentioned, had iflue,
Roger Cave, of Eydon, in Northamptonfhire, and of Raunfton,
in Leicefterfhire, Efq; who married, in 1721, Catharine, daugh-
ter of William Browne, of , in Derbyfhire, Efq; and by
her had feveral children. Roger Cave, Efq; died in March,
1740-1. Sir Roger had alfo two daughters ; Mary, wife of Sir
William Dixvvell, of Coton, in Warwickfhire, Bart, who died
ilTuelefs, in h(s than ehven months after her marriage, in Feb.
J7 12-13; anc^ Eleanor, married j firft, to Sir Holland Eger-
ion, of Heaton, in Lancafhire, Bart, and, fecondly, to John
Broke,
C A V E, of Stanford* 365
Broke, Efq; fon of Sir Thomas Broke, of Norton, in Che-
(hire, Bart. She died at Heaton, Sept. 1734, leaving iflue by
both her hufbands. Sir Roger died October ii, 1703, aged
forty-nine.
22. Sir Thomas Cave, of Stanford, Bart, (fucceflbr to his
father) was in all the Parliaments from 9 Anne, till his death,
April 21, 1 7 19, reprefentative for the county of Leicefter. He
had to wife, Margaret, youngeft daughter of the Right Honoura-
ble John Verney, Vifcount Fermannagh, of the kingdom of Ire-
land, by whom he had two fons, Sir Verney, his fucceflbr, and
Thomas Cave, of the Inner-Temple, Eft]; Barrifter at Law ;
alfo two daughters ; Elizabeth, who is unmarried ; and Pene-
lope, married to Richard Thomfon, of Lincolns-Inn, Efq; one
of the Prothonotaries of the Court of Common-Pleas.
23. Sir Verney Cave, Bart, his eldeft fon, and fucceflfor, died
Sept. 13, 1734, aged twenty-nine, unmarried, and is buried in
Stanford church. Whereupon the dignity and eftate came to
his only brother,
23. Sir Thomas Cave, the prefent Baronet, who is the twen-
ty-third in a lineal defcent from Jordayne de Cave, and the heir
general of Bromflete, Genell, and Cliffe. He married, in 1736,
Elizabeth, daughter and fole heir of Griffith Davies, of Bir-
mingham, in Warwickshire, M. D. (by Elizabeth, his wife,
one of the daughters of Sir John Burgoyne, of Sutton, in Bed-
fordfhire, Bart.) and has iflue, 1. Thomas, married to Sarah,
daughter and coheir of John Edwards, of the city of Briftol,
Efq; by whom he has a fon, Thomas, an infant ; 2. Elizabeth,
married to the Right Hon. Bennet, late Earl of Harborough ;
3. Penelope; 4. Margaret; 5. Maria-Conftantia ; 6. Charles ;
7. Anne ; 8. Ifabella, all unmarried. At the laft Election, Sir
Thomas was a fourth time returned Member of Parliament for
the county of Leioefter.
Arms. Azure, Frette, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Greyhound currant, Sable; to
which, on an Efcroll proceeding from his Mouth, for Motto,
Gardez, (of the fame Signification with Cave, the Imperative of
Caveo,) alluding to the name.
Seat, At Stanford upon Avon, in Northamptonfhire.
2$, Bote-
365 B O T E L E R, of Teflon.
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85. Boteler, of Teflon, Kent
Created Baronet, July 3, 1641.
'TpHIS family, in feveral ancient deeds without date, have
A been filled de Pincerna, and are defcended from Radulp'hus
de Pincerna, living in King Henry the firft's time, who fealed
with a covered cup, and have fince, as appears by deeds, wrote
themfelves Butler, and fometimes Boteler, as the family does at
prefent.
At the Vifitation of Kent, in King James the firft's reign, they
were (tiled a right worfhipful and ancient family, by John Phili-
pot, Rouge-Dragon, marlhal and deputy for the faid county, to
Mr. William Camden, Clarencieux king at arms, as it had been
traced up by undoubted evidences, for many generations, by
Francis Thynne, Lancafter herald ; which account was exami-
ned and confirmed bv the faid Mr. Camden.
J
John Boteler was High Sheriff of Kent 22 Rich. II. He mar-
ried the daughter and heir of Richard Feverfham. In 1 Hen. V.
John Boteler was Knight of the fhire for Kent.
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Oliver Boteler, upon his
marriage with Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas Barham, of
Tefton, in Kent, Efq; removed from Shernbroke, in Bedford-
fhire, (where the grandfather of the faid Oliver came, from Kent,
and had fettled,) to Teiton, the feat of his father, where the
family have ever fince continued.
Before this marriage, the anceftors of the family married three
other heireiTes, whofe arms they quartered.
This Oliver was afterwards knighted by K. James I. and had
iiTue a daughter, Anne, married to Sir George Fane, of Button,
in Kent, Knt. fecond fon of Sir Thomas Fane, and Mary, Ba-
ronefs le Difpencer ; and three fons ; 1. Sir John Boteler, Knt.
who married Alice, daughter of Sir Edward Apfly, of Suflex,
Knt. but had no ifTue, and died in his father's life-time -3 as did
alfo James, the fecond fon ; fo that
William, the third fon, fucceeded to the eftate. He married
Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Fanfhaw, of Ware Park, in Hert-
fordfhire, Knt. in May 1631, and was the firft Baronet of this
family, advanced to that dignity 17 Car. I. At the breaking
out of the civil war, he engaged on his Majefty's fide, having
raifed and armed a regiment at his own expence, and was killed
at the fight at Cropedy-Bridge, June 29, 1644, leaving only
one fon,
Sir
H A T T O N, of Long-Stanton. 367
Sir Oliver Boteler, Bart, who fucceeded to the title and eftate,
and married, in 1665, Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Auften,
of Bexley, in Kent, Bart, by whom he had iftiie two Tons, Sir
Philip, and John ; and one daughter, Elizabeth, who died un-
married.
Sir Philip, the eldeft. fon, fucceeded his father in title and
eftate. He was Member 06 Parliament for the port of Hyeth,
temp. King William III. and Queen Anne. He married Anne,
daughter of Sir Edward Defbouverie, Knt. in 1690, and left
iftue only one fon,
Sir Philip Boteler, the prefent Baronet, who fucceeded his
father in dignity and eftate, in April, 1719, and married, in May,
1720, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Thomas Williams, of
Cabalva, in Radnorshire, Efq; by whom he had iftue only one
daughter, who died unmarried.
Arms. Argent, on a Chief, Sable, three covered Cups, Or.
Crest. Two Eagles fupporting a Vine, proper.
Motto. Aquilce Fitem, Pccula Viiam.
Seat. Barnaul's Place, atTefton, in Kent.
86. Hatton, of Long-Stanton, Cambridgefhire.
Created Baronet, July 5, 1641.
'Ti HIS family is of graat antiquity in the county of Chefter,
A Sir Thomas, the prefent Baronet, being the twenty-fourth
in a lineal defcent from Wolfrid, brother of Nigel, Baron of
Halton, and Conftable of Chefter, who wrere fons of Yvon,
Vicecomes, or Governor of Conftantia, in Normandy, by Erne,
filter of Allan, Earl of Britagne.
Which Wolfrid (or rather Wolfaith) was Lord of Hatton,
by the gift of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chefter, and wras fucceeded
by Robert, his fon and heir, who by Margaret, his wife,
daughter of Gilbert Crifpin, had iftue Sir Adam Hatton, of
Hatton, Knt. whofe fon, Sir GefTery Hatton, Knt. married a
daughter of Sir Adam Harthull, and had iiTue Sir Roger Hat-
ton, who by his wife, a daughter of Sir Peers Normanvile,
Knt. left iftue, Ralph Hatton, Efq; the father of Sir Hugh
Hatton, w-ho married Amy, daughter of Sir Randolph Vena-
blcs, and was fucceeded by Hugh, his fon and heir, who mar-
ried Mary, daughter of Sir John Ardern, Knt. and left iftue
£w© fons, John, and Hugh.
John,
368 HATTON, of Long-Stanton,
John, the deleft fon, left an only daughter and heir, Maud*
married to Ralph Vernon, Efq; whofe fon, Robert Vernon, in
right of his mother, inherited the manor of Hatton.
Hugh Hatton, the fecond fon of Hugh Hatton, by Mary
Ardern, had to wife Margaret, the daughter and heir of Jef-
fery de Brayne, and left iilue John Hatton, of Great Alderfey,
Efq; living 30 Edw. III. who by his wife, Joan, daughter
and heir of Sir John Hallom, Knt. was father of Adam Hat-
ton, of Great Alderfey, 1 Ric. II. who by Catharine, daugh-
ter of Sir William de Helefby, Knt. had William Hatton, Efq;
father of another William Hatton, Efq; who had iflue Peter
Hatton, Efq;
This Peter, by Margaret his wife, daughter and coheir to
Sir George Boftock, of Mobberley, in Chefhire, Knt. had iffue
nine fons ; 1. Richard, his fon and heir, anceftor to thofe of
Alderton, in Salop ; 2. Peter, anceftor to thofe of Kirfty-
Birches, in the fame county ; 3. Henry, to thofe of Holdenby
and Kirby, in Northamptonfhire ; 4. Robert, to thofe of Nor-
ley, in Chefhire, and of London ; 5. John, to thofe of Max-
field ; 6. Ralph, to thofe of Weverham ; 7. Adam, to thofe
of Northwich, all in Chefhire, and to thofe of Sutton, near
Nonfuch, in Surry; 8. Simon, to thofe of Stoclon-Yate, in
Chefhire ; and 9. Hugh, who died iiluelefs.
Henry, the third fon, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of William Holdenby, of Holdenby, in Northamptonfhire, Efq;
and had iffue two fons, John and Richard.
John Hatton, the eldeft fon, married Joan, daughter to John
Weftby, in Kent, Efq; and had iffue three fons, William ;
John, of whom hereafter; and Chriftopher,
William Hatton, of Holdenby, the eldeft fon, had to wife,
Alice, daughter to Laurence Saunders, of Harringworth, in
Northamptonfhire, Efq; and had iffue three fons ; Francis
Hatton, who died young; Thomas, who died without iffue;
and Chriftopher Hatton, who, by his lingular merit, became
a great ornament to his family, and raifed it firft to the honour
it now enjoys. He was bred to the Laws at the Inns of Court ;
but more like a Gentleman, than one who pretended to raife
himfelf by that profeffion. The Queen firft took notice of.
him for the comeiinefs of his perfon, and his graceful dancing
at a mafk at Court ; but more afterwards for his great abi-
lities.
He became firft one of the Queen's Gentlemen-Penfioners,
then Gentleman of the Privy-chamber, and next, Captain of
the Guard ; from which office he was advanced to be Vice-
chamberlain, one of the Privy-council ; and at length Lord-
Chancellor ;
H A T T O N, of Long-Stanton. 369
Chancellor ; being likewife made a Knight of the Garter, and
lnftallcd May 23, 1588.
His firft preferment at Court was to be one of the fifty Pen-
fioners ; whence his modeft fweetnefs of manners advanced
him to the Privy-chamber ; where he had not been long, but
his Face and tongue (which mod eloquent, which moft power-
ful, was in thole days a queftion) made him Captain of the
guard ; his prefence and fervice Vice-chamberlain ; and his
great improvement under my Lord Burleigh, placed him in that
grave affembly, (the wifeft convention in Europe at that time)
the Privy-council j where he had not fate long, when his ene-
mies as well as his friends made him Chancellor and Knight of
the Garter ; the one to raife him, and the other by that rife to
ruin him. The eagle-eyed men of thofe times carried up on
high the cockle-fnell they had a mind to crack. A man of a
pious nature, very charitable to the poor, very tender of dif-
fenting judgments, (laying, that neither fearing nor cutting
was to be ufed in the caufe of religion,) very bountiful to fcho-
Jars, (who chofe him Chancellor at Oxford,) very exact in his
place ; whence he went off, though not with the applaufe of
a great Lawyer to fplit caufes, yet with the confcience and
comfort of a juft man, to do equity.
Take his character from his own words, thofe words that
prevailed with the Q^ of Scots to appear before the Commifii-
oners at Fotheringay, when neither Q^ Elizabeth's commiflion,
nor the Lord Chancellor's reafon, nor the Dower of the kino-dom,
could perfuade that Lady to it. The words are thefe :
c You are acculed, but not condemned. You fay you are a
' Queen j be it fo : if you are innocent, you wrong your repu-
* tation in avoiding trial. You proteft yourfelf innocent ; the
1 Queen feareth the contrary not without grief and (hame. To
' examine your innocence are thefe honourable, prudent, and
c upright Ccmmillioners fent : glad will they be, with all their
' hearts, if they may return and report you guiltlefs. Believe me,
* the Que?n herfelf will be much affecled with joy, who affirm-
* ed to me, at my coming from her, that never any thing befel
* her more grievous, than that you were charged with fuch a
< crime : Wherefore lay afide the bootlefs privilege of P.oyal
6 Dignity, which here can be of no ufe to you, appear in judge -
c ment, and (hew your innocence ; left by avoiding trial, you
* draw upon yourself fufpicion, and lay upon your reputation
' an eternal blot arid afpe-rfion.'
Four things I obferve he did that deferve a chronicle :
1. That he delayed the figning of Leicfcfter's patent for the
Lieutenancy of England and Ireland, the preface to his king-
dome, until that Earl wa£ Tick.
Vol. I. Bb 2. That
37o H A T T O N, of Long-Stanton.
2. That he reduced the Chancery, and all other courts, to
rules.
3. That he ftood by the Church againft the enemies of both
(Ides. Archbimop Whitgift, when checked by others for his
due feverity, writes to him thus : c I think my felf bound to
* you for your friendly meffage as long as I live : It hath not a
* little comforted me, having received unkinde fpeeches not
* long fmce, &c.' And, therefore (after an expostulation about
fome (lates-mens proceedings againft the law and ftate of the
realm, and a declaration of his own refolution,) faith he,
* Your honour in offering that great courtefie, offered unto me
c as great a pleafure as I can deiire. Her Majefty muft be my
* refuge, and I befeech you that I may ufe you as a means, when
c occafion iliall ferye ; whereof I allure my felf, and therein reft,
* John, Cant/
4. That he promoted the proclamations for plain apparel, for
free trade, for pure religion, and the laws againft the Papifts.
None nobler, none lefs afpiring : none more bufie, yet none
more punctual in his hours and orders. Corpulent he was, but
temperate; a batchelor, (and the onely one of the Queen's
favourites,) yet chafte : quick were his difpatches, but weighty;
many his orders, and confident : numerous were the addrefies
to him, and eafie of accefs. Seldome were his orders reverfed
in Chancery, and feldomer his advice oppofed in council. So
juft he was, that his fentence was law with the fubjecl: ; fo wife,
that his opinion was oracle with his Soveraign : fo exact: was
Queen Elizabeth, that fhe called upon him for an old debt,
though it broke his heart ; fo loving, that (lie carried him a
cordial breath with her own hand, though it could not re-
vive him.
He died a batchelor, 20 Nov. anno 1591, having adopted Sir
William Newport, his nephew, viz. the fon of Dorothy Hatton,
his lifter, by John Newport, of Harringham, in Warwickfhire,
Efq; for his heir, who changed his name to Sir William Hatton,
and was then twenty-fix years of age; but in default of iflue
male by him, he fettled the greater! part of his eftate on his
god fon, Chriftophcr Hatton, fon and heir of John Hatton, his
neareft: kinfman of the male line ; being eldeft fon of John
Hatton, fecond fon of John Hatton, his father's brother, be-
fore-mentioned.
Which Sir William Newport, alias Hatton, leaving (by Eli-
zabeth, his wife, daughter and heir to Sir Francis Gawdy, Knt.
Lord Chief Jufiice of the Common-Pleas,) only a daughter,
Frances, married to Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick, the faid
Chriftopher Hatton, did accordingly enjoy the eftate.
Which
HATTON, of Long-Stanton. ■ 371
Which Chriftopher was made Knight of the Bath, at the
Coronation of King James I. and was the anceftor to Lord Vif-
count Hatton, as is hereafter (hewn.
John Hatton, Efq; (fecond fori of John, and Joan his wife,
daughter of John Weftby, before mentioned,) was of Gravel-
end, in Ktnt, and had by his wife Lionis, daughter of •
War, or Ware, in Suflex, two fons; i. William Hatton, of
Gravefend ; and, 2. John.
This John, (fecond fon of John, of Gravefend) was of Stan-
ton, in Cambridgeshire, and living in 1579. He married Jane,
daughter of Robert Shute, Baron of the Exchequer, and c;ne of
the Juftices of the Common-Pleas, and by her had, 1. Sir Chri-
flopher Hatton, of Kirby, i;i Northamptonfhire, Knt. made
Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King James I. from
whom is descended Lord Vifccunt Hatton, as before mention-
ed ; 2 Robert ; 3. Thomas.
Sir Thomas Hatton, of Long-Stanton, Cambridgeshire, Knt.
(third fon of the laft named John Hatton, Efq;) was by King
Charles I. created a Baronet of England. He married Mary,
daughter of Sir Giles Arlington, of Horfe-heath, in Cambridge-
(hire, Knt. and left three fons ; 1. Thomas ; 2. John, who died
without iflue; 3. Sir Chriftopher ; and three daughters ; Alary ;
Elizabeth, married to Sir William Boteler, of Kinton, in Bed-
fordshire, Knt. and Jane. He died Sept. 23* 1658, aged le-
venty-five.
Sir Thomas, his eldeft {on, fucceeded him, who married Brid-
get, daughter of Sir William Goring, of Burton, in Suffex,
Bart, and by her had two fons, Chriftopher, and Thomas ; and
feverai daughters ; of which Mary married John Pocklington,
of Huntingdon ; Elizabeth, to Thomas Day, of Qui, in Cam-
bridgefhire, Efqrs; Rebecca, to - Crayker, of London ; and
Dorothy, to Tirrel Dalton, of Fulborne, in Cambridgeshire,
Efq. 'i he fons of Sir Thomas both lived to enjoy the tide,
buc died young, within a few days of each other : Whereupon
the title fell to
Sir Chriftopher Hatton, Bart, third fon of Sir Thomas, the
firft Baronet, (John, the fecond fori, dying without iffue before
his elder brother.) This Sir Chriftopher had to wife, LJizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Buck, of Wi ft wick, in Cambridgefhire,
Efq; and by her had feverai fons, and one daughter; whereof
only two fons, viz. Sir Thomas, and Sir John, funived him ;
and the daughrer, who died fppn after him, unmarried. Sir
Chriftopher died in October, 1720, and was fucceeded in tide
and eftate bv his eldeft nimving fon,
Sir Thonfas Hatton, Bart, who married, firft, Elizabeth,
daughter an J heir of Cooper Oftebar, of Henvvick, in fiexlford-
B b 2 ibire,
372 A B D Y, of Felix-Hall.
fhire, Efq. She dying May 5, 1732, aged forty-four, he mar-
ried foon after, to his fecond Lady, Henrietta, daughter of Sir
James Attry, of Woodend, in the pariih of Harlington, in
Bedfordshire, Knt. (by Anne, his wife, fecond daughter of Sir
Thomas Penyfton, of Cornwall, in Oxfordfhire, Bart.) and
dying at Woodend, June 22, 1733, was buried in the chancel
of Long-Stanton. Leaving no iflue, the title and eftate def-
cended to his only furvivirig brother,
Sir John Katton, Bart, who married Mary, daughter of Tho-
mas Hawkes, Gent, and reliclof Mr. William Hitch, by whom
he left three daughters ; one of them, Elizabeth, is dead ; and
one fon, Sir Thomas, his fucceilbr ; and dying June, 1 740,
was fucceeded in title and eflate by his only fon,
Sir Thomas Katton, the prefent Baronet, born Sept. 14,
1728, who married a daughter of Dingley Afcham, of Con-
nington, in Cambrfdgefhire, Efq; and had'two fons, of whom
the eldeft died young.
The Rev. William Hatton, third fon of Sir Chrifropher, who
died before his father, married Sufanna, daughter of Mr. Hin-
ton, and had by her one fon, Chriftopher, who is Rector of
Girton, in Cambridgeihire.
Arms. Azure, a Chevron between three Garbs, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, an Hind, Or.
Seat. At Long-Stanton, in Cambrid^efhirc, four miles
from Cambridge.
87. Abdy, of Felix-Hall, EiTex.
Created Baronet, July 7, 1641.
THIS family is defcended from Richard Abdy, of Abdy, in
Yorkfbire, (from whence probably they took their name.)
Which Richard married Mrs. Joan Mufgrave, and had iflue
Robert Abdy, of Abdy, in the county of York, who married
Mrs. Eleanor Metcalf. His fon Robert, married Mrs. Joan
Norreys, and had iflue Thomas Abdy, of Abdy, who married
Cecily, daughter of William Tijas, of Yorkfhire, Efq; whofe
fecond fon, Roger Abdy, of London, married Mary, daughter
of White, of Huttou-Hall, in Eflcx, and died 1595. ^'s
third fon, Anthony Abdy, Efq; Alderman of London, died
Sept. 1640, having married Abigail, daughter to Sir Thomas
Catr.bell, Knt. Alderman of London, and by her had feveral
children ; and from him defcended three Baronets, Sir Thomas,
of Felix-Hall, of whom we are to treat ; Sir Robert, ofAl-
byns,
A B D Y, of Felix-Hall. 373
byns, in EiTex ; and Sir John Abdy, of Moores, in the fame
county, created Baronet Jorfle 22j j66o, both which titles are
extinct. Alice, one of ihe daughters of this Anthony, married
Sir John Brainfton, Knight of the Bath. His eldeit fon,
Thomas Abdv, Efo: was the firft Bare net of this family, ad-
vanced to that dignity 17 Car. I. He married two wives ;
I. Mary, daughter of Lucas Corfellis, of London, Merchant ;
iecondly, Anne, daughter of Sir 'Thomas Soame, of London,
Knr. and had ifiiie by both wives.
Sir Anthony Abdy, Bart, his elded fon, (by the firft. wife,)
fucceeded him in the title and eftate; and married Mary,
daughter of Dr. Milwardj of Wind for, by whom he had four
fons, and eiefat daughters : one of which married William
Stane, of Folyots-Hall, in EfTex, Efq; and dying April 2, 1704,
was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeit fon,
Sir Anthony-Thomas Abdy, Bart, who was thrice married;
firff, to Mary, daughter and fole heir to Hope Giffbrd, of Col-
chefler, Efq; fecondly to Charlotte, daughter of Sir Thomas
Barnadifton, of Keddington, in Suffolk, Bart. By the latter
marriage he had one daughter, Charlotte ; which Lady dying
on the 19th of February, 1731, he took to his third wife the
daughter and heir of Williams, Efq; of EfTex, who like-
wife did, without iflue male, on Sept. 21, 1745. Sir An-
thony died in June, 1733, and leaving no male liilie, was fuc-
ceeded by his next brother,
Sir William Abdy, Bart, who married the daughter and fole
heir of Philip Stotherd, and had iflue feveral daughters, and
three fons ; 1. Sir Anthony-Thomas, his fuceeffor ; 2. the Rev.
Stotherd, whole firft wife was Elizabeth, lifter of Ambrofe Dick-
ens, Efq; who died in Feb. 1758, without ifiiie ; he re-mar-
ried, Aug. 7, 1759, ^lrs- Altham, of Markhall, in Effex, but
has no iffue. 3. William, a Captain in the Royal Navy, and
is unmarried. Sir William died Jan. 25, 1750, and was fucceed-
ed in title and eftate, by his eldeft fon,
Sir Anthony-Thomas Abdy, the prefent Baronet, who is one
of his Majefty's Council learned in the Law. In Feb. 1763,
he was elected one of the Reprefentatives in Parliament for
Knareiborough, in Yorkfhire ; and was again chofen for the
fame place, at the laft Election. He married , daughter
and coheirefs of Hamilton, Efq; but has no iflue.
Arms. Or, two Chevronels, between three Trefoils flipped,
Sable.
Crest. An Eagle's Head, Proper.
Seat. Felix-Hall, in r5flex.
B b 2 88. Bamp-
374 B A M P F Y L D E, of Poltimore.
88. Bampfylde, of Poltimore, Devonfhire.
Created Baronet, July 14, 164'J.
'X'HIS is a family of good antiquity, who have long flou-
A riihed, with great reputation and efieem, in the county of
Devon ; but it is not certain when they firft refuted at Polti-
more. They were fole Lords of it in Edward the firiVs reign,
having then prefented to the Living of Poltimore. The Hock-
ilham eftate lies contiguous to it, and is in the prefent Sir Ri-
chard's pofteilion, being brought into the family by the fecond
match in this pedigree, who was a daughter of de Hock-
iiham. Weiion Bampneld, in Scmerfetfnire, belongs now to
Sir Richard, and has always been pcffeffed by the heirs male,
as far as there are any traces to be found of this family. A
confiderable eftate, at Hardington, in Somerfctmire, was given
to Sir Copleftone Warwick Bampfylde, father of Sir Ri-
chard, by Warwick Bampfylde, a defcendant from Peter
Baumneid, fecond fon of John Baumhlde, by Agnes de Peder-
ton ; fince which time the name of Warwick has been taken
by the family. Margaret St. Maur was defcended from the
Barons of that name, through the Levels, Barons of Caftle-
Cary ; the Earls of Douglas, in Scotland ; the Earls of Bre-
teuil, Pacey, and Yvery, in Normandy; alfo the Lords de la
Zouche, of Afhby ; Roger de Quinace, Earl of Winchefter,
&c. &c. She was the heir of St. Maur, and Sir Richard ap-
pears to be entitled to that Barony.
The fir ft we find mentioned of this family is Baum-
nlde, who married a daughter of John Haftings, and had iffue
Baumhlde, whofe wife was a daughter of de Hock-
imam, (the eftate now held by Sir Richard,) by whom he had
iffue John Baumhlde, fole Lord of Poltimore in the reign of
Edward I. who married Ifabel, daughter of John Faber, and
had iffue John Baumnlde, who took to wife Eleanor, daughter
of Humphry Beauchamp, of Rima, and was father of John
Baumnlde, who, by Joanna, daughter of Sir FJchard More-
ton, Knt. was father of John Baumhlde, whofe wife was Ifa-
bella, daughter of John de Cobham, and had iffue,
John Baumhlde, Efq; who married, flrft, Joanna, daughter
of Geoffrey Gilbert, of Compton ; and, feconqly, Joanna Ha-
ftings. By his firffc wife he had a fon, John, who died with-
out iffue. Alfo,
Thomas Baumnlde, Efq; who married Agnes, daughter of
Adam Copleftone, by whom he had three daughters, Alice,
Joanna, and Agnes; and two fons : I he younger fon, Tho-
mas, died young ; and the elder, John
BAMPFYLDE, of Poltimore. tf$
John Baumfilde, Efq; married Agnes, daughter of John de
Pederton, by whom h: had two Tons, Sir William Baumfilde,
Knt. and Peter Baumfilde, of Hardington ; alfo two daughters;
Elizabeth, married to Henry Fraunceis, of Ccrnbflory, in So-
merfetfnire, Efq; and Thomazin, married to Paunsfoot,
Efq; This John and his wife lie buried in Poltimore church.
Sir William Baumfilde, Knt. elded fori of John before men-
tioned, married Margaret, daughter of Walter Paunstoot, by
whom he had one fon, and two daughters, Agnes and Alice.
Walter Baumfilde. his fon and heir, married, firft, Grace,
daughter of Sir Ralph Pudfey, Knt. and, fecondly, Conftance,
daughter of Edward Langford, E(qj He died 19 Edward IV.
and, by his firft wife, left ifiue,
Wiliiam Baumfilde, Efq; who married, firft, Margaret,
daughter of John St. Maur, (and coheirefs to Dame Mary
Drewrie, and afterwards of John St. Maur.) His fecond wife
was Margaret, daughter of Nicholas Kirkham, relict of John
Cheyney, of Pin-Hoe. By his firft wife he had iflue one fon,
and two daughters ; Margaret, married to Richarde Yarde, of
Bradley, Efq; and Elizabeth, to Eye, Efq;
Edward Baumfilde, his only fon and heir, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Nicholas Wadham, of Merifield, Knt. by whom
he had one fon, and five daughters; 1. Laurentia, married,
firft, to Bidwell, and afterwards to Robert Fulford, Efqrs;
2. Elizabeth, married to George Percival, from whom is def-
cended the prefent Earl of Esmont ; 3. Mary, married to Wil-
liam Warder, Efq; 4. Joanna, married to Richard Pollard, Efq;
and, 5. Catharine, to Erafmus Pym, of Some rfe till ir^, Efq;
Richard Baumfilde, Efq; his fon and heir, married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Sir John Sydenham, Knt. of Brimpton, So-
merfetfhire, by whom he had three fons ; Sir Amias, of whom
hereafter; Giles, and Richard ; alfo nine daughters ; I.Eli-
zabeth, married to George Carey, of Claviilie, Efq; 2. Joan-
na ; 3. Urfula, married to Thomas Fulford, of Fulford, Efq;
4. Sufan, married to John Hicks, of Witheridge, Efq; 5. Mary,
married to Humphry Moore, Efq; fon of Sir John Moore, Knt.
6. Gertrude, married to John Harding, of Dorfet, Efq; 7. Anne,
married to Chi iftopher Morgan, of Dorfet, Efq; 8. Catharine ;
and, 9. Margaret, married to William Lacy, of Hartrowe, So-
merfelftnre, Efq;
There is a tradition (faysWotton) that during this Gen-
tleman's minority he became a prey to fome great perfon, who
carried him into a diftant country, and bred him up in the
drudgery of the family, concealing from him his quality and
eftate, and at laft made him his h-untfman ; but one of his te-
nants (being his nurfe's hufband) difcovering where he was
B b 4 detained^
376 B A M P F Y L D E, of Poltimore.
detained, made him acquainted with his fortune ; the truth of
which he convinced him of, by a remarkable mole which he
had in his back, and brought him away privately to Brimpton,
the feat of John Sydenham, Efq; who affiled him in his return
to Poltimore, and foon after gave him his daughter in marriage.
In confirmation of which, he lies at length, with a hound at
his feet, under a monument in Poltimore church. Having re-
ceived no account frcm the family, concerning this particular,
I do not prefume to give it as authentic. According to the in-
fcription on his monument, he died May 29, 1594, and his
wife, May 4, 1599.
Sir Amias Baumhlde, Knt. his elded fon and heir, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Clifton, of Barrington, in
ScmerfetlLire, Knt. by whom he had ifTue fix Ions, and four
daughters. Richard, his eldeft fon, died without ifTue j John,
of whom hereafter ; William, Amias, Edward, and James.
Of the daughters, Dorothy married, firft, Edward Hancock,
Efq; and, fecondly, Sir John Dodridge, Knt. one of the Juftices
cf the King's Bench -, Jane married Sir Francis Drake, of
Buckland, Knt. Anne and Elizabeth died unmarried. This
Amias died at Cotton Heath, Feb. 9, 1625, aged fixty-five,
and lies buried under a irately monument in the church at
North Molton, in Devonfhire.
John BaumfJde, his fon and fucceiTor, was Member of Par-
liament for Tiverton, in this county, 1 James I. as alfo for
the county, 3 Charles I. and married Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Drake, of Buckland, Devon, Efq; by whom he had
eight fons, and feven daughters. The fons were, Amias, Ar-
thur, Sir John, (of whom hereafter,) Richard, Lev/is, Francis,
Alexander, and Thomas. The daughters were, Elizabeth,
married to Afhford, of Aihford, in Devon, Efq; Dorothy,
married to Henry Worth, of Worth, in the fame county ; Joan,
Anne, and Urfula ; Bridget married to Henry Henley, of Lee,
Somerfetihire, Efq; and Mary, wife of James Rodd, of Stoke,
in Devon, Efq;
John Bamprylde, Efq; (third fon and fucceiTor of John be-
fore-mentioned,) was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet,
17 Charles I. being at that time Member of Parliament for
Penryn, in Cornwall. He married Gertrude, daughter of Amias
2. Anias, married to Arabella, daughter of Sir Huch Wvnd-
ham, of Kentsfoid, Somerfetihire, Knight Banneret, and died,
leaving two daughters, Gertrude^ and Mary ; 3. Lewis mar-
ried to Elizabeth, daughter of — -■■- Hull, of To Puddle, in
Dorfet,
BAMPFYLDE, of Poltimore. 277
Dorfet, Efq; by whom he left two Tons, and two daughters ;
John, Edmund, Elizabeth, and Anne. 4. John, and 5. Ri-
chard, who both died unmarried. The daughters were,
I.Elizabeth, married to Thomas Moore, of Haychurch, in
Devon, Eiq; 2. Gertrude, wife of Sir William Morrice, of
Werrington, in Devon, Bart. 3. Sufanna, married to John
GifYord, of Brightley, in Devon, Efq; 4. Grace, wife of Sir
William Ballard, of Garfton ; 5. Frances, efpoufed to Sir John
El well, of Pinhoe, Knt. 6. Dorothy, wife of Sir Francis
Drake, of Buck land, in Devon, Bart. 7. Urlula ; and 8. Alary,
who both died unmarried.
Sir Copleftone Bampfylde, Bart, eldcft fon and fuccefibr to
his father, was defigned by his guardians, (his father dying
while he was young,) to have a liberal education. He was,
therefore, when in fome meafure qualified for it by fchool
learning, fent to the Univerfity of Oxford, where he became
a Member, in the quality of a Nobleman, (as they are there
called,) of Corpus Chrifti College. How well he anfwerei
that title, appeared from his very fplendid way of living there,
and that large and noble plate he left to his College when he
went thence, which remained a long while after a monument
of his munificence, until at length, with fome other pieces, it
was ftolen away.
After this, having (lopped at London fome time, Sir Cople-
flone returned into his native county, which happened to be
in the dregs of anarchy and confufion ; but, having a vigorous
foul, actuated, even then, with principles of loyalty to his So-
vereign, though in exile, and of duty to the church, then under
a cloud, he became very induftrious, with feveral other perfons
of honour and quality in thefe parts, for the happy restoration
of both. But then his zeal this way, rendered him at length
fufpecled to the men in power : infomuch, MelTengers, or
Purfuivants, were fent abroad to apprehend him ; at which
time, he was pleafed to conceal himfelf a while at Trill, one
of the houfes of his noble friend, John Drake, Efq; afterward
Sir John Drake, Knight and Baronet j by whicn means he
efcaped their hands.
Notwithstanding any theatening danger that might happen,
his generous mind could not be affrighted from following his
duty and honour. And therefore, when the Commons of the
city of Exeter began to rife, and to put themfelves in arms,
declaring for a free Parliament, which happening at the gene-
ral quarter-feilions, for the county of Devon, this Gentleman,
and feveral other perfons of quality, were there prefent ; they
all agreed in a Remonftrance to be forthwith drawn up, and
fent to the Parliament. This was a matter of no fmali confe-
quence,
37S B A M P F Y L D E, of Poltimore.
que nee, and by none more vigoroufiy purfued than by this
honourable perfon : So that the Remonftrance was drawn up,
and pxefented to the Houfe by this Gentleman's uncle, Thomas
Bampfylde, Efq; then Recorder of that city.
This Remonftrance became a precedent to many other towns
and cities in England to do the like : Whereby the army in and
about London, confining of fourteen thoufand old foot foldiers,
were difperfed throughout the kingdom (of which fifteen hun-
dred were fent to Exeter) to prevent the like infurrection as
had happened there, elfewhere. Which difperfion, how much
it facilitated Genera] Monk's march into London but with
feven thoufand old foldiers, and confequently, how greatly this
bold and brifk Addrefs of our Country Gentlemen, promoted
the happy Reiteration of Church and State, which foon hap-
pened hereupon, is very obvious to obferve, if not fo eafy for
envy to acknowledge.
After this, again, (may we credit a late Hiftorian,} when our
moft noble countryman, General Monk, was come into Eng-
land with his army, to reftore the nation to its right fenfes, the
county of Devon, together with the city of Exon, join in a Pe-
tition of Right to his Excellency the faid General ; and it was
agreed that it mould be prefented to him by the hands of this
great Patriot, Sir Copleftone Bampfeilde, for which, what en-
tertainment he met withal from the Rump, you may take as
follows :
Sir Copleftone Bampfeild, prefenting to General Monk an
humble Petition for Plight, in the name of the city and county
of Exeter and Devon, without any refpecl: to the counties
whence he came, the meftage he carried, or the honourable
perfon to whom employed, with another honourable Gentle-
man that came on a like account, was confined to the Tower
by the Rump. But his ftay there was not long, for Charles the
Second at length came.
Hence this Gentleman, having thus acted in conjunction with
other worthy Patriots, for reftoring the public welfare, it may
not be forgotten, what particular care and pains he took for the
conferving thereof, beyond a pofiibility of an interruption :
And this he did, by difarming difaffected and fufpicious perfons,
whofe difloyalty was now become not only their principle, but
their intereft, as being (fome of them at leaft) in profitable of-
fices and places of truft ; others in the pofieffion of the King's,
or Church's lands and houfes, and they could now near as wil-
lingly have parted with their lives, as with them.
This Gentleman, together with another very honourable
perfon of our county, the Hon. Sir William Courtenay, of Pow-
clerham-Caftle, Bart, railing each a gallant troop of about an
hundred
BAMPFYLDE, of Poltimore. 379
hundred and twenty Gentlemen, (moft of them perfons of qua-
lity and eftates,) in the head of which they rode themfelves,
fecuring fome, and difarming others, they brought all the dif-
affected in thofe parts, into a due fubjection to the Government,
in a little time.
When thefe dangers now were fo happily over, and the na-
tion once more fettled up-n its ancient bottom, this honourable
perfon had the whole PorTc Comitatus of Devon put into his
hands, by King Charles the Second ; he being the firir. High-
Sheriff of this county, which he made after his return to the
throne-, and this was in the year 1661. Which office, Sir
Copleftone executed with great fplendor, in an extraordinary
number of liveries and attendants.
Nor was this the only place of truft and honour he was con-
cerned in, for thefervice of his Prince and Country; but, be-
fides his being conlt antly in Commifficn of the Peace, and De-
puty Lieutenant of the county, (a little while only excepted in
King James the Second's reign, when he, with a great many
other loyal Gentlemen, had the honour to be turned out,) he
was chofen (in defpight of all the intereft could be made to the
contrary) Knight of the Shire, to ferve as one of the Reprefen-
tatives of this honourable county in Parliament; fo generally
was he beloved.
Nor was this Gentleman concerned onlv in the menagery of
the civil affairs of the county ; but engaged in the military alfo,
as being; (what of long time was in his family) one of the Co-
lonels of the County Militia ; in which poft he continued unto
the time of the Monmouth Invafion, when fomewhat declining
in his health, and his fon being come of age, he dropped that
honourable office into his hands.
Having thus accompanied this eminent perfon to the lad
fcene of his life, we can do no lefs than obferve, how he per-
formed that part thereof, and fo quitted the itage of mortality.
When the Prince of Orange firft landed in Devon, and had
marched with his army fo far as Exeter, Sir Copleftone being
fll himfelf, was yet pleafed that his fon, the Colonel, fhould
wait upon his Highnefs, and congratulate his arrival, as one
come to preferve our Laws and Religion, and maintain the
eftablifhed Government. But when, at length, he apprehended
that matters were carried beyond all imaginations, fearing a
change would be made in the fundamental conftitution of the
Government, he fo far declared againft thofe proceedings, as
to refufe payment of any new-made rates and taxes, and the
Collectors were enforced to levy them by diftrefs upon his goods.
Not long after, going to viiit his fon's relicl; at Warlcigh,
the gout, with which in his latter years he had been s ready
afflicted,
380 BAMPFYLDE, of Poltimore.
affiicled, returned upon him with violence, and, like an armed
man, furprizing the cattle of his heart, foon put a period to his
days, in the fifty-fifth year of his life, 1691.
Before his deceafe, (what is very remarkable,) he called his
family together, and left this in ftrict. charge with them, that
fhey mould always continue faithful to the Religion of the efta-
bliihed Church of England, and be fure to pay their allegiance
to the right Heirs of the Crown. His remains being brought
from Warlcigh, were entombed, among his anceftors, in the
Parifh Church of Poltimore, without any funeral monument*
Thus far Prince's Worthies.
He married, firif, Margaret, daughter of Bulkeley, of
Burgate, Hants ; and, fecondly, Jane, daughter of Sir Cour-
tenay Pole, of Shute, in Devon, Bart. By hisfirft Lady he had
two ions," and one daughter ; John-Copleftone-Bulkeley, who
died without ifiue ; Hugh died before his father, by a fall from
his horfe ; Margaret died an infant. By his fecond Lady he
had no ifTue.
Hugh Bampfylde, Efq; (who died in his father's life-time, as
before mentioned,) by Mary, daughter and heir of James Clif-
ford, of Ware, Efq; left twofons, and a daughter; 1. Sir Co-
pleftone-Warwick, the fucceeding Baronet ; 2. John, who re-
prefented firit. the county of Devon, and, after his nephew, Sir
Riehard, came of age, he gave up the county of Devon to hirn,
and reprefented the city of txeter. He was born April 8, 1691,
and died Sept. 17, 1750. He married, firit, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Ballet, of Heanton-Court, in Devon, Efq; by whom
he had no ifiue ; and, fecondly, Margaret, daughter and fole
heir of Sir Francis Warre, of Heftercombe, in Somerfetmire,
Bart, by whom he has now living, 1. Copleftone-Warre, mar-
ried to Mary, daughter of Edward Knight, of Wolverley, in
Worceflerfhire, Efq; (Colonel of the Somerfet regiment of
Militia,) and fitter of Lady Seabright ; 2. Margaretta, married
to George Tyndale, of Buthford, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; and
has iiTue two fons, and three daughters, John, Thomas-Bamp-
fylde, Margaretta, Elizabeth, and Charlotta-Maria ; 3. Eliza-
beth, unmarried. Befides thefe, this John Bampfylde, Efq;
had a fon, Francis-Warre, and five daughters, Margaret^
Frances, Maria, Anne, and Charlotte, who all died young.
Hugh Bampfylde, Efq; aforefaid, had alfo one daughter, Mar-
garet, who died an infant.
Sir Coplertone- Warwick Bampfylde, eldeft fon of Hugh,
( :eccedcQ his grandfather in dignity and ettate. He reprefented
the city of Exeter in Parliament, 9 Queen Anne, and the
vo mty the 1 2:h of that reign, and every fucceeding Parliament
•-_ [:.: death* He married Gertrude, (rcliwt of Sir Godfrey
Copley,
B A M P F Y L D E, of Poltimore. 38 1
Copley, Bart.) daughter of Sir John Carew, of Anthony, in
Cornwall, Bart, (by his third wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Morrice, of Werrington, in Devon, Bart, and had iiTue
Sir Richard-Warwick, his fucceflbr ; and one daughter, Mary,
who married Sir Coventry Carew, of Anthony, in Cornwall,
Bart, which Sir Coventry dying, his Lady married, fecondly,
Buller, Efq; Member of Parliament for Weitlow. She
died in Nov. 1762. SirCopleftone-Warwick dying October 7,
1727, and his Lady, April 14, 1736, he was fucceeded indig-
nity and eftate by his only fon,
Sir Richard-Warwick Bampfylde, the prefent Baronet, who
is the twenty-firll: in a lineal defcent, and Knight of the Shire
for the county of Devon. He married, Aug. 8, 1742, Jane,
daughter and fole heir of Col. John Codrington, of Wrexhall,
Somerfetfhire ; by whom he had ilTue fix fons, and feven daugh-
ters, 1. Charles-Warwick, who died young ; 2. Charles-War-
wick, born Jan. 23, 1753, now living, and heir apparent;
3. John-Codrington-Warwick, born Aug. 24, 1754 ', 4. Ri-
chard-Warwick, who died an infant ; 5. Amyas- Warwick,
born Nov/24, 1757 ; and, 6. Richard- Warwick, born Feb. 5»
1759, both living. The daughters were, 1. Gertrude, born
May 12, 1743, and married OcT:. 1768, to Oldfield Bowles, of
North Afhton, Oxfordfhire, Efq; and died Sept. 28, 1769;
2. Elizabeth, born April, 1745 > 3* Jenny-Codrington ; 4.
Charlotte ; 5. Harriot ; 6. Mary-Frances ; and, 7. Georgina-
Sophia, born in 1764, all unmarried.
Arms. Six Coats. 1. Or, on a Bend, Gules, three Mullets,
Argent. 2. Or, a_Maunch, Gules. 3. Argent, a Bend, Gules,
between three Lions Heads, Sable, crowned, Gules. 4. Argent,
two Chevronels, Gules, a Label of three Points, Azure. 5.
Argent, a Chevron, engrailed, Gules, between three Leopards
Heads, Azure. 6. Cheque, Or and Azure, a Fefs, Gules,
charged with a Mullet, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion's Head, erafed Sable, crown-
ed Gules.
Motto. Delegare in Do??ihio.
Seats. At Poltimore and North-Molton, in Devonfhire ;
and Hardington and Wrexhall, in Somerfetfhire.
£9. Cotton,
382
COTTON, of Landwade.
89. Cotton, of Landwade, Cambridgefhire,
Created Baronet, July 14, 1641.
HIS family is faid to be denominated from Cotton, a Ma-
nor in Cambridgefhire, whereof was Sir Henry Cotton,
Knt. Lord of the Manor of Cotton-Hall, in Cambridgefhire ;
other authorities fay, that Sir Henry lived in the feat of his an-
ceftors, at Cotton-Hall, in Ixning, in Suffolk. All agree he
married Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Henry le Fleming, Knt.
and had iilue Thomas, his fon and heir, father of Humphry,
who by Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Holbroke, Knt. had if-
fue Sir Thomas Cotton, who married Alice, daughter and heir
to John de Haiftings, of Landwade, in Cambridgefhire, Efq^
poffelfed that eftate, and left ifTue John Cotton, who was Bur-
gefs in feveral Parliaments for Cambridge, temp. Richard II.
and died 1393. He married Bridget, daughter of Richard
Grace, of Norfolk, by whom he had two fons ; 1. Thomas,
Lord of the Manor of Trumpington, near Cambridge, who
was returned amongft the Gentry of Cambridgefhire, by the
Commiilioners, 2 Hen. VI. and died without ifTue, 1434 ;
1. Walter Cotton, heir to his brother, who was alfo returned
by the Commiffioners amongft the Gentry of Cambridgefhire,
and by Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Read, of Oxfordfhire,
Knt. had four fons, and two daughters ; 1. William ; 2. Wal-
ter, who bore the chevron in his arms ingrailed, and was pro-
genitor to the Cottons, of Cotton-Hall, and Sterfome, and by
a younger fon of that line, the Cottons of Swaf ham-Bulbeck,
all in Cambridgefhire ; 3. Thomas, who was knighted ; and
4. Edmund j Walter, the father, departed this life, May 14,
1445, and lies buried at Landwade.
William Cotton, of Landwade, Efq; eldeft fon, was Vice-
Chamberlain to King Henry VI. from which King he had a
grant of feveral privileges. He married Anne, daughter and
coheir of John Abbot, Efq; and had iffue three daughters ;
Catharine, wife to Thomas Higham, of Higham, Efq; Joan,
to Sir Clement Higham, of Gilford, in Suffolk, Knt. and
Etheldred, who was thrice married; firft, to Thomas Barton,
Olavering, in EfTex, are derived ; 3. Andrew., who died with-
out ifTue ; 4. Edmund, of Redgrave, in Suffolk) who married
Ela, daughter and heir to Conyers, only fon to Sir Ro-
bert Conyers, of near alliance to the Lord Conyers, of Hornby
J Caftle,
COTTON, oF Land wade. 383
Caftle, in whofe right he had the ancient teat called Conyers,
alias Necr.on-Hall, in Bramble-Barton, alias Barton-Magna,
near St. Edmund's Bury, which was enjoyed by his pofterity ;
5. John, who died without iffue ; and, 6. Robert. This Wil-
liam, the father, was flain at St. Alban's, May 22, 1453,
fighting for King Henry VI. and lies buried at Land wade.
Sir Thomas Cotton, of Landwade, Knt. his fon and heir,
was Sheriff of Camb. and Huntington, 16 Edw. IV. He mar-
ried, 1. Margaret, daughter of Sir Philip Wentworth, of Net-
tlefted, in EiTex, Knt. by whom he had only two daughters,
(of which one was mother of Sir Henry D'Oyly, Knt.) 2.
Joan, daughter and heir of Nicholas Sharpe, Efq; and by her
had two daughters ; Dorothy, and Andrea, wife to John Baf-
fingbourne, Efq-, and five fons ; 1. Robert ; 2. John, who had
iffue ; 3. William, who married Margaret, daughter and co-
heir to Colepeper, and was father to Sir Thomas Cotton,
of Kent. Knt. 4. and 5. Leonard, and Martin, Priefts. He
died July 30, 1499, 14 Hen. VII.
Sir Robert, of Landwade, the eldefr. fon, received the honour
of Knighthood from King Henry VII. in his chamber at Bay-
nard's Carrie ; he married, firft, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Ro-
bert Clere, Knt. by whom he had Thomas, who died iffuelefs,
and Anne, heir to her brother, who being a Nun at Denny
Abby, gave her eftate to John Cotton, her half-brother, fon of
Sir Robert Cotton, by his fecond wife, Alice, daughter of John
Thornburgh, Efq; widow of Sir Nicholas Griffin, Knt. Sir
Robert, by his fecond wife, had alfo a daughter Bridget, mar-
ried to Sir John Huddleftone, of Sarftcn, in Cambndgefhire,
Knt. Sir Robert died July 18, 1519.
Sir John Cotton, (fon of Sir Robert,) was Sheriff for Camb.
and Huntington, 3 Edw. VI. likewife 4 and 5 Phil, and Mary,
being then a Knight. He married Ifabell, daughter of Sir
William Spencer, of AJthorpe, Northamptonfhire, Knt. and
died April 21, 1593, aged eighty-one. Ifabell, his wife, died
Nov. 2, 1578, aged fixty-three. They had iffue eight fons, and
five daughters, whereof five fons, and two daughters, died in
in their nonage ; three fons, John, Robert, and Edmond, fur-
vived Sir John, (and were all knighted ;) Sir Robert, the fecond
fon, was feated at VVooditton, in Cambridgelhire, and married
Elizabeth, daughter and heir to John Dormer, Efq; and had
pofterity. Sir Edmond married Jane, daughter to — • — Tan-
field, but had no iffue ; Sir John, had alfo three daughters, who
were married, (in his life-time;) Alice, to Sir Thomas Revet,
of Chippenham, in Cambridgelhire, Knt. Anne, to Anthony
Roper, of Farningham, in Kent, Efq; and Frances, to Thomas
Andrews, of Charwelton, in Northamptonfhire, Efq.
Oil
384- COTTON, of Landwade.
Sir John Cotton, of Landwade, Knt. fon and heir, married
three wives; firft, Elizabeth, daughter to Thomas Carry], of
Warnham, in Suffex, Efq; fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Humphry Bradburne, of Bradburnc, Derbymire, Knt. both
which died without iffue; thirdly, Anne, daughter to Sir Ri-f
chard Hoghton, of Hoghton-Tower, in Lancafhre, Bart, by
whom he had iffue, James, John, and Catharine ; James and
Catharine died in their father's life-time. Sir John was Cuftos
Rotulorum for Cambridgefhire, and ferved many years as
Knight of the Shire for that county, and received the honour
of Knighthood, with feveral others, at Whitehall, July 23,
1603. He died 1620, aged feventy-feven, and lies buried in
a vault on the fouth ifle of Landwade church, made by himfelf,
leaving John, his fon and heir, rive years old.
Sir John Cotton, Knt. his only fon, was created Baronet, 17
Charles I. He was High Sheriff of Cambridge, when the un-
happy rebellion broke out, and proclaimed the Earl of EiTex a
traitor in every market-town in the county, and immediately
took up arms for his Sovereign, and was intruded to carry the
plate of the Univerfity of Cambridge, to the King at Oxford,
which he fafely delivered, through many difficulties, being fol-
lowed by a body of Cromwell's horfe ; he was foon after
obliged, for his loyalty, to leave his own country, and lived
fome years abroad. He was born Sept. 16 15, and died about
1690, aged feventy-four, having been many, years Deputy
Lieutenant, and Juftice of the Peace for this county. By his
wife Jane, daughter and fole heir of Edward Hinde, Efq;
(grandfon and heir of Sir Edward Hinde, of Maddingley, in
Cambridgefhire, Knt. and coheir to her mother, the daughter
andheir of SirThomas Maples, of Stow, in Huntingtonmire,
Bart.) He had iffue two fojis, and two daughters ; Sir John,
and Thomas, who died young; Jane, and Catharine, who died
unmarried.
Sir John Cotton, of Landwade and Maddingley-Hall, Bart,
fucceeded his father : He was Recorder of the town of Cam-
bridge, and one of their Reprefentatives in Parliament all
King William's, and part of Queen Anne's reign. He died
Jan. 17 12, and lies buried at Landwade. By Elizabeth his
wife, daughter and coheir of Sir Jofeph Sheldon, Knt. Alder-
man, and fome time Lord Mayor of London, he had iffue, Sir
John -Hind Cotton, his fucceffor in title and eftate, and ano-
ther fon, who died young; alio nine daughters, Catharine and
jane, dead; Jane; Anne; Catharine, (married to William
Saneroft, of Frefinfield, in Suffolk, Efq; nephew and hsir to
Archbiiliop Sancroft, by whom he left two daughters, one of
which
COTTON, of Landwade; 385
which married John Wogan, of Gawdy-Hall, in Norfolk,
Efq;) Elizabeth; Fiances 3 Dorothy, and Agnes.
Sir John Hynde Cotton, only fon and heir, fucceeded his
father in dignity and eftate, in January 17 12-13. He was
fome time Treafurer of the Chamber to his late Majefty King
George IT. and in the reign of Queen Anne was one of the
Lords Commiflioners of Trade and Plantations ; alfo Member
in feveral Parliaments for the town of Cambridge in that reign,
and in the firft Parliament of King George I. in the fecond he
was chofen one of the Knights of the Shire for that county ; and
in the two firft Parliaments of King George II. was again chofen
for the town of Cambridge ; and afterwards for Marlborough, in
the county of Wilts, which he reprefented to the time of his
death, on Feb. 4, 1752, in the fixty-fourth year of his age,
and was buried at Landwade, in a vault made by himfelf, be-
tween his two wives ; who were, firft, Lettice, fecond daughter
of Sir Ambrofe Crowley, of Greenwich, in the county of Kent,
Knt. who died in Auguft 1 7 18, and left one fon, John Hynde
Cotton, his fuccellbr ; and one daughter, Mary, married, in
July 1735, to Jacob Houblon, of Haliingbury, in the county of
EfTex, Efq; (Member in the fecond Parliament of his late Ma-
jefty for the town of Colchefter, and afterwards twice chofen
Reprefentative for the county of Hertford,) by whom he has
living two fons, and one daughter. Sir John's fecond wife was
Margaret, third daughter of James Craggs, Efq; one of the Com-
miflioners of the PoftOrKce, lifter and coheirefs of the Right Hon.
James Craggs, Efq; fome time one of the Principal Secretaries
of State to King George 1. and relict of Samuel Trefufis, of Tre-
fufis, in the county of Cornwall, and of Hatley St. George, in
the county of Cambridge, Efq; by whom he had one daughter,
Margaret, who died at four years of age ; and her mother died
in Auguft 1734. Sir John continued afterwards a widower to
his death, which, as before- mentioned, happened in February
1752, and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his only fon,
Sir John Hynde Cotton, the prefer.t Baroner, who, in 1741,
was chofen Member of Parliament for St. Germain's, in the
county of Cornwall ; and, upon his father's death, for Marlbo-
rough, and again for the fame place in the Parliament called in
1754, and was in the laft, as in the prefent Parliament, one of the
Reprefentatives for the county of Cambridge. He married, in
Auguft 1754, Anne, fecond daughter of Humphry Parfons, of
Reigate, in the county of Surry, Efq; twice Lord Mayor of
London, by his wife, Sarah, third daughter of Sir Ambrofe
Crowley, Knt. by whom Sir John has now living four fons,
John, Charles, George and Alexander, twins ; alfo three daugh-
ters, Sarah, Anne, and Lettice.
Vol. I. C c Arms.
386 BtfRGOYNE, of Suftoffc
Arms. Sable, a Chevron, between three Griffins Heads, erafed,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath^ a Griffin's Head, erafed, as in the
Arms.
Motto. Fidelitas vlnclt.
Seats. At Landwade, and Maddingley* both in Cambridge-
fhire.
90. Burgoyne, of Sutton, Bedfordshire;;
Created Baronet, July 15, 1641.
**pjfil S is certainly a family of great antiquity, and have beeri
long feated in this county ; (according to tradition ever
fmce King John's time;) whether they are the younger branch
of the Burgoynesj that were anciently feated at Impington, and
Long Stanton, in the county of Cambridge, and were Lords of
Caxton, in that county ; or whether thofe feated there were de-
fcended from this branch, We cannot determine.
Robert Burgoyne, Efq; we find was a perfon of confiderable
note, temp. Hen. VIII. and one of the Auditors of the Exche-
quer. He was alfo one of the CommifTioners appointed by King
Henry VIII. to take the furrender of the Monasteries in War-
wickshire, and other counties, and to fend an account of their
iftate, the religion and virtue of the NunSj &c.
His fon, Robert Burgoyne, of Sutton, in Bedfordfhire, and of
Wroxhall, in Warwickshire, Efq; was High Sheriff of the county
of Warwick, 39 Eliz. He married Judith, daughter of -
Wroth ; fhe died March 1606, and was buried at Wroxhall ;
he was buried at Sutton, May 3, 1613.
His fon and heir, Roger Burgoyne, of Sutton, in Bedfordfhire,
and Wroxhall, in Warwickshire, Efq; was High Sheriff of Bed-
fordfhire, 14 Jaci I. and of Warwickshire, 6 Car. I. and buried
at Wroxhall, June 28, 1636, having iffue by his flrfl wife,
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Wendy, of Haflingfeild, in Cam-
bridgeshire, Efq; (who was buried at Wroxhall, Aug. 19, 1629,)
a daughter Judith, married to Onflow Winch^ Efq; fon and heir
of SirHumphry Winch, Knt. one of the JuStices of the Common.
Pleas, temp. Jac. I. and Sir John, his fucceffor. His fecond
wife was Joyce, daughter of Roger Giffard, relict of • -
Nichols, by whom he had no iffue.
John Burgoyne, of Sutton, Efq; his only fon, baptized at Ha-
fiingfeild, Jan. 29, 1 59 1, who was created a Baronet, 17 Car. L
married
BURGOYNE, of Sutton. 387
irrarned Jane, daughter and heir of Jul. Kempe, of Spains-
tlall, in Finchingfeild, in EfTex, Efq; by whom he had four
daughters; i. Mary, married to Sir Edward Cater, of Kemp-
fton, in Bedfordfhire, Knt. 2. Jane, to James Maine, of ,
in Bucks, Efq; 3. Judith, wife of Sir William Ayfcough, of Of-
godby, in Lincolnshire, Knt. and, 4. Elizabeth, married to Wil-
liam Love, Efq; Alderman of London; alio three fons, Sir Ro-
ger, his fucceiTor, who had the honour of Knighthood conferred
on him, Auguft 2, 1641, in his father's life-time ; 2. John, of
Woking, in Surry, who by Penelope, fitter to Sir Thomas Dar-
cy, of Effex, Knt. left ifTue ; and, 3. Robert, a Merchant, in
London, who married Catharine, daughter of Heydon.
This Sir John reprefented the county of Warwick in Parliament,
16 Car. I. and died about 1654.
Sir Roger Burgoyne, Knt. and Bart, eldeft fon and fucceiTor to
his father, married two wives, firft, Anne, daughter and heir of
Charles Snelling, of London, Merchant, by whom he had feveral
children ; 1. Jane, married to John Symmonds, of Yeldham, in
EfTex, Efq; Barrifter at Law; 2. Sir John, his fucceiTor; 3.
Anne, wife of John Raymond, of EfTex, Gent. 4. Mary, mar-
ried to William Guyon, of EiTex, Gent, and, 5. Judith, who died
unmarried. This Lady dying 1656, Sir Roger married to his
fecond Lady, Anne, daughter of John Robinfon, of Dighton, in
Yorkfhire, Efq; by whom he had feveral children ; but only three
daughters ; Elizabeth, married to Matthew Hutton, S. T. P.
Rector of Aynho, in Northamptonfhire ; Anne, born July 25,
1674, married to the Right Rev. Dr. Charles Hickman* Bifhop
of Londonderry, in Ireland ; and Philadelphia, furvived him;
This Sir Roger prefented Mr. Edward Stiilingfleet, the late Re-
verend and learned Bifhop of Worcefter, to the rectory of Sut-
ton, and there he wrote his book Origines Sacra, when he was
very young. He died Sept. 16, 1677, aged fifty- nine, and lies
buried in Sutton church.
Sir John Burgoyne, Bart, only fon and fucceiTor to his father*
married Conftanee, daughter of Richard Lucy, of Cherlecote, in.
Warwickfhire, Efq; by whom he had a numerous iiTue, where-
of feven furvived him, viz. four fons and three daughters ; 1. Sir
Roger, his fucceiTor ; 2. John, who married the daughter of — — -
Burnefton, and had ifTue ; 3. Thomas, who married the daughter
of Mr. Warren ; and, 4. Lucy, who married the daughter of
— Howell; fhe died 1721. Of the daughters, one married
Mr. Warren ; , married Griffith Davis, M. D. of Birming-
ham, in Warwickshire ; and the third died unmarried. This Sir
John died April 9, 1709, and his Lady, April 22, 1711* aad
both lie buried in Sutton church, in Bedfordfhire*
Gci Sir
388 NORTHCOTE, of Hayne.
Sir Roger Burgoyne, Bart, his deleft Ton and fucceflbr, married
Conftance, daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton, of Stanfted-
Mountfichet, in Eftex, Knt. (by Mary his wife, daughter of Sir
Stephen Langham, of Quentin, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. third
furviving fon of Sir John Langham, of Cottefbrook, in Nor-
thamptonfhire, Bart.) by whom he had two fons, Sir John, his
fucceflbr 5 and Sir Roger ; and one daughter, Conftantia-Maria,
born Nov. 3, 1705, married Jan. 22, 1729-30, to Capt. John
Pigott, and died July 26, 1 739, leaving by him two daughters.
Conftance, reli£t of Sir Roger, was re-married in 1715, to Chri-
ftopher Wren, Efq; fon of Sir Chriftopher Wren, Knt. and died
May 23, 1734.
Sir John Burgoyne, Bart, eldeft fon and fucceflbr to his father
in the title and eftatc, furvived him only fix weeks, and then dy-
ing unmarried, was fucceeded in title and eftate by his only
brother,
Sir Roger Burgoyne, the prefent Baronet, who married, Jan.
1739, Lady Frances Montagu, eldeft daughter of George, late
Earl of Halifax, by whom he has iflue two fons, John, and Mon-
tagu ; and three daughters, Frances, Louifa, and Elizabeth.
Arms. Gules, a Chevron, Or, between three Talbots, Ar-
gent, on a Chief Crenelle, of the laft, as many Martlets, Azure,
Crest. On a Wreath, a Talbot, Argent, fejant.
Seat. At Sutton, in Bedfordfhire.
91. Northcote, of Hayne, Devonfhire.
Created Baronet, July 16, 1641.
HP H E learned Camden, in his Remains, derives this, among
* feveral other names, from their refpeclive manfions. Origi-
nally there was an At, or De, fet before them, and thofe di-
ftin£rions were ftriclly obferved till the time of King Edw. IV,
1103.
Temp. Hen. I. we find on record, that Galfridus Miles had
his feat at Northcote, in the parifh of Eaft Down, in this county.
John Fitz-Galfrid, changed his name to Northcote. Gaul-
frid de Northcote, lived 21 Hen. III. 1 188. William Northcote
married Margarite, daughter of Robert de Afeton, 23 Hen. III.
Andrew de Northcote, in 17 Edw. I. married Matilda, eldeft
daughter of Peter Faber. William de Northcote, 19 Edw. II,
1325, married the daughter and heir of Hillion. John de
Northcote, 16 Edw. III. married Johanna, the daughter and co-
heir of Roger Meoles, (by a daughter of Prouze.) John de
North-
NORTHCOTE, of Hayne. 389
Northcote was High Sheriff of Devon, 29 Edw. III. He wrot^
himfelf fometimes de Northcote, and fometimes de Newton ; he
married Margery, the daughter of Thomas Buckington. John de
Northcote, 22 Rich. II. married Ifolda, the daughter of
Sutton. Walter de Northcote, 7 Hen. IV. married the daughter
and coheir of Robert Hawkworthy. John Northcote, of Wid-
worthy, 5 Hen. V. married the daughter of Med ford ; his
Ton, John Northcote, 23 Hen. VI. married Johanna, the daugh-
ter of John Lutterel, of Dunfter-Caftle, in Somerfetfhire, Efq;
Walter Northcote, in 1457? married Alice, daughter and heir of
Guamed vel Mamhade. John Northcote, his eldeft fon, married
Joan, daughter and heir of Paflimere. John Northcote, 12
Hen. VIII. married Alice, daughter of John Durk, Walter
Northcote, took to wife Dorothy, the daughter of Richard Hill,
of Shilfton. John Northcote, of Newton St. Cyrefs, in the reign
of Philip and Mary, married Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas
Dowrifh, of Sanford, in this county, Efq. This Gentleman's
eldeft fon, Walter Northcote, married the daughter and heir of
Edmund Drew, of Hayne, in the parifh of Newton St. Cyrefs,
which place hath ever fince been the chief feat of the Northcote?.
But Walter dying without iflue male, a confiderable perfonal
eftate went to his daughters, (of which Elizabeth was wife, firft,
to George Yard, of Churchton Ferrers, Efq; from whom de-
scended the family there; and, fecondly, to Dr. Barnabas Potter,
afterwards Bifhop of Carlifle. Mary, the mother, was wife af-
terwards of Sir Edward Giles, of Bowdon, near Totnefs, in De-
von, Knt.) but his lands came to John, his fecond brother, who
had two wives ; firft, the daughter of Sir Anthony Roufe, of Hai-
ton, in Cornwall, Knt. by whom he had one fon, Anthony, who
died an infant; his fecond wife was Sufanna, daughter of Sir
Hugh Pollard, of King's-Nympton, in this county, Knt. by
whom he had twelve fons, and fix daughters, as appears by the
infeription on his monument, in the church of Newton St. Cy-
refs.
John Northcote, his fon, was the firft Baronet of this family,
born 1599. He married Grace, the daughter and heir of Hugh
Hafwell, of Wells, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; was High Sheriff of
the county, 2 Car. I. and Knight of the Shire in Parliament, 12
Car. II. He had iflue five fons, and three daughters, Sir Arthur,
his fucceflbr ; John, who married the daughter of Fol-
jambe; Lewis, the daughter of Copleftone ; Hafwell, the
daughter of Crook ; and William, the daughter of
Leigh. Of the daughters, Grace, died in her minority ; Sufan-
na, was the fecond wife of Robert Fortefcue, of Fillegh, in this
county, Efq; and Elizabeth, married Thomab Poimindon, Efq;
Barrifter at Law.
C c 3 Sir
39o N 0 R T H C O T E, of Hayne.
Sir Arthur, the eldeft fon and fucceflbr, married two wives,
firft, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of James Welfh, of Alverdif-
cott, Efq; by whom he had large pofleiiions, and two fons, and
one daughter, John, Arthur, and Elizabeth.
John, married the daughter of Leigh, Gent, by whom he
had iffue, but all died young. Arthur, fecond fon, married the
daughter of Gay, of Briftol, Merchant, but left no ifTue.
Sir Arthur, took to his fecond wife, Elizabeth, eldeft daughter
to the Hon. Sir Francis Godolphin, of Godolphin, in Cornwall,
Knight of the Bath, and had ifTue four fons, and four daughters,
Sir Francis ; Sir Henry ; William, who died in his minority ;
and Charles, married to Sarah, the daughter of John Northcote,
Efq; (his uncle,) and left ifTue, Arthur, and Charles. Of the
daughters, firft, Elizabeth, died in an advanced age, unmarried ;
fecondly, Dorothy, married to Andrew, the fon of John Quick,
of Newton St. Cyrefs, Efq; and had iffue, Penelope; the third
daughter of Sir Arthur Northcote married John Hefket, Efq;
Lancafler Herald, but had no ifTue; Sufanna, the fourth daugh-
ter, died in her infancy.
Sir Francis Northcote, the eldeft fon, fucceeded his father,
Sir Arthur. He married Anne, the daughter of Sir Chichefter
Wrey, of Trebitch, in Cornwall, Bart, by the Honourable Anne,
Countefs of Middlefex, by whom he had no ifTue, whereupon
the dignity and eftate devolved upon,
Sir Henry Northcote, Bart, his next brother, fometime Fellow
of Exeter College, in Oxford, and Doctor of Phyfick. He mar-
ried Penelope, the daughter of Edward Lovett, of Lifcombe,
Bucks, and of Corfe, in this county, Efq; (by Joan, his fecond
wife, daughter and heir of James Hearle, of Tawftock, Gent.)
by whom he left one fon, Sir Henry, his fucceflbr ; and two
daughters, Elizabeth, married to John Incledon, of Buckland, in
Devon, Efq; and Johanna, who died unmarried, April, 1739.
Sir Henry dying, at his feat at Corfe, Feb. 1729-30, was fuc-
ceeded, in dignity and eftate, by his only fon,
Sir Henry Northcote, who ferved in Parliament for the city of
Exeter, and married the only daughter and heir of the late Hugh,
Stafford, of Pynes, in Devon, Efq; by whom he had ifTue, Sir
Stafford, his fucceflbr, born May, 1736; and Hugh, bred a
Clergyman, now P^ector of Upton, Devon ; alfo a fon, Charles,
who died an infant. Sir Henry, dying 1743, was fucceeded by
his eldeft fon,
Sir Stafford Northcote, the prefent Baronet, who, Oct. 17,
1 76 1, married Mifs Catharine, daughter of the Rev. Mr. George
Bradford, M. A. Rector of Tallaton, Devon, by whom he has
had ifTue a fon, Stafford- Henry, born Oct. 6, 1762; and a
daughter, Catharine-Jane, born Feb. 25, 1764,
Arms,
STRICKLAND, of Boynton. 39*
Arms. Quarterly, Firft and Fourth, Argent; a Fefs, between
three CrofTes Molines, Sable ; Second and Third, Argent, three
Croflets in Bend, Sable.
Crest. Upon a Cap of Dignity, a Stag, trippant, Argent.
Motto. Chrijii Crux ejl mea Lux,
Seat. At Hayne, in Devonshire.
92. Strickland, of Boynton, Yorkfhire.
Created Baronet, July 30, 1641.
'T* HAT there have been feveral perfons of this family of great
** eminence and reputation, and that their ancient feat was at
Strickland-Hall, in the county of Weftmoreland, appears from
undoubted authorities. Sir Walter de Stirkeland, Knt. (as the
name was anciently written,) was returned one of the Knights
for Weftmoreland, in feveral Parliaments in the reign of King
Edward II, John de Stirkeland was elected one of the Knights
of the Shire for the county of Weftmoreland, in i Edw. III. and
his fon, Walter de Stirkeland, firved in feveral Parliaments in
the fame reign ; as did alfo another Walter de Stirkeland, in the
reign of King Richard II.
In the reign of Henry IV. 1400, William Stirkeland was
Bifliop of Carlifle, of whom we find this account, in Mr. Browne
Willis's Survey :
c William Strickland, who had been before elected Bifhop of
Carlifle, 1395, but kept out of it till 1399, received the tempo-
ralties Nov. 15, that year, and became confecrated at Cawood,
Aug. 24, 14009 by the Archbifhop of York, on the King's re-
commendation of him to the Pope. He was a great benefactor to
his Cathedral, as his predecefibr [Thomas Merks, alias de New-
market, alias Somaftre, Monk of Wcftminfter) had been to the
Bifhoprick. He died Auguft 30, 1419, and was buried in the
Cathedral, under an arch in the north ifle, on cue fide the choir,
where is yet to be feen his effigies, elegantly cut in freeftone,
habited in his pontificalibus."
And in the reign of Hen. VI. Thomas Stirkeland, Efq; ferved
in Parliament for the county of Weftmoreland, and John Stirke-
land, Efq; for the fame county, 12 Edw. IV.
Sir William Strickland, the firft who was advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet, was fon and heir of Walter Strickland, of
Boynton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; (and of Frances, his wife, daugh-
ter of Peter Wentworth, of Lillingftcn Dayrel, in Bucks, Elq;)
who was fon of William Strickland, Efq.
C c 4. Which
392 S T R I C K L A N D, of Boynton,
Which Sir William Strickland, Knight and Baronet, married
two vvives, firft, Margarer, eldeft daughter of Sir Richard Choi-
monuky, of Whitby, in Yorkfhire, Knt. by whom he had no
male ifllie, only four daughters; i. Frances, wife of Barington
Bourchier, of Beningbrough, in Yorkfhire, Efq; 2. Margaret,
wife of Sir John Cockeran, of Ocheltree, in Scotland, Knt.
(feeond fon to William, Lord Cockeran ;) 3. Milcha, wife to
William Lawfon, Efq; (fon and heir of Sir William Lawfon, of
Ifell, in Cumberland, Knt.) and 4. Elizabeth, married to Wil-
liam, fon and heir of Sir Henry St. Quintin, Bart. His feeond
wife was the Lady Frances Finch, eldeft daughter of Thomas,
Earl of Winchelfea, by whom he had Sir Thomas, his fon and
heir. This Sir William was a confiderable perfon in Oliver
Cromwell's time, and one of thofe the Protector fummoned to
take place as a Lord, and to have that dignity in all commiflions ;
he died about 167 1, and was fucceeded, in dignity and eftate, by
his only fon,
Sir Thomas Strickland, Bart, who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and coheir of Sir Francis Pile, of Compton-Beauchamp, in
Berks, Bart, and had iflue, Sir William, his fucceflbr, and four
other fons. Alio a daughter, married to John Smith, Efq;
Speaker of the Houfe of Commons.
Sir William Strickland, Bart, fucceflbr to the title and eftate,
ferved in feveral Parliaments in the reigns of King William, Queen
Anne, and King George I. (who conftituted him CommhTary-
General of the Mufters) for Malton, in Yorkfhire: He married
Elizabeth, daughter to William Palmes, of Malton, in Yorkfhire,
Efq; and died May 12, 1724, being fucceeded by Sir William,
his fon and heir.
Which Sir William Strickland, Bart, was elected Member in
the firft Parliament of King Geo. I. for the city of Carlifle, in
Cumberland, and in the firft and feeond Parliament of King
Geo. II. for Scarborough, in Yorkfhire, and was one of the Right
Honourable the Lords Commiffioners of the Treafury ; after-
wards Treafurer to the Queen's Houfhold, and Secretary at War.
He married Catharine, daughter of Sir Jeremy Sarrvbrcoke, of
London, Knt. and died at Boynton, in Yorkfhire, Sept. I, 1735*
leaving Sir George, his fucceflbr, and a daughter.
Which Sir George Strickland, is the prefent Baronet, and un-
married.
Arms. Gules, a Chevron, Or, between three Crofles Pattee,
Argent 3 on a Canton, Ermine, a Buck's Head, erafed and attired,
Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Turkey Cock in his Pride, Proper,
Motto. A la Volonte de Dieu.
Seat. At Boynton, in Yorkfhire.
«3- Bough-
BOUGHTON, of Lawford. 393
93. Boughton, of Lawford, Warwickfhire.
Created Baronet, Aug. 4, 1641.
£\F this family (which is of good antiquity,) was Robert de
^^ Boveton, who had ifTue, Richard, father of William, temp,
Edw. III. His fon, William de Boveton, alias Boughton, was
father of Richard, 2 Hen. VI. His fon Thomas is mentioned
by Sir William Dugdale, in his Antiquities of the county of
Warwick, to be poffefTed of the manor and feat at Lawford, by
marriage with Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Geffery de Allef-
ley, of that place, which he chofe for his refidence, and was cOn-
flituted a Juftice of Peace in Warwickfhire, 21 Hen. VI. and To
continued till the end of that King's reign, as appears by feveral
renewings of thofe commiliions. In 31 Hen. VI. he ferved in
Parliament, as one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of
Warwick, and in the 38th was appointed, with others, to array
and arm all perfons of body able, and eftatefufficient, within that
county, for the King's fervice.
Richard, his fon and heir, was conftituted Efcheator for the
counties of Warwick and Leicefter, in 13 Edw. IV. as alfo
Sheriff in the 20th, and Juftice of Peace in 22 Edw. IV. and
I Edw. V. and again Sheriff of thofe counties in 2 Rich. III.
and was killed in his fervice, but how, is varioufly related. The
tradition is, that he was killed in Bolworth Field ; but the in-
quifition, taken after his death, exprefteth that he died Aug. 20,
3 Rich. III. which was two days before the battle : Therefore it
is probable that, railing forces in the county for the King, he was
encountered by fome of the Earl of Richmond's troops, in their
pafTage towards Bofwoith, and by that means loft his life. He
married Agnes, daughter of Longvile, and had iffue, Wil-
liam Boughton, twelve years old at the death of his father, who
was 'Squire of the Body to King Henry VIII. and in the 27th
of that King, Sheriff of the counties of Warwick and Leicefter.
He had tw^ wives ; firfr, one of the daughters and coheirs of
John Danvers, of Waterftoke, in Oxfordfhire, Efq; and by her
had Edward Boughton, Efq; of whom hereafter. His fecond wife
was Elizabeth Barrington, from which match proceeded Thomas
Boughton, Efq; who married Margaret, daughter and heir of
Edward Cave, Efq; and by grant 37 Henry VIII. had poflefljon
of Caufton, and was father of Edward, who, through the coun-
tenance of Robert, Earl of Leicefter, (a potent man in Queen
Elizabeth's time,) bore a great fway in this county; and having
gotten materials, by pulling down the White Friars church, in
Coventry, raifed here the molt beautiful fabrick that then was in
all
394 BOUGHTON, of Lawford.
all thefe parts : He married Sufanna, daughter of Sir John Brocket,
Knt. and died 1589, leaving Henry, his fon and heir, who, by
Howard, daughter of Edward Leigh, of Rufhall, in Staffordfhire,
Efq; had iffue, Edward, who died Oct. 1642, and by Joice,
daughter to William Combe, of Old Stratford, Efq; had iffue,
William and — ; William died without iffue, and was buried
March 17, 1663, and the eftate came to his nephew, Francis,
fon of , his brother, which Francis Boughton, Efq; married
Frances, daughter to Sir Thomas Norton, of Coventry, Knt.
who having no iffue by her, he gave and devifed his eftate to his?
kinfman, Edward Boughton, Efq; a younger branch of the
Lawford family, (fon of Humphry Boughton, Efq; third fon of
Sir William, the firft Baronet.) He was High Sheriff of War-
wickfhire 171 2; and by Jane, daughter and heir of Michael
Tefmond, Citizen of London, had iflue, Francis Boughton, his
fon and heir, and five daughters, Anne, Jane, Judith, Mary,
and Elizabeth.
But to return to Edward Boughton, Efq; before mentioned,
eldeft fon of William, (by his firft wife, the daughter of John
Danvers, Efq;) who married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of
William Wellington, of Barchefton, Efq; and died 1 Edw. VI.
He was fucceeded by his fon and heir, William, who married
Jane, fifter of Sir Thomas Coningfby, of Hampton-Court, in
Herefordfhire, Knt. He was Sheriff for the counties of Warwick
and Leicefter, 17 and 32 Queen Elizabeth, and in commiffion of
the peace the greateft part of her reign. He died 38 Queen Eli-
zabeth, and was buried in the chancel of the church at Newbold»
Edward Boughton, Efq; his fon and heir, was Sheriff of the
county of Warwick, 4 Jac. and in the commiffion of the peace.
He improved his eftate, by adding to it the manor of Bilton, in
Warwickfhire, &c. and by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
Edward Catefby, of Lapworth Hall, in Warwickshire, Efq; a
younger fon of Sir Richard Catefby, of Afhby Leger, in North-
ampronfhire, Knt. he had iffue, William, and Thomas, and a
daughter Catharine, married to W illiamCombe, of Stratford upon
Avon, in Warwickfhire, Efq; On Thomas, his father fettled
the manor of Bilton ; he married Judith, one of the daughters
and coheirs of Henry Baker, of South Shobery, in Effex, Efq;
by whom he had a fon Thomas, who, by Mary, daughter of Sir
Thomas Halford, of Leicefterfkire, Knt. was father of Edward,
hereafter mentioned.
This Edward, (the father,) and his wife, both lie buried in
the church of Newbold fuper Avon. His eldeft fon, William
Boughton, Efq;. of Lawford, was Sheriff of Warwickfhire, 8
Car. I. and having married Abigail, the eldeft daughter and co-
bejf of the faid Henry Baker, Efq; was5 by King Charles L
create^
BOUGHTON, of Lawford. 395
created a Baronet, as above mentioned. He left iflue three
fons, Sir Edward, Sir William, and Humphry, (father of Ed-
ward Boughton, of Caufton, Efq; before mentioned.)
Sir Edward, his eldeft fon, fucceeded in honour and eftate.
He ferved in Parliament as one of the Knights of the Shire for
the county of Warwick, temp. Car. II. and Sheriff of the
county 13 Car. II. and was married, firft, to the eldeft daugh-
ter of Thomas Pope, Earl of Down ; fecondly, to Anne, daugh-
ter of Sir John Heydon, Knt. Governor of Bermudas. But
having no iflue, the honour and eftate devolved on his next
brother, Sir William.
Which Sir William Boughton, Bart, was High Sheriff of
Warwickshire, I Will, and Mary, and married Mary, daugh-
ter of Haftings Ingram, Efq; of Little Woolford, in Warwick-
fhire. He died Auguft 12, 1683. His Lady furyived, and died
Feb. 24, 1693, and left iflue one fon, Sir William, and three
daughters, Abigail, married to Edward Boughton, Efq; of Bil-
ton, father of William Boughton, of Bilton, Efq; who fold the
Lordfhip of Bilton, in the year 171 1, to Jofeph Addifon, Efq;
the other two daughters were, Catharine, married to William
Smith, of Pelton, in Warwickihire, Efq; and Lucy-Anne, wife
of John Parkes, of Eydon, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; This
Sir William, and his Lady, both lie buried in the chancel of
Newbold church. He was fucceeded by his only fon,
Sir William, who was (on the Earl of Northampton's being
called up to the Houfe of Peers, as Lord Compton, temp. Ann.)
unani moufly chofen one of the Knights of the Shire for the county
of Warwick, and married two wives ; firft, Mary, daughter of
John Ramfey, Efq; one of the Aldermen of the city of Lon-
don, by whom he had iflue one fon, Sir Edward-; and two daugh-
ters, Mary, married to Sir Hen. Houghton, Bart, and Anne. His
fecond Lady was Catharine, daughter of Sir Charles Shuck-
burgh, Bart, (who furvived him,) and by her he had five fons,
of which, William, Thomas, and Charles, died young, Shuck-
burgh, and Richard ; with three daughters, Catharine, Meliza,
and Elizabeth. He died July 22, 1716, aged fifty-three, and
lies buried in Newbold upon Avon church, in Warwickfoire.
Sir Edward Boughton, Bart, (his only fon, by the firft ven-
ter,) fucceeded to the title and eftate. He was High Sheriff of
the county of Warwick, 7 Geo. I, and married Grace, eldeft
daughter of Sir John Shuckburgh, Bart, by whom he had Sir
Edward, his fucceiTor, and three daughters. The eldeft mar-
ried Sir George Walters, of Worceiter Park, in Surry, Knt.
({he died without iflue in Nov. 1733, and lies buried at Mai-
den, in Surry ;) another married the Rev. Mr. Leng ; and the
youngeft Mr. Brudcnell. Sir Edward died Feb. 12, 1 721-2,
(and
396 C H I C H E S T E R, of Raleigh.
(and his Lady, furviving him, afterwards married Lifter,
Efq; fan and heir of Matthew Lifter, of Burwell, in Lincoln-
fhire, Efq ;) He was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his only
fan,
Sir Edward Boughton, the prefent Baronet, who ferved the
office of High Sheriff of the county of Warwick, 1748.
Arms. Sable, three Crefcents, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion's Head, couped, Or.
Seat. At Lawford, near Rugby, in Warwickshire.
94. Chichester, of Raleigh, Devonshire.
Created Baronet, Auguft 4, 1641.
npHIS famous family, firnamed de Chicefter, according to
-* Mr. Camden, have been long feated at Raleigh, in De-
vonfhire, though they were of good efteem in this county, long
before that feat came to them.
The firft we find mentioned of this ancient family is Wal-
leran de Cirencefter, (faid to be denominated from Cirencefter,
in Gloucefterfhire,) defcended from a brother of Robert de Chi-
chefter, Bifhop of Exeter, who was confecrated anno 1128. He
had iffue, John, father of Sir John, who had iflue, Sir Thomas
de Cirencefter, Knt. Lord of the Manor of St. Mary Church,
(an eminent fea mark ftanding on the eaft fide of Torbay,) in
Devon, in the days of King Henry III. whofe reign began 1216,
which name, feveral generations before this, flourifhed at South
Pool, not far from KingVbridge, in Devon, where their mofl
ancient habitation was. This Sir Thomas, by his wife Alicia
de Rotomago, had LfTue William, father of Sir John de Ciren-
cefter, and he had iffue Richard, who took the name of Chi-
chefter. His fan, John Chicefter, had iflue Sir John, who
married Thomafine, daughter and fale heir of Sir William Ra-
leigh, of Raleigh, near Barnftaple, in Devonfhire, Knt. His
pofterity matched into feveral ancient and honourable houfes,
as Kains, of Winkley-Kains, Powlet, of Hinton St. George, Sec,
Edward Chichefter, Efq; temp. Hen. VIII. married Eliza-
beth, eldeft daughter of John Bourchier, Earl of Bath, and
Lord Fitz-warinc, (by Cecily, his wife, daughter of Giles,
.Lord Daubeney, Knight of the Garter, and fifter and heir of
Henry, Earl of Bridgewater, who died 2 Edward VI.) and by
her was progenitor of Sir John Chichefter, Knt. who by Ger-
trude, daughter pf Sir William ©ourtenay, of Powderham-
caftle,
CHICHESTER, of Raleigh. 397
caftle, in Devon, Knt. had eight daughters, and five Tons, four
whereof were Knights, of which two alio were Lords, viz. a
Baron, and a Vifcount ; i. Sir John, hereafter mentioned;
2. Sir Arthur, Baron of Belfaft, and Lord Deputy of Ireland,
who married Lettice, daughter of Sir John Perrott, Knt. Lord
Deputy of Ireland, by whom he had no iflue, and died Feb.
1625, leaving his next furviving brother, Sir Edward, his heir ;
3. Sir John, the younger, who was killed abroad ; 4. Sir Ed-
ward, of Eggesford, in Devon, and of Carrickfergus in Ireland,
who married Anne, daughter and heir of John Copplefton, cf
Eggesford, in Devon, Efq. He was created Baron of Belfaft,
and Vifcount Carrickfergus, and his fon Arthur, Earl of Dorr-
negall, from whom the prefent Earl of Donnegall, in the
kingdom of Ireland, is defcended ; the eight daughters were,
1. Elizabeth, married to Hugh Fortefcue, of Fillegh, Efq;
2. Dorothy, to Sir Hugh Pollard, of King's Nimpton, Knt.
3. Eleanor, to Sir Arthur Baflet, of Umberleigh, Knight;
4. Mary, to Richard Bluet, of Holcomb Regis, Efq; 5. Ce-
cilia, to Thomas Hatch, of Aller, Efq; 6. Sufannah, to John
Fortefcue, of Buckland Fillegh, Efq; 7. Bridget, to Sir Ed-
mond Prideaux, of Farway, Bart, all in the county of Devon ;
and, 8. Urith, to John Trevelyan, of Nettlecomb, in Somer-
fetfhire, Efq. The grandfather of this Sir J. Chichefter had two
wives ; firft, Margaret, daughter and heir of Hugh Beaumont,
of Youlfton, in Devon, Efq; by which match came that feat ;
and, fecondly,Joan, daughter of Rob. Brett, of Whitftaunton,in
Somerfetfhire, and of Pillond, near Barnftaple, in Devon, Efq;
from which match defcended the Fortefcue's of Widworthy and
Arlington, in Devon ; and thofe of Hall, in Bifhopftawton,
alfo iffued out of the Chichefters, of Raleigh. Several of this
family are mentioned (in Mr. Brown Willis's Notitia Parlia-
mentaria,) to be Members of Parliament, as John Chichefter,
34, 45, 46 Edw. III. for Melcomb, in Dorfetmire, for which
place he ferved again, 1 Rich II. alfo Sir John Chichefter re-
prefented the county of Devon in Parliament, 1 Mar. and
5 Eliz. and John Chichefter, for Leftwithiel, in Cornwall,
21 Jac. I.
Sir John Chichefter, of Raleigh, Knt. (eldeft fon of Sir
John, before-mentioned, by Gertrude, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Courtenay, Knt.) was killed with the Judge, and feveral
others, by an infectious fmell, which came from the prifoners at
the Lent affizes at the caftle of Exeter, 1585. He married Anne,
daughter of Sir Robert Dennis, of Holcombe, in Devon, Knt.
by whom he had Sir Robert Chichefter, of Raleigh, Knight
of the Bath, who married to his firft wife Frances, daughter
and coheir of John, Lord Harrington, of Exton, in Rutland-
{hire,
398 C H I C H E S T E R, of Raleigh.
fhire, by whom he had only one daughter, Anne, his heir.,
married to Thomas, Lord Bruce, anceftor to the Earl of
Aylefbury. His fecond wife was a daughter of — ■ — Hill, of
Shilfton, Efq; by whom he had,
John Chichefter, of Raleigh, Efq; advanced to the dignity
of a Baronet by King Charles I. He married Elizabeth, el-
ded daughter of Sir John Rayney, of Wrotham, in Kent*
Bart, by whom he had three fons, Sir John, Sir Arthur, and
Henry, who married the widow of John Chichefter, of Hall,
Efq; and dying 1667, was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by
his eldeft fon,
Sir John Chichefter, Bart, who had to wife, the daughter of
Sir Charles Bickerftaff, of Sele, in Kent, Knt. but dying with-
out ifTue male, 1680, the honour and eftate came to his
brother,
Sir Arthur Chichefter, Bart, who married Elizabeth* daugh-
ter of Thomas Drewe, of Grange, in Devon, Efq; by whom
he had Sir John, his fucceftbr, befides fix daughters; I* Flo-
rence, married to William Northmore, Efq; Member of Parlia-
ment for Oakhampton, and died Jan. 1, 1725-6, aged twenty-
feven ; 2. Mary, married to Courtney, of Mullan, Devon 5
and fecondly, to Mr. Cheney, of Launcefton, Cornwall, now
living. 3. Anne, married Francis Fulford, of Great Fulford*
Devonfhire, yet living. The fourth married to a Clergyman
in the Ifle of Wight ; the fifth married to one Mr. Berry ;
and, 6. Elizabeth, died unmarried. Sir Arthur was elected to
Parliament for Barnftaple, in the county of Devon* in the
reigns of King James II. King William III. Queen Anne,
t and King George I. but dying 17 17, was fucceeded in dignity
and eftate by his fon,
Sir John Chichefter, Bart. Member for Barnftaple, in De-
von, who took to wife Anne, daughter of John Leigh, of
Newport, in the Ifle of Wight, Efq; by whom he left two
fons, Sir John, his fucceftbr, and William, Recta of Ham*
in Devon, who married Mifs Bellamin, of Devonfhire^ de-
ceafed, and left fons and daughters. Sir John had alfo three
daughters ; one married firft to Mufgrave, of Somerfet-
fhire ; and afterwards to the Rev. Mr. John Sandford, Rector
of Moniton, Somerfetfhire. This Lady is fince dead. Sir
John's fecond daughter married Mr. William Sandford, of
Minehead, Somerfetfhire, and is living* The other daughter is
Florence, unmarried. Sir John died Auguft 1740, and was
fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft (on^
Sir John Chichefter, the prefent Baronet, who ferved High
Sheriff of Devonfhire, 1753. He married the fecond daugh-
KNATCHBULL, of Merfliam-Hatch. 399
ter of one of the four coheirs of Sir George Chudleigh, of
Haldon, Devon, deceafed, by whom he has a ion, a minor.
N. B. The four daughters and coheirs of Sir George Chud-
leigh, are, Margaret, the eldeft, married to Henry Oxenden,
Efq; eldeft fon of Sir George Oxenden, of Deane, Kent,
Frances, the fecond, married to Sir John Chichefter, as above.
Elizabeth, the third, is unmarried ; and Mary, the fourth and
youngeft, is married to Humphry Prideaux, of Padftow, in
Cornwall, Efq.
Arms. Chequy, Or and Gules, a chief Vaire, Azure and
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Heron, rifing with an Eel in his
Beak, Proper.
Seats. At Youlfton, or Yonefton, m Devonfhire.
95. Knatchbull, of Merfham-Hatch, Kent.
Created Baronet, Auguft 4, 1641.
MErfham-Hatch has been the principal feat of this family,
ever fince the 2d year of Hen. VII. at which time it was
purchafed, by Rich. Knatchbull, of the Executors of Edwards.
The houfe is in that deed, and in feveral of much older date,
called fometimes Merfham-Hatch, and fometimes Merfham le
Hatche.
Mr. Philipot, in his Villare Vantianwn, has the following
words concerning this family. * Knatchbull, extracted ori-
4 ginally from Limne, where I find the name by deeds very
6 ancient, and owners of a plentiful patrimony.'
Of whom was John Knatchbull, who held much land in
Limne, in the time of Edw. III.
From him defcended Thomas Knatchbull, who was the
father of Thomas, and William Knatchbull, of whom, Tho-
mas, married Eleanor — , and William, a daughter of John
Brockman.
From Thomas and Eleanor defcended another Thomas,
who was the father of Richard Knatchbull, who lived in the
time of Hen. VII. and married Catharine, daughter of Sir
Thomas Lewknor, Knt.
Richard, was the father of another Richard Knatchbull,
who married Agnes, daughter of Robert Brent. He died
1523, and had iffue, by thefaid Agnes, William Knatchbull ;
which William, had iffue John, and Thomas Knatchbull ;
and a daughter named Sibyll.
John,
4oo KNATCHBULL, of Merfham-Hatcli*
John, married Alice, daughter of Fowle, of Tenter-
den. He died 1540, and had iflue, by the faid Alice, Richard,
John, Reginald, and William Knatchbull ; and a daughter
Mary, married to Thomas Finch ; of Richard, the eldeft fon,
we fhall treat hereafter ; 2. John, who married a daughter of
Sheaf, (fifter to his brother Richard's wife,) by whom he
had iflue, two fons and one daughter, viz. John, who married,
1. Jane, fifter of Sir Thomas Honywood, of Evington ; and
2. Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Filmer, of Eaft-Sutton,
both in Kent, Knts. and Richard, who married alfo twice,
I. Catharine, daughter of Thomas Boys, of Hythe, in Kent;
and 2, Anne, daughter of William Gibbons ; Mary, the
daughter, married Thomas Scot, of Egrefton, fon to Sir Re-
ginald Scot, of Scot's-Hall, in Kent, Knt. 3. Reginald, who
married Anne, daughter of William Crifpe, Efq; Lieutenant of
Dover-Caftle, and brother to Sir Henry Crifpe, of Quekes, in
the Ifle of Thanet, a perfon very eminent in the reign of Hen.
VIII. by whom he had iflue another Reginald, (who was father
of Mary Knatchbull, who was Lady Abbefs of the Convent
of Benedictine Nuns at Ghent.) And alfo one daughter,
Anne, married to John Beft, of Allington-Caftle. 4. William
Knatchbull, who married Catharine, daughter of John Greene,
by whom he had iflue Richard, who married the daughter of
George Goring, and alfo two daughters, Catharine, married
to John Crifpe, fon and heir to the aforefaid William Crifpe,
Efq; Lieutenant of Dover-Caftle; and Mary, to Timothy
Johnfon, ofFordwich.
Richard Knatchbull, Efq; eldeft fon and heir, had two
wives, I. Joan, daughter of Sheaf; and 2. Sufan,
daughter of Thomas Green, of Bobbing, in EfTex. He had
iflue by the firft wife, two fons; 1. Richard, who married
Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Scot, of Scot's-Hall, Knt.
(who, after his death, was married again to Sir Thomas
Bromley, Knt.) by whom he had one fon, Thomas, who
died without iflue; 2. John, who married Elizabeth, another
daughter of the faid Sir Thomas Scott, Knt. and died without
ifTue, (his relict was married again to Sir Richard Smythe,
Knt.) and alfo four daughters, viz. Alice; Anne, married to
Sir Edward Boys, of Fredvile, Knt. Elizabeth, to William
Gibbons, of WeftclifT; and Catharine, married to Alexander
Hamon, of Acris.
Richard, before-mentioned, had iflue by his fecond wife5
Sufan, four fons ; {. Sir Norton; 2. Thomas; both of which
we fhall mention hereafter; 3. John, who died unmarried;
and 4 George, who married Joan, daughter ot Thomas Gil-
bert, of Sandwich, Efq; and died without ifEiie; alfo two
daughters*
KNATCHBULL, of Merfham-Hatch. 401
daughters, Urfula, married to Alexander Shepherd, of Peafe-
mark; and Mary, to Paul Cleybrooke, of Naih-Court, in the
Ifle of Thanet. ' This Richard died 1582, and lies buried
under a plain marble ftone, at the entrance of the chancel, of
the paiim church of Meriham.
Sir Norton Knatchbull, Knt. fon and heir of the laft Ri-
chard, was Sheriff of Kent, 5 Jac. I. and ferved in Parliament
for the port of Hythe. He had three wives, firft, Anne,
daughter of Paul Wentworth, Efq; fecondly, Bridget, daughter
of" John Aftley, of Maidftone, in Kent, Efq; who was Matter
of the Jewel-office to Queen Elizabeth, and defcended from
the ancient Barons Aftley, of Aftley-caftle, in Warwickfhire,
by his wife, Margaret, daughter and heir of the Lord Thomas
Grey, brother to Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorfer, and Duke
of Suffolk ; fitter and coheir to Sir John Aftley, of Allington,
Knt. thirdly, Mary Weftrow, widow of Thomas Wettrow, of
London, Efq; and daughter of John Alderfea, of Spurgrove,
Efq; in Cheihire, (who, after his death, was married again to
Sir Edward Scot, Knight of the Bath,) but he had no iffue by
any of them.
Thomas Knatchbull, Efq; fecond fon of Richard, and bro-
ther to Sir Norton, married Eleanor, another daughter and
coheir of the aforefaid John Aftley, Efq; by his faid wife, Mar-
garet Grey ; and by her had iilue feven fons, Richard, who
died without iffue ; Sir Norton, of whom hereafter ; Francis,
who died without iilue ; Thomas, (who married Anne,
daughter of Edward Chute;) Aftley, John, and George,
which three laft died without iiiue : He had alfo four daughters ;
Bridget, married to George Curtis, of Tenterden ; Margaret,
to Nicholas Toke, of Goddington, in Kent, Efqrs. Sufan, and
Alice. He died 1623, and lies buried in the parifh church of
Maidftone, in Kent.
Norton Knatchbull, Efq; his fon and heir, was knighted at
Whitehall, and afterwards advanced to the dignity of a Ba-
ronet, 17 Car. I. He ferved in Parliament as Knight of the
Shire for the county of Kent, temp. Car. I. and for the port
of New Romney, in the reigns of King Charles I. and II. and
was a perfon of great learning, of which his annotations on the
New Teftament will be a lafting monument. He was twice
married ; firft, to Dorothy, daughter of the above-mentioned
Mary Weftrow, widow of Thomas Weftrow, Efq; Sheriff of
London, by whom he had iffue Sir John, his fucceffor ; Sir
Thomas, fucceffor to his brother; and Norton, who died un-
married ; fecondly, Dorothy, relief of Sir Edward Steward, Knt,
and daughter of Sir Robert Honey wood, of Pett, in Charing,
Vol. L D d fn
402 KNATCHBULL, of Merfham-Hatch.
in Kent, Knt. by whom he had no iffue. He died Feb. $>
1684, aged eighty-three, and lies buried at Merfham.
Sir John Knatchbull, Bart. Ton and heir of Sir Norton, mar-
ried Jane, daughter and coheir of Sir Edward Monins, of
Walderfhare, in Kent, Bart, by whom he had three fons, who
died without iffue, and nine daughters, of which three married
as follows ; Eleanor, to Roger Weft, of Marfworth, in Bucks,
Efq; (the laft heir male of that ancient family;) Elizabeth, to
- Lely-y and Jane, married, firft, to Sir George Herbert, of
Ireland, Bart, and fecondly, to Richard Whitfhed, Efq; brother
to the late Lord Chief Juitice Whitfhed, of the fame kingdom.
SJr John ferved for New Romney, 12 Car. II. and as Knight
of the Shire for Kent, temp. Jac. II. and Will, and Mary, and
died Dec. 15, 1696, aged fixty, without iffue male, and his Lady
died June 7, 1699, and both lie buried in the church at
Merfham.
Sir Thomas Knatchbull, Bart, brother and fucceffor to Sir
John, married Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Dering, of Sur-
renden-Dering, in Kent. Bart, by whom he had iffue, Sir Ed-
ward, his fucceffor ; Heneage, and Thomas ; who both died
unmarried ; and one daughter, Catharine, married, firft, to Sir
George Rooke, Knt. Vice Admiral of England ; fecondly, to
the Hon. Dr. Moore, Rector of Malpas, and Wilmilow, in
Chefhire, uncle to the Earl of Drogheda*
Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. eWeft fon, and fucceffor to
his father, ferved as Member for Rochcfter, in the firft Parlia-
ment of Queen Anne, and as Knight of the Shire for Kent,
in the 12th of the fame reign, and ferved a^ain for the faid
county in the fecond Parliament of King George I. and for
Leftwithiel, in Cornwall, in the firft Parliament of King
George II. He married Alice, daughter of John Wyndham,
of Nonington, in Wilts, Efq; (fon of Sir Wadham Wyndham,
Knt. one of the Juftices of the Common-pleas, ninth fon of
Sir John Wyndham, of Orchard Wyndham, in Somerfetfhire,
Bart.) and fifter to Thomas, Lord Wyndham, late Lord Chan-
cellor of Ireland, by whom he had five fons, 1. Sir Wyndham,
his fucceffor; 2. Thomas ; 3. Edward ; 4. Wadham, Chan-
cellor and Prebendary of Durham, and Rector of Chilham,
and Ivioieach, in Kent; 5. Norton; alfo three daughters,
Mary ; Alice, married to Edward Hearft, of Salisbury, Efq; and
Catharine : Sir Edward died, in Golden-fquare, April 3, 17 30,
and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft fon,
Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, who married Catharine, daugh-
ter of James Harris, of Salifbury, Efq; (he died Jan. 6, 1740-1.
Sir Wyndham died the 3d of July, J 749, leaving ifiue one
fon, and two daughters, Joan-Elizabeth, and Catharine ; and
Wyndham
CASTLETON, of St. Edmundfcury. 403
V/yndham, his fucceflbr; Catharine, died unmarried; Joan-
Elizabeth, is living, unmarried.
Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, Bart, who fucceeded his father in
title and eftate,died the 26th of September, 1763, unmarried, and
was fucceeded bv his uncle,
Sir Edward Knatchbull, the prefent Baronet, who married
Grace, the fecond daughter of William Legg, of Salisbury, by
whom he has had iiTue, three fons, and five daughters, viz. Anne-
Elizabeth, Catharine- Maria, Edward, Norton, Alice, Grace,
Joan, and Wyndham ; Norton, Grace, and Wyndham, died in-
fants ; the reft are living, and unmarried.
Arms. Azure, three Crofs Crofslets, Fi tehee, between two
Bendlets, Or.
Crest. On a Cap of Dignity, Azure, turned up Ermine, a
Leopard (landing, Argent, fpotted, Sable.
Motto. In Crucifix a Gloria mea.
Seat. At Mei (ham-Hatch, in Kent.
96. Castleton, of St. Edmundibury, Suffolk,
Created Baronet, Auguft 9, 1641.
HIS family is defcended from William Caftilton, of Lin-
colnmire, whofe fon William, was of Ditton, in Surry>
father of Robert, of Ditton, who married a daughter of Sir Henry
Norbury, of Stoke, in Surry, Knt. and had iffue, John Caftleton,
of Ditton, Efq; who had two wives; nriT, Elizabeth, daughter
-* Gilbert, of Clare, in Suffolk; fecondly, a daughter of —
Clement, of Kent; by the firil he had no iiTue ; but by the fecend,
William, John, Francis, Judith, Sarah, and Elizabeth.
William, the elded fon and heir, was of St. Edrrundibury, in
Suffolk, and died May 24, 14 Jac. I. pofTeiTed cf the manors of
Clopton, alias Clopton-FIall, in Wooipit, and Rattlefden, and
feveral lands there; he married Anne, daughter of William Hill,
■of Bury, by whom he had,
William Caftleton, Efq; his fon and heir, aged twenty- fix, at
the death of his father; he was advanced to the dignity of a Ea-
ronet, 17 Car. I. and married a daughter of Maflam, of
Suffolk, Efq; relict of — ■ — Bacon, of Heflet, in Suffolk, Efq; by
whom he had two fons, Sir John, his fucceflbr ; and William,
who married the daughter or" Sidney, Efq; and had iflue,
William, who died without iffue ; and Sir Charles, hereafter
mentioned ; alio three daughters j Anne, married to John Jenny,
D d 2 of
404 C A S T L E T 0 N, of St. Edmundfbury,
of Gunton, in Norfolk, Efq; Elizabeth, married to John South-
by, of Bury, in Suffolk, Efq; and Sarah.
Sir John Caftleton, of Shipdam, in Norfolk, and Sturfton, in
Suffolk, Bart, elded fon and fucceflbr to his father, married Mar-
garet, daughter and heir of Robert Morfe, of Sturfton, in Suf-
folk, Efq; (by Margaret, daughter of Henry Bedingfield, of Suf-
folk, Efq;) by whom he had fix fons ; I. Sir John ; 2. George ;
3. Charles, who both died without iffue ; 4. Sir Robert, fucceffor
to his brother, Sir John; 5. Sir Philip, fucceffor to Sir Robert ;
and another, who died without iffue ; alfo three daughters ; Sa-
rah, married to Sir Henry Bacon, of Heringflete, in Suffolk, Bart.
Margaret, to Thomas Baifpool, Efq; and Elizabeth, to the Rev*
Mr. Edward Bofworth.
Sir John Caftleton, of Sturfton, Bart, fucceeded his father in
dignity and eftate, and married Bridget, daughter of Thomas
Read, of Berdwell, in Suffolk, Efq; filler to Sir Charles Ci oft'i
Read, Knt. but died without iffue, 1705, and was fucceeded by
his next brother,
Sir Robert, who dying unmarried, was fucceeded by his bro-
ther.
Sir Philip Caftleton, Bart, who married a daughter of Ofborn
Clarke, Gent, and had iffue one fon, and two daughters, all de-
ceafed. Sir Robert, dying without iffue male, the title went to
his coufm, Sir Charles Caftleton, Bart, fon of William, fecond
fon of the firft Sir William Caftleton, Bart, before mentioned.
Which Sir Charles Caftleton, Bart, was Re£tor of Gillingham,
in Norfolk, (to which he was prefented 1692,) and married,
1693, Elizabeth, fecond daughter of Mr. Edward Taverner, of
St. Olave's Abby, in Heringfleet, in Suffolk, (defcended from a
very ancient family,) by whom he had feven children, four fons,
and three daughters ; Charles, and John, his fucceffors ; Wil-
liam, and Edward ; Sarah ; Elizabeth, married to the Rev. Mr.
Robert Leman, Rector of Kettlebafton, in Suffolk; and Anne.
Sir Charles died, Sept. 1745, and was fucceeded by his eldeft
fon,
Sir Charles Caftleton, Bart, who died unmarried, October 22,
1749, being fucceeded by his next brother,
Sir John Caftleton, Bart. Reclor of Gorlfton, in Suffolk, who
was fucceeded by,
Sir Charles Caftleton, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Azure, On a Bend, Or, three Snakes of the Field.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wyvern.
97. OWEK,
OWEN, of Oriclton. 405
97. Owen, of Orielton, Pembroke {hire.
Created Baronet, Auguft 11, 1641.
*T* HIS family is defcended from Hova, the fon of Kundhelw,
**■ a Nobleman of North Wales, who lived about the year of
the Incarnation, 1 150, and was one of the fifteen Peers of North
Wales. He was of Cwmwd Lhivon, in the county of Carnar-
von, and had iflueMethufalem, who had iiTue Meredith ap Me-
thufalem, of Cwmwd Lhivon, in Carnarvonlhire : Whofe fon
Yorwerth, Lord of Cwmwd Lhivon, had ifTue Griffith ap Yor-
werth, of Cwmwd Lhivon, Efq; who married Gwenlean, daugh-
ter to Rhyvyd Vlaith, Lord of Penlyhn, in North Wales.
His fon, Yorwerth ap Griffith, Lord of Cwmwd Menai, in
Anglefea, Efq; married Gladys, daughter to Howell Goeg, Efqj
and was father of
Yorwerth Dha, Efq; (which fignifies Good,) who married
Gwenthlian, daughter and coheir to Meredith Beukir, of Aber-
fraw, in Anglefea, Efq; and had ifTue
Howell ap Yorwerth, Efq; married to Angharad, daughter to
Howell ap Kynvrig, ofYfdylais, in Denbighshire, Efq; His fon
Halkin ap Howell, Efq; married Erdhylad, daughter and heir to
David ap Yorwerth, of Cwmwd Menai, in Anglefea, Efq; His
fon,Lewellin ap Hulkin, married Maly, daughter to Jevan Lloyd
ap Griffith, of Lechwedh, in Denbighfliire, Efq; by whom he had
iiTue Merik ap Llewellin, of Bodeon, (alias Bodowen, in An-
glefea, who by Margaret, daughter to Jevan Vychan, of Wfton,
in Shropshire, Efq; had ifTue Owen ap Merick, of Bodowen,) in
Anglefea, Efq; This Owen lived in the time of King Henry
VII. was a man of great note in this county, and his defcendants
ever after aflumed the name of Owen. By his wife Eleanor,
daughter to Robert ap Meredith, of Glynlhyvon, in Carnarvon-
fhire, Efq; he had ifTue Hugh ap Owen, of Bodeon, Efq; who
married Gwenlian, daughter to Maurice John, of Llanvroden, in
Merionethshire, Efq; aHd was father of Owen ap Hugh, of Bo-
deon, Efq; who married Sibyl, daughter to Sir William Griffith,
of Penthryn, in Carnarvonfhire, Knt. and was father of
Sir Hugh Owen, of Bodowen, Knt. Barrifter at Law, and Re-
corder of Carmarthen, who married Elizabeth, daughter and fole
heir to George Wyrryot, of Orielton, in Pembrokeshire, Efq; by
whom he had two fons, John and William.
Sir Hugh Owen, Knt. of Orielton, fon of John, and grandfon
of Sir Hugh, was the firft Baronet of this ancient family, ad-
vanced to that dignity, 17 King Charles I. He married to his firft
wife Frances, daughter of Sir John Philipps, of Pi&on Caftle, in
D d 3 Pern-
406 OWE N, of Orielton.
Pembrokefhire, Bart, by whom he had a Ton John, who mar-
ried Anne, daughter and heir of John Lewis, Efq; and died in
his father's life-time, without iflue, (his widow afterv/ards married
Col. Mark Trevor ;) and two daughters, Dorothy, who died un-
married; and another married to John Glynne, of North Wales,
Efq; His fecond wife was Catharine, daughter to Evan Lloyd, of
Yale, in Denbighshire, Efq; relicT: of John Lewis, of Prefcood,
Efq; by whom he had Sir Hugh, his fucceftbr, and Arthur, who
married, firft, a daughter of Hoi fey ; and fecondly, a daugh-
ter of Powell, of Pembrokefhire, Efq; alfo a daughter,
Mary, married to William Scurfeild, of the Mote, in Pembroke-
fhire, Efq; Sir Hugh, died 1670, and was fucceeded by his eldeft
Surviving fon,
Sir Hugh Owen, Bart, who married alfo two wives ; firft,
'aughter and fole heir to Henry Owen, of Bodowen, in
Arglefc;:, Efq; by whom he had, Sir Arthur, his fucceiior ; and
two daughters, Catharine, married to John Williams, of Chefter,
Efq; fecond fon of the late Sir William Williams, of Glaicoed,
in Deiibighlliirc, Bart, and Elizabeth, wife of William Lewis An-
will, of Park, in Merionethshire, Efq; Sir Hugh's fecond Lady
was Catharine, daughter of William Griffith, of Len, Efq; re-
lief of Lewis Anwill, of Park, Efq; by whom he had no iftuej
Sir Hugh, dyine 1698-9, was fucceeded by his only fon,
Sir Arthur Owen, Bart. Lord Lieutenant, Cuftos Rotulorum,
and Knight of the Shire, in both the Parliaments, called by his
Majefty King George I. for the county of Pembroke, having be-
fore fcrved for the town of Pembroke, in the reign of Queen
Anne ; he married Emma, daughter to Sir William Williams,
of Glafcoed, in Denbighfhire, Bart, and had illue three fons, and
three daughters ; 1. William Qwen, his fucceiior, thrice Repre-
sentative in Parliament for the town of Pembroke ; he married
two wives ; firft, in 1725, Elizabeth, daughter and fole heir to
Thomas Lloyd, of Grove, in the county of Pembroke, Efq; by
whom he had only one daughter ; fecondly, Elizabeth, daughter
of John Williams, of Chefter, Efq; by whom he had four chil-
dren. 2. John Owen, Efq; a Major General, Member in the Reign
of George I. forWeftlow, in Cornwall, who married a fifter to
Wyrriot Owen, of Nairn, Efq; and had one fon, born Sept. 1740,
who is in his father's regiment ; and other children ; and,
3. Arthur; the daughters are, Margaret, Emma, and Elizabeth ;
Elizabeth is living, who married, firft, William Owen, of Car-
narvon, in North Wales, Efq; and, fecondly, Hugh Barlow, of
Llawrenny, in Pembrokefhire, Efq; Sir Arthur died ]une 6,
1753, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir William Owen, the prefent Baronet, who was elected
Knight of the Shire for the county of Pembroke, 1747, (having
reprefent-*
H E Y M A N, of Somerfield. 407
reprefented the town of Pembroke in the five preceding Parlia-
ments,) for which place he was again chofen in the prefent Par-
liament, and is alfo Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of
the faid county. He married Elizabeth, daughter and fole heir
of William Lloyd, of Grove, in the county of Pembroke, Efq;
by whom" he had one daughter ; fecondly, to Elizabeth, daughter
of John Williams, of Chefter, Efq; by which Lady, who is de-
ceased, he had four children.
Arms. Gules, a Chevron, between three Lions Rampant, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion Rampant, Or.
Supporters. Two Savages, with each a Kollybum on their
Shoulders, proper, and wreathed about their Heads and Waifts
with Holly Leaves.
Motto. Honp.fi as optima Politia.
Seats. Orielton, and Landfhipping, both in Pembrokefhire;
and Bodowen, near Aberfraw, in Anglefea.
98. Heyman, of Somerfield, Kent.
Created Baronet, Auguft 12, 1641.
rTi H E family of the Heymans is of known antiquity for many
A hundred years pair, having had honours, and good eftates,
in the counties of Kent and ElTex, and in the city of London,
belongins; to them.
Ralph Heyman, Efq; was pofTeiTed of a good eftate, in King
Henry the Seventh's time. Hepurcbafed the manor of Harenge,
in Kent, from Sir Francis Willoughby ; which his fon, Peter,
fettled upon his fecond fon, Peter.
In 25 Hen. VIII. Otterpole, in Kent, was purchafed by Peter
Heyman, Efq; from Thomas Wombwell, of North fleet, Efq.
Somerfield eftate, in the parifh of Sellinge, in Kent, belonged
to William Tilde, Efq; who died, leaving one daughter, Eliza-
beth, who became firft wife to Peter Heyman, Efq; about the
middle of Henry VIII. 1527, by whom he had two fons, Ralph
Heyman, Efq; of whom hereafter; and William, who married
Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Reginald Scot, Knt. and fix daughters.
Mary, wife of Paul Johnfon, of Fordwich ; Catharine, married
to William Hamon, of Acris ; Margaret, married, firft, to John
Poynet, and afterwards, to John Hill ; Mildred, to Thomas Cor-
bet, of London; Anne, to Robert Cutts, of London ; and Erne-
line, who died unmarried. His fecond wife was Mary, daughter
and heir of William Tirrell, of Beeches, in ElTex, Efq; by whom
he left only one daughter, Jane, heir to her mother, married to
D d 4 Joha
4o8 H E Y M A N, of Sqmerficld.
John Honywood, of Elmfted, in Kent, Efq; by whom fLe hadf
only one daughter, Catharine, married to Sir Edward Scot, of
Scots Hall, in Kent, Knt. This Peter Heyman, Efq; was one of
the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King Edward VI. and died
Auguft, 1550.
Ralph Heyman, Efq; eldeft. fon and heir, living 1577, married
Anne, daughter of William Naunton, of Suffolk, Efq; by whom
he had two fons, Henry, of whom hereafter ; and "William ; and
fix daughters, Elizabeth, married to Sir Thomas Scott, of Scots
Hall, Knt. Mary, to John Boade, of Feverfham ; Anne, to
Adam Sprackling, of Fordwich, Efq; fon of Sir Adam Sprack-
ling, Knt. Elizabeth, wife to Thomas Tourney, of S^lwood;
Margaret, to William Hales, of Hepington ; and Rebecca : He
died 1601.
Henry Heyman, Efq; his eldeft fon and heir, married Rebecca,
daughter and coheir of the Right Rev. Robert Home, Bifhop of
Winchester, by whom he had Peter, F.alph, Betony, Robert, and
Reginald ; and three daughters, of which Elizabeth married Sir
Peter Godfrey, of Lyd, in Kent, Knt. he died 1613.
Sir Peter Pleyman, Knt. his elded fon and heir, had two wives;
Sarah, daughter and heir of Peter Collet, of London, Merchant,
by whom he had one fon, Henry, born at Selling, in Kent, Nov.
20, 1610 ; and a daughter, Sarah, married to Laurence Rooke, of
Monksnorton, in Kent, Efq; His fecond wife was Mary, daugh-
ter and coheir of Randolph Wolley, of London, Merchant, by
whom he had three fons, and three daughters. On Peter, his
fecond fon, he fettled Harenge, in Kent. Sir Peter was Member
of Parliament for the port of Hythe, in Kent, in the reign of
King James I. in the years 1620, and 1624, and in the reign of
King Charles I. from 1625 to 1631.
Henry Hevman, Efq; only fon and heir, by the firft venter, was
#iled of Somerfleld, in Selling, and advanced to the dignity of a
•aronet, 17 Car. I. He ferved in Parliament for the port of
Hythe, after the death of his father, to the end of that reign, and
alfo in Kins Charles the Second's reign.
Which Sir Henry married Mary, daughter and heir to Daniel
Holford, of Wefturrcck; in EiTex, Efq; by whom he had five
children, three fons, and two daughters, viz. Peter, born in Black-
Friars, London, July j o, 1642 ; Henry, born at Selling, March
24, 1646; Robert, born at Selling, July 6, 1647; Mary, born
In Black- Friars, April 28, 1643 ; and Anne, born in the fame
place, May j 9, 1644. Two of the fons, and one daughter, died
unmarried. Mary, the eldeft daughter, married Sir Richard
Sandys, of Nortbbourn, in Kent, Knt. (who was killed by bis
own iowiiny- piece, in going ovu a hed^e. ) Sir Henry died at
his
HEYMAN, of Somerfield. 409
his feat at Somerfield, 1658, and lies buried in the family vault
at Selling, in Kent.
Sir Peter Heyman, Bart, eldeft Ton and fucceflbr, married Mary,
daughter of Rich, of Clapham, in Surry, Gent, by whom he
had~three fens, of which were living in 1741, Sir Bartholomew,
the eldeft, his fucceflbr; and Peter, the youngeft, Rector of
Headcorn, in Kent, and one of the ten Vicars of the Diocefe of
Canterbury, who married Catharine, daughter of Mr. Thomas
Tilden, of Canterbury, a Civilian, and had feveral fons and
daughters.
Sir Peter died at Canterbury, 0£i. 5, 1723, and lies buried in the
parifh church of St. Alphage', in that city, together with his wife.
Sir Bartholomew Heyman, Bart, his eldeft fon and fucceflbr,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Nelfon, of Sandwich, in
Kent, Merchant, (a relation of the lace pious Robert Nelfon, Efq;
author of feveral excellent books of devotion,) by whom he had
feveral children, but left only one fon living,
Sir Peter Heyman, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Argent, on a Chevron engrailed, Azure, three Cinque-
foils, Or, between three Martlets, Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Demi Blackmoor, full-faced,
wreathed about his Temples, and holding a Rofe, flipped, proper.
99. Goodricke, of Ribftan, Yorkfhire.
Created Baronet, Aug. 14, 1641.
/^OODRICKE is a Saxon name, fignifying God's Jurif-
^* diction. It is mentioned by Ingulphus, and other Hiftorians
of the Saxon times, and is infcribed upon feveral old Saxon coins.
It appears from the viiitation of Robert Glover, Somerfet He-
rald, that this family flourifhed for feveral generations, at Nor-
tingley, or Nortonlee, in Somerfetfhire, all whofe names, mar-
riages, and iflue, are fpecified in the family pedigree.
At length Henry Goodricke, the third fon of Robert Good-
ricke, of Nortingley, marrying an heirefs, the daughter of
Thomas Stickford, Efq; in Lincolnfhire, the family flourifhed
in that county; where, after fix generations, William Goodricke,
of Eaft-Kirby, Lincolnfhire, Efq; married to his fecond wife,
Jane, the heirefs of Mr. Williamfon, of Bofton, by whom he
had three fons and a daughter : The fons were, John, Thomas,
and Henry, (anceftor to the prefent Baronet, cf whom hereafter)
of which, John, the eldeft, fucceeded to his father's eftate, and
was denominated of Bullingbrook, in Lincolnfhire, and mar-
ried
4io G O O D R I C K E, of Ribftan.
i icci a daughter of Sir Lionel Dimock, of Maring, in that
county, Knt. Thomas, the fecond fon, was in great favour
with King Kenry VIII. and was employed by him, in feveral
negotiations with foreign Princes. He was one of the thirty-
two Commiffioners impowered to reform the canon laws, in
that King's reign ; and when King Edward VI. had reduced
that number to eight, he was one of them. He was fent, with
others, to reform the Univerfity of Cambridge, and was one of
the Compilers of the Englifh Liturgy. He was twenty years
Bilhop of Ely, and by King Edward VI. was joined in com-
miflion, with others, to carry the Order of the Garter to the
French King, and made an oration at his being inverted with
it. The fame King made him Lord Chancellor of England ;
from which office he was removed by Queen Mary, and died,
unmarried, May 10, 1554, nine months after King Edward.
The Reverend Mr. Downes, in his Lives of the Compilers
of the Englifh Liturgy, gives this account of him :
This worthy Prelate was defcended from an antient and weal-
thy family, and was born at Kirby, in Lincolnfhire, and edu-
cated at Corpus Chrifli College, in Cambridge. He took his
firft degree in arts, in 15 10, the fame year with Cranmer and
Latimer; commenced Mafter in 1514; and, in 1516, was
Proctor of the Univerfity. He applied himfelf to his ftudies
with unwearied induftry ; and acquired a great reputation, for
his uncommon proficience, not only in divinity, but in the
knowlege of the civil and canon law. His great merit foon re-
commended him to the favour of King Henry, who fent for
him to Court, advifed with him in the moft difficult affairs of
ilate, and employed him in frequent embaffies to foreign Princes.
In his reign he commenced Doctor of Laws ; and on April 19,
1534, was confecrated Biihop of Ely, in Archbifhop Cranmer's
chapel, at Croydon. He continued Bifhop of that diocefe
above twenty years ; and finding the palace at Ely old and
ruinous, at his own charge repaired and beautified it, and built
a fpacious and magnificent gallery on the north fide of it. He
was a great favourer of the Reformation ; and, on account of
his Singular learning, was confulted with, and employed in the
molt, important affairs relating thereto. He had a great hand
in drawing up, The Infiitation of a Chrijiian Man ; (for a more
particular account of which book, fee the Life of Archbiihop
Cranmer, p. xi, x i i . ) and was a fmcere promoter of pure re-
ligion, and a patron to all learned men, who, he thought, might
be of fervice, towards the abolition of the papal tyranny and
fu perfti t ions, and the reftitution of true primitive Chriftianity.
A ' thefe he had a particular efteem for Dr. Richard Cox,
•,, , . made his Chaplain 5 and, by his intereft at Court,
prevailed
GOODRICKE, of Ribftan. 41 1
prevailed to have the education of the young Prince Edward
committed to his care.
After the death of King Henry, he was found fo ferviceable
in promoting the regular progrefs of the Reformation, and fo
ufeful a counfellor in all difficult affairs both of church and
ftate, that it was thought neceffary to bellow a fuitable reward
on him, for his great fervices. Accordingly, he was fworn into
the Privy-council ; and, in 155 1, was made Lord Chancellor of
England. He is, on this occaficn, much abufed by Dr. Bur-
net j who, not content with a largs invective againft him, for
accepting a poft, fo inconfiftent with the function and duty of a
Clergyman, as he pretends, goes op. to load his memory with
a heavy ace u fat ion of inconftancy in religion, turning with
every tide, and refolving not to fuffer for the reformation in
Queen Mary's reign. But this is a mod malicious and ground-
lefs charge, a bafe and unworthy flander on a perfon, to whom
our reformed church is fo much indebted : And had Dr. Burnet
been but as free from thofe crimes, as the worthy Prelate, whom
he fo fcurriloufly reflects on, he had left a much fairer character
behind him, and been in greater repute with impartial pofterity,
than he is now ever like to be.
But to return to Bifhop Goodrick. While Chancellor, he
was admired by all, for his impartial diflribution of juftice ; he
had the bltfiings and prayers of the poor, and the favour and
efleem of the rich : His greatest enemies could not but acknow-
ledge him gentle, juil, and gracious ; and his molt inrimate
friends, when thev brought a bad caufe before him, found him
inflexible, fevere, and unprejudiced. Having a great eireem of
Bifhop Day's learning, he laboured earned ly to reduce him from
his prejudices, and difpofe him to a favourable opinion of the
Reformation ; but could do no good on a man fo wilful and
obftinate. He was one of thofe, who drew up that excellent
book, The Reformation of the EcclefiajUcal Laws : And at the
requeft of King Edward, put the Great Seal to the inftrument
for the fuccefiion of the Lady Jane Grey. This was the reafon,
why, upon the fall of that Lady, the Great Seal was taken from
him, within two days after Queen Mary came to London,
And though it was thought rit, for the prefent, to let him en-
joy the benefit of the general pardon ; yet there is no queftion
to be made, but that he would, amongit the reft of the Mar-
tyrs, have been brought to the Hake for his religion, had he
not died, on the 10th of May, 1554, atSomerfham, of the ftone.
Henry Goodricke, Efcjj the third brother, before-mentioned,
purchafed Ribftan, and other lands in Yorkfhire, of Charles
Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, anno 1542, and died in 1556. He
married Margaret3 daughter and coheir of Sir Chriftopher Raw-
fon,
4i2 GOODRICKE, of Ribfian,
fon, of London, Knt. and had feveral children. He was fbo
ceeded in his Yorkftiire eftate, by his fon Richard, who was
born 1524, was High Sheriff of Yorkfhire anno 1579, and
died 1581. He married Clare, daughter of Richard Norton,
of Norton-Coniers, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and was facceeded in
bis eftate, by his fon Richard, who was born 1560, was alfo
High Sheriff of Yorkfliire anno 1591, and died 1601. He
married Meriol, daughter of William, Lord Evre, and by her
had feven fons, and feveral daughters. He was fucceeded in his
eftate by his eldeft (on,
Sir Henry Goodricke, Knt. who was born in 1580, and
died in July, 1641. He married Jane, the daughter of Sir John
Saviie, of Methly, in Yorkfhire, Knt. one of the Barons of the
Exchequer, who at length was heirefs to her brother of the
whole blood, Sir Henry Saviie, Bart. There were twelve chil-
dren by this marriage, of which were three daughters, Jane, and
Elizabeth, who died unmarried ; and Mary, married to Richard
Hawkfworth, of Hawkfworth, in Yorkfliire, Efq; and nine fons,
whereof only three furvived their father, viz. Sir John, his eldeft,
at his death ; 2. Saviie Goodricke, Efq; who died at Vienna,
aged thirty-two; and, 3. Sir Francis, who married Hefter, the
daughter of Peter Warburton, of the Grange, in Chefhire, Efq;
but died without iffue, in Auguft, 1674, at Durham, where he
was Chancellor.
Sir John Goodricke, Knt. the eldeft fon, was created Ba-
ronet by King Charles I. He was born April 20, 161 7, and
fjffered very much in the civil wars for his loyalty to the
King ; and had his eftate fequeftred, and paid 1343E ics. com-
pofition to the fequeftrators. He was priioner hrft at Man-
chefter, and then in the Tower of London; from whence he
made his efcape into France, where he continued till the Refto-
ration, when he was chofen Knight of the Shire for Yorkfhire,
and died November 1670. He married two wives, viz. 1. Ca-
tharine, daughter and heir of Stephen Norcliile, Efq; by
whom he had his eldeft fon, Sir Henry 5 and to his fecond wife,
he married Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Smith, Efq; of
Suffolk, and widow to William, Lord Vifcount Fairfax, of
I iilluig, and by her had his younger fon, Sir John.
Sir Henry Goodricke, Knt. and Baronet, eldeft fon and
•cceiTor to his father, in title and eftate, was born October
£4, 1642. Ke was Envoy Extraordinary from Charles II.
rig or England, to Charles II. King of Spain; and was
; 1 ^tenant General of the Ordnance, 2m\ Privy Councillor to
K" g William III. He married Mary, the daughter of Colonel
Wi \hm Leggj and lifter to George, Lord Dartmouth; but
iiQu without ifiue, after a long iilneis, at Brentford, in Mid-
dle! x?
GOODR1CKE, of Ribftan. 41 3
dlefex, March 5, 1704-5, and was interred with his anceftors
at Ribftan, and was fucceeded by his brother,
Sir John Goodricke, Bart, who was born October 16, 1654,
and died December 10, 1705. He married Sarah, the daugh-
ter of Sir Richard Hopkins, of Coventry, Knt. Serjeant at
Law, by whom he left ten children at his death, viz. five
Tons and five daughters ; 1. Sir Henry, the eldeir, who fuc-
ceeded him; 2. Francis, (who married Mrs. Jane Prcfcotr,
and had only one daughter ;) 3. Richard, (who took Orders,
but is ilnce dead, unmarried;) 4. John-Savile, (who married
Mrs. Adeliza Herbert, and had iiiue, two daughters, Adeliza^
and Mary;) 5. William, (who married Mrs. Mary Rullel,
and had one fon, Henry, and two daughters.)
Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart, eldeit fon and fuccefibr to his
father, was born Sept. 8, 1677, and married Mary, the only-
child of Tobias Jenkyns, of Grimiton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; (by
his firft wife, the Lady Mary Poulet, fecond daughter to the
firft Duke of Bolton,) and by her had four fons, Sir John,,
his fucceiTor; Henry, (dead;) Thomas, late Lieutenant Co-
lonel of the 25th regiment of foot; and the Rev. Kenrv
Goodricke, Prebendary of York, &c. and alfo four daughters,
Mary, (dead;) Elizabeth, died unmarried; Sarah; and" Jane,
married to the Rev. Mr. Wanley, of Ripon. Sir Henry died
July 21, 1738, and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his
elded: fon,
Sir John Goodricke, the prefent Baronet, who now refides at
Stockholm, as Envoy Extraordinary from his Majefty to that
Court. Sir John married, before the death of his father, Mifs
Mary Benfon, by whom he has iiiue one fon, Henrv, which
Henry married, a few years ago, a foreign young Lady of family,
and has iiiue by her two fons and a daughter.
Arms. Argent, on a Fefs, Gules, between two Lions,
paiTant guardant, Sable, a Fleur de Lis, Or, between two
Crefcents, Argent.
Crest. A Demy Lion Ermines, armed and langued Guics,
iffuing out of a Ducal Coronet, Or; holding in his Paws, a
Battle-ax, proper, helved, Or.
Supporters. Two naked Boys, which are on the Monu-
ment of Richard Goodricke, Efq; who was High Sheriff of
Yorkfhire in 1579.
Seat. At Ribitan, and Altofts, in Yorkfnire.
100. Lawley3
414 LAWLEY, of Spoonbill.
ioo. Lawley, of Spoonhill, Shropflrire*
Created Baronet, Aug. 16, 1641.
T appears by deeds in this family, that Thomas Lawley, Efq$
■* was couiin and heir of John, Lord Wenlock, Privy Coun-
fellor to King Edward IV. and Knight of the Garter.
Edward Lawley, of Wenlock, Efq; his fon and heir, had
ifTue, John, who married Mary, daughter of Thomas Creflet,
of Upton, Efq; by whom he had two fons, Thomas, and
Richard, of whom hereafter.
Thomas Lawley, Efq; married Beatrix, daughter and co-
heir of Griffin Hinton, Efq; and had iiTue, Thomas, Robert*
John, and George ; Sir Thomas Lawley, of Wenlock, Knt.
the eldeft fon, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard
Newport, of Fligh Arcall, in Salop, Knt. relicl of Francis
Lawley, of Spoonhill, Efq; he died Feb. 22, 1621, and had
ifTue, George, who died without ifTue; and Sir Edward Law-
ley, Knt. who, by Sufan, daughter of Sir Thomas Fimer, of
Iflington, in Middlefex, Bart, had iiTue, only one daughter
and heir, Urfula, married to Sir Robert Bertie, Knight of the
Bath, fecond fon of Robert, Earl of Lindfey.
Richard Lawley, of Spoonhill, Efq; before-mentioned, mar-
ried Barbara, daughter and heir of Edmund Rudgeley, Efq; (by
Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Robert Walfall, Efq;)
by which marriage, 37 Hen. VIII. he confiderably augmented
his eftate, and had ifTue, one fon, Francis ; and three daughters,
Elizabeth ; Alice, married to Thomas Salter, of Ricarden 5
and Mary, wife of Thomas Berisford, of Middlefex, Efq.
Francis Lawley, of Spoonhill, Efq; fon and heir, married
Elizabeth, daughter and heir to Sir Richard Newport, of High
Arcall, in Salop, Knight, (who furviving him, was re-married
to Sir Thomas Lawley, of Wenlock, Knt.) and left ifTue, a
daughter, Jane, married to Stephen Smallman, Gent, and two
fons ; Richard, who married Alice, daughter and heir of John
Cafton, of Cefton, in Salop, Efq; and died without iiTue, 1623,
and Thomas, heir to his brother, who was advanced to the dig-
nity of a Baronet by King Charles I.
Which Sir Thomas Lawley, Bart, married Anne, daughter
and coheir of John Manning, of Hackney, in Middlefex, Efq;
(remarried to Sir John Glynne, Knt.) and had ifTue two fons,
Sir Francis, his fucceflbr, and Thomas, who died unmarried 5
alfo one daughter, Elizabeth, married to the Hon. William
Cecil, Efq; a younger fon to William, Earl of Salifbury.
Sir
LAWLEY, of Spoonhill. 415
Sir Francis Lawley, Bart, his eldeft Ton and fuccefibr, mar-
ried Anne, eldeft daughter of Sir Thomas Whitmore, of App-
ley, in Salop, Bart, (by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and fole
heir to Sir William A£ton, Knt. Alderman of London,) and
left iffue, three fons, Sir Thomas, his fucceffor ; Francis, who
died unmarried ; and Richard Lawley, of Ealing, in Middle-
fex, Efq; deceafed. Alfo three daughters, Mary, married to
John, fecond fon to Sir Richard Verney, 'Bart, afterwards
Lord Vifcount Fermannagh, of the Kingdom of Ireland ;
Efther, to Robert Palmer, Efq; fecond fon of Sir Lewis Pal-
mer, of Carlton, in Northamptonfhire, Bart, and Margaret,
married, firft, to Leonard Powell, Efq; a younger fon of Sir
Nathaniel Powell, of Wyerton, in Kent, Bart, and, fecond iy,
to Sir Nathan Wright, late of Southall, in Middlefex, Bart,
(by the laft hufband (he had only two daughters.) Sir Francis
died Oct. 1696, and was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his
el-deft fon,
Sir Thomas Lawley, Bart, who married two wives, firft,
Rebecca, fecond daughter and coheir of Sir Humphry Winch,
of Everton, in Bedfordfhire, Bart, by whom he had nine fons,
and five daughters ; eight of the fons died young, and Sir Ro-
bert was his^fucceffr.: ; three of his daughters died alfo young;
Anne, married Sir John Chefhire, Knt. Serjeant at Law, who
left her a widow, without iffue, May 15, 1738; and Eliza-
beth, married, firft, to Thomas Coton, of Coton Hall, in War-
wickshire, Efq; and, fecondly, to Sir Nicholas Laws, Knt.
late Governor of Jamaica, (by the latter marriage fhe had a
daughter, married Jan. 1735-6, to Charles Lutterel, Efq;) Sir
Thomas married, to his fecond Lady, Mrs. Elizabeth Perkins,
widow, (who, furviving him, married Mr. Halfpenny,) by
whom he had iffue one fon, George-Bateman Lawley, Efq;
who married, June, 1738, Mary, daughter of Tomlinfon,
of Weftminfter, Efq; and one daughter, Judith, married, firft,
to the Hon. Richard Coningfby, Efq; who, upon the death of
the late Earl Coningfby, his grandfather, fucceeded him in the
title of Lord Vifcount Clanbrazil, of the kingdom of Ireland ;
but he dying (without iffue) Dec. 18, 1729, (He afterwards
married Jofeph Butler, of the Temple, Efq; who left her a ;
cond time a widow, Sept. 3, 1737. Sir Thomas, dying Dec.
31, 1729-30, aged near eighty, (and his fecond Lady, Jan. 28,
1739-40) was fucceedeu in dignity and eftatc by his only fur-
viving fon, by the firft marriage,
Sir Robert Lawley, the prefent Baronet, who married,
1726, Elizabeth, eldeft daughter of Sir Lambert Blackwell,
of Sproufton Hall, in Norfolk, Bart, by whom he has one ^on
and one daughter, now living, Robert and Betina 5 the former
married,
4i6 DAVIE, of Creedy.
married, in 1 764, to Jane, the only daughter of Beilby
Thompfon, of Eftrich, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and the daughter
married, in 1764, to Paul Orchard, of Stoke- Abbey, Devon,
Efquire.
Arms. Argent, a Crofs Forme, extended to the extremes of
the Shield, Chequy, Or and Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Wolf paflant, Sable.
Seats. At Spoonhill, in Shropfhire, and Canwall, in Staf-
fordfhire.
1 01. Davie, of Creedy, Devonshire.
Created Baronet, September 9, 1641.
hTs HE name of this ancient family was originally local, and
A derived from the habitation of their progenitors, who (as
appears by deeds, writings, and other records in the Tower,
and other places) were, among other lands, owners of an an-
cient manfion-houfe and demefn lands, fituate in the parifh of
Harwood, and anciently known by the name of the Wey, fo
called from the fituation of it, being about the middle way, and
almoft equidiftant from Barneftaple, Biddeford, and Torring-
ton, three chief towns in the north part of Devon. The in-
habitants of this feat, and anceftors of this family, were firft of
all known by the name of De-la-Wey, and the firft of them
mentioned in their pedigree had coat armour, which hath ever
fince continued the fame to this family, although their names
have diverfly been written, De-la-Wey, then Dewy, De-
Vie, and afterwards contracted and foftened into Davie ;
unto which variation it was the more fubje£t, for that many
hundred years fince, one Walter Pollard, matching with the
daughter and heir-general of this family, became owner of the
faid ancient habitation, called Wey, which gave name to
the family, as aforefaid, and which, ever fince the faid mar-
riage, hath continued with the Pollards, who, in refpedr. of that
match, do alfo, at this day, quarter the coat of the Davies. But
although, by the faid marriage, that land, which was moft
ancient, is loft from this family ; yet it pleafed God, by matches,
induftry, and virtue, (which is the foul of gentry, and fureft
pillar of greatnefs,) to recompence that lofs, and preferve this
family in reputation through all ages.
The firft anceftor mentioned in the pedigree, (which is a
very fine one,) is William De-la-Wey, alias De-Wy, who
came over with William ths Conqueror* Fie left iflue three
fons,
DAVIE, of Creedy. 417
fons, Walter De-la- Wey, alias De-Wy, William, and Henry,
of Barlington.
Walter left iflue one daughter, Elizabeth, his fole heir, wha
married Walter Pollard.
William Devie, alias Davy, the fecond fon, was of Ebber-
leigh.
William Devie, alias Dewey, his fon and heir, had i-flu^e,
David Devy, alias Dewy, whofe fon Thomas Dewye, alias
Davy, died 31 Edw. 1303.
David Devye, alias Dewy, was his fon and heir, aged thirteen,
31 Edw. I. 1303, whofe fon Robert Davye, alias Dewy, in an
old deed, wrote Robertus De-Via, married Lettice, daughter
and heir of John De Oulacombe, by whom he had iifue, Roger
Davy, who, by Thomafine, daughter and heir of John Fitz-
waiter, of Ebberleigh, had iflue William, his fon and heir, who
married Alice, daughter of Richard Reyney, of Egsford, in
Devon.
This William ferved in Parliament for Melcomb, in Dorfet-
fhire, 4 Hen. VI. and for Barnftaple, 25 Hen. VI. Richard Da-
vy, fon and heir of William, aforefaid, lud two fons, Wiiliam,
and Robert.
This family, after having long flourifhed at Ebberleigh, and
Uppicot, in the parifh of Benford, near Great Tomngton in
Devon, which hereditarily defcended to them from Gilbert Up-
picot, who pofTefTed it in the reign of Edw. II. now feparated
in thefe two brothers ; William continued the line of Ebber-
leigh, and Robert, the fecond fon, fettled at Creditor!.
Which Robert married the daughter and heir of John Tho-
mas, alias Bardolph, of Tichfield, in Hants, by the daughter
and heir of William Bardolph, of , Tichfield -3 by whom he had
four fons, 1. John, the elder, of Creditor. ; 2. Gilbert, of Ca-
non-Teign ; 3. Lawrence, of Medland ; and, 4. John, the
younger, of Creedy, in Sam ford, and Crediton ; and they were
the original of as many families of note, in the county of Devon.
John Davie, the younger, was thrice Mayor of Exeter, a
very hofpitable perfon, and in his firft mayoralty, 1584, when
Don Antonio, King cf Portugal, being driven out of his king-
dom by Philip, King of Spain, came to Plymouth, and from
thence to Exeter, where he and his retinue were lodged by this
Mayor in his own houfe, and by him very nobly entertained
during his abode there, which was a conuderable time. Fie
married Margaret, daughter of George Southcote, of Calverly,
in Devon, E(q; by whom he left ifiue a daughter, Margaret,
married to Gideon Heydon, of Farwood Epford, in Devon, Efq;
and a Ion,
Vol. 1. E e John
41 8 D A V I E, of Creedy]
John Davie, of Creedy, Efq; who, on Sept. o, 1641, was
created Baronet by King Charles I. He married two wives ;
firft, Julian, daughter of Sir William Strode, of Newnham, by
whom he had iflue four daughters ; Mary, married to John
Willoughby, of Payhembury, in Devon, Efq; Elizabeth, mar-
ried to Arthur Coppleftone, Efq; Julian ; and Margaret,
married to Thomas Bear, of Hunfome, in Devonfhire, Efq*
Alfo four fons, 1. Sir John, his fucceflbr ; 2. William, a Coun-
fellor at Law, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Francis
Clark, of Putney, in Surry, Knt. and had iflue, one fon, Sir Wil-
liam, hereafter mentioned ; and four daughters, (viz. 1. Margaret,
married to Roger Tuckfield, of Raddon, in Devonfhire, Efq; fa-
ther to Roger Tuckfield, Efq; late Member for Afhburton ;
2. , married to Sir John Trcmaine, Knt. and Serjeant at
Law; 3. Mary, who died Augufl 24, 1728, aged feventy-one,
and lies buried at Eling, in Middlefex, married to Chriilopher
Spicer, of London, Efq; father of the late William Spicer, Efq*
Mafter in Chancery ; and, 4. Julian, who died unmarried;) 3.
Robert ; and, 4. Humphry, a Merchant at London, both men-
tioned hereafter. The faid Sir John alfo married a fecond wife,
Ifabel, daughter of Hele, of Gnaton, in Devonfhire, Efq; by
whom he had iflue, only one daughter, Ifabel, married to Sir
Walter Yonge, of Culliton, in Devonfhire, created a Baronet
1661, grandfather to the late Sir William Yonge, Bart. Knight
of the Bath, and Secretary at War. He was fucceeded in dignity
and eftate, by his eldeff fon,
Sir John Davie, Bart, who was High Sheriff of Devon, 16715
and married three wives ; firff, Eleanor, daughter of Sir John
Acland, of Columbe-John, in Devonfhire, Bart, by whom he
had no iflue ; fecondly, Triphcena, daughter and coheir of Ri-
chard Reynel, of Creedy Wiger, alias Lower Creedy, in Devon-
fhire, Efq; (by Mary, daughter and coheirof John Pcrryam, Efq;)
by whom he became poffefled of that effate ; and by her he left
iflue, Sir John, his fucceflbr ; Richard, who died an infant ; and
Triphcena, who died unmarried. His third wife was Amy,
daughter of Edmund Parker, of Burrington, in Devonfhire, Efq;
bv whom he had no iflue. He was Succeeded in dignity and
eitate, by his eldeft fon,
Sir John Davie, Bart, who was High Sheriff of Devon, 16895
and dying a bachelor, the dignity and efiate defcended to his
coufin, Sir William, ion of William, the Counfellor, before
mentioned.
Which Sir William Davie, Bart. fucceiTor to his coufin, mar-
ried two wives ; fir ft, Mary-, daughter and heirefs of Sted-
man, of Downfide, in Somerfetfhire, Efq; by whom he left iflue
only one daughter, Mary* married to Nicholas Hooper, of Ra-
leigh,
DAVIE, of Creedyl' 419
icigh, in Devonshire, Efq; He married, fecondly, Abigail, daugh-
ter of John Po lexfen, of Wembury, in Devonfhire, Efq; by
whom he left only three daughters, Margaret, married to Stephen
Northleigh, of Paymor, Efq; Frances, married to Sir George
Chudleigh, of Afhton, Bart, and Triphcena, who died unmarried.
This Sir William, leaving no ifTue male, and his uncle, Robert
Davie, Efq; before mentioned, having left only two fons, who
both died bachelors, and a daughter, married to Fletcher,
of London ; he was fucceeded in dignity and eftate, by his coufin,
Sir John, the fon of Humphry, the Merchant, before mentioned,
who had, about 1662, removed with his family to New England,
after having married the lifter of Edmund White, of Clapham,
in Surry, Merchant, by whom he had ifTue, the faid Sir John,
who having been educated at the Univerfity of Cambridge, in
New England, and there taken his degree of Bachelor of Arts,
afterwards engaged and continued in his father's bufinefs, as a
Merchant, till the providence of God recalled him to his native
3and, there to enjoy the honour, and eftates, devolved to him
from his anceftors, as an additional ornament to the family.
This Sir John Davie, Bart, while in New England, married
Mrs. Elizabeth Richards, of that country, by whom he left ifTue,
three fons, viz. Sir John, his fuccefTor; Humphry, a bachelor;
and William, married to Ellen, daughter of Nicolas Jackfon, of
Briftol, Merchant. Alfo three daughters, viz. Mary, married to
the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bifhop, of Barnftaple ; Sarah, married to
Chriftopher Savery, of Shil'fon, near Modbury, in Devonfhire,
Efq; and Elizabeth, married to Ebenezer MuiTel, of London,
Efq; Sir John was greatly efteemed for his piety, generofity, uni-
verfal benevolence, fweetnefs of temper, and every virtue, reli-
gious and fecial. He was fucceeded in honour and efiate, by his
eldeft fon,
Sir John Davie, Bart, who, by Elizabeth, daughter of John
Acland, of Kelliton, in Devonfhire, Efq; left ilTue, four children,
all minors, viz. Sir John, William, Anne, and Juliana.
Sir John Davie, his eldeft fon and fuccefTor, is the prefent Ba-
ronet, who married Catharine, daughter of John Stokes, of Rill,
in Devonfhire, Efq; by whom he has five daughters, Sufanna,
Catharine, Juliana, Elizabeth, and Frances; and a fon, William,
who married Bridget, the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Bertie, of
Kenn. One of the daughters married the Rev. Mr. Hurrcll, of
Drewfxeignton ; Juliana, is unmarried.
Arms. Argent, Sable, a Chevron, between three Mullets,
pierced, Qui s.
Crest. Tne Holy Lamb.
Motto. Suffice Chrljio.
Seat. Creedy, in Devonfhire.
E e 2 IC2. Pettus
420 P E T T U S, of Rackheath;
102. Pettus, of Rackheath, Norfolk*
Created Baronet, September 23, 1641.
THOMAS PETTUS, an eminent and wealthy Citizen
of Norwich, who lies buried in St. Edmund's church, in
Lombard -ftreet, London, is the firft of this family we can now
trace.
John Pettus, of the county and city of Norwich, Gent, fon and
heir of the above mentioned Thomas Pettus, took to wife a
daughter of Crow, and widow of Simon Dethick, Efq.
Thomas Pettus, Efq; his fon and heir, married Chriftian, the
daughter of Simon Dethick, of Norfolk, Efq; and had iifue by
her four fons ; 1. John ; 2. Thomas, (Mayor of Norwich, 1614,
and died 1620, leaving iiTue, by Cecily, daughter of William
King, of Hempfted, in Norfolk, William Pettus, of London,
who, by Mary, daughter of Sir Peter Gleane, of Norwich, Knt.
had a numerous iiTue;) 3. Alexander, who left iiTue ; and, 4.
William, who died without ifliie. Alio, three daughters, 1. Eli-
zabeth, married to Auguftine Whale, of Norwich, Gent. 2. Ci-
cely, married to Humphry Camden, of London, Gent, and,
3. Anne, married to Robert Debny, of Norwich, Alderman.
This Thomas Pettus, Efq; was Mayor of Norwich, in the year
1591, and died in 1597* in the feventy-eighth year of his age, as
appears by his monument in St. Simon's church, in Norwich.
Sir John Pettus, Knt. his elaeft fon, received the honour of
Knighthood, and married Bridget, daughter and coheir of Au-
guftine Curtis, of Honnington, in Suffolk, Gent, by whom he had
ifTue one fon, Auguftine, and four daughters ; Anne, married to
Robert Knightly, of Offchurch, in Warwickmire, Efq; Chrif-
tian, married to Sir Peter Saltinwftall, of Barkwav, in Hertford-
fhire, Knt. Bridget, married to Martin Sidley, of Morley, in
Norfolk, Efq; and Elizabeth, who died without iiTue. Sir John
died April 9, 1 613.
In the beginning of Auguft, an annual fermon is preached in
commemoration of a benefaction, left by the faid Sir John Pettus,
to the preachers of the cathedral church of Norwich.
Sir Auguftine Pettus, Knt. eldeft fon of Sir John Pettus, Knt.
having received the honour of Knighthood, married, firft, Mary,
the daughter of Henry Vylett, of Lynn, in Norfolk, Gent, by
whom he had Thomas Pettus, Efq; and by his fecond wife, Abi-
gail, daughter of Sir Arthur Heveningham, of Heveningham, in
buft^lk, Knt. another Thomas, who married Anne, daughter of
Calibut WalpoJe, of Houghton, in Norfolk, Efq; (who furviving
him,
P E T T U S, of Rackheath. 4a i
him, married, fecondly, Sir Henry Hungate, of Bradenham, in
Norfolk, Knt.) and John.
Thomas, the eldeft fon, was, for his laudable zeal and loyalty
to his Prince, in the great rebellion, created a Baronet by King
Charles I. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Kny-
vett, of Amvvellthorp, in Norfolk, Knt. by whom he had iffue,
fix fons, Sir Thomas; Auguftine, who died without ifTue ; Sir
John, &c. This Lady died 1653. His fecond wife was Anne,
daughter of Arthur Everard, of Stow Paik, in Suffolk, Efq; (who
furviving him, married Edward Warner, of Parham, in Suffolk,
Efq; and died in 1662.) Sir Thomas died Nov. 21, 1654.
Sir Thomas Pettus, Bart, the eldeft fon, and fucceffor, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Overbury, of Barton, in War-
wickshire, Efq; by whom he had only one fon, who died in his mi-
nority; and a daughter, Elizabeth, his fole heir, married to Row-
land Oakeover, ofOakeover, near Ai'hburne, in Derbyfhire, Efq;
Sir Thomas was Sheriff of the county of Norfolk, 1664, and
died 1671. He was fucceeded by his eldeft furviving brother,
Sir John Pettus, Bart, who married Mary, one of the daugh-
ters and coheirs of Nicholas Burwell, of Gray VInn, Efq; (bro-
ther of Sir Jeffery Burwell, of Rougham, in Suffolk, Knt. (by
whom he had iffue, Sir Horatio, John, Robert, Charles, (dead ;)
Frances, married to the Rev. Mr. Fawcett, Re£tor of Caftor,
near Norwich 5 Mary, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Anne. This
Sir John was Cupbearer to King Charles II. King James II.
and King William, and one of the Commiflioners of Appeals. He
died 06t. 25, 1698, in the fifty-eighth year of his age.
Sir Horatio Pettus, Bart, eldeft fon and fucceffor to Sir John,
married Elizabeth, the youngeft daughter of Sir Thomas Meers,
of Kirton, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. filter to Sir John Meers, Knt.
and by her had iffue, Thomas, a very hopeful Gentleman, who
in the twenty-firft year of his age, died greatly lamented, 1723 ;
Sir John, his fucceffor ; and Horatio, married to Leonard Batche-
lor, of Norwich, Efq; Elizabeth, (who died an infant;) and
Anna-Maria. Sir Horatio died March 9, 1730 J, aged fixty-
three, and was fucceeded, indignity and eftate, by his eldeft fur-
viving fon,
Sir John Pettus, the prefent Baronet. He married Rebecca,
daughter of Edmund Prideaux, of Padftow, in Cornwall, Efq;
fon of Humphry Prideaux, D. D. late Dean of Norwich, by
whom he has no male iffue.
Arms. Gules, a Fefs Argent, between three Annulets, Or.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Coronet, a Demi-Lion, rampant,
Ermine, vulned proper, holding a Piece of a Spear, Gules.
Seat. Rackheath Hall, Norwich.
E q 3 103. An*
42 2 ANDREWS, of Denton,
103. Andrews, of Denton, Northamptonshire.
Created Baronet, Dec. 11, 1641.
ClR Robe: .Andrews, of Normandy, Knt. came into England
with William the Conqueror, and married the daughter and
heir of Sir Robert Winwick, of Winwick, in the county of
Northampton, a parifh lying in the hundreds of Guilcfburrow,
on the fkirts of that county, upon the borders of Warwickfhire.
On this match he fettled there, and this place became the feat of
his pofterity for many ages. He was fucceeded by his fon and
heir, Sir Robert Andrews, of Winwick, Knt. who married the
daughter of Sir Marten Brewer, and had ifiue, Sir John Andrews,
of Winwick, Knt. who, by the daughter of Sir John Norton, had
ifiue, Sir Thomas Andrews, of Winwick, Knt. whofe wife was
the daughter of Sir John Cortney, by whom he had ifiue two
fons ; Sir Thomas ; and John, who fettled at Mamuell, in War-
wickfhire, by marrying Mary, the daughter and heir of -
Mamuell, of Mamuell aforefaid, and left pofterity. Sir Thomas
Andrews, of Winwick, Knt. el deft fon and heir, married the
daughter of the Lord Breafey, and had 'ifiue, George Andrews,
of Winwick, Efq; who married the daughter and heir of the Ba-
ron of Burford, and had ifiue, two fons, George, and Thomas.
The pofterity of George flourifhed at this place for feveral de-
(cents ; and a branch of this family fettled at Bolfton, by marry-
ing an heirefs, from whom defcended Richard Andrews, Efq; of
Earlfcoln, in EiTex, and of Bromley, in Middlefex. This Gen-
tleman was the twenty-fourth generation of this family. Tho-
mas Andrews, Efq; aforefaid, fecond fon, married the daughter
and heir of Denton, in the county of Northampton, (now called
Doddington,) and by her had ifiue, Thomas Andrews, Efq; his
fon and heir, from whom, after feveral generations, was
Sir William Andrews, of Denton, the firft Baronet of this fa-
mily, who married the daughter of Paris, of Linton, in
Cambridgefhire, Efq; by whom he had five fons, three whereof
were killed at the battle of Worcefter, in the King's fervice. Sir
William died of the gout, and was buried at St. Edmund's Bury,
in Suffolk.
Sir John Andrews, Bart, hiseldeft fon, fucceeded his father in
title and eftate; but leaving only a daughter, (that died unmar-
ried,) was fucceeded by his youngeft brother,
Sir William Andrews, Bart, who married Eleanor, daughter of
Edward Atflow, of Downham Flail, in Eflex, Efq; by whom he had
two fons, Sir Francis, his fucceflbr ; and William, who died at;
half a year old 5 alio fix daughters, Mary, Anne, Frances, Elea-
nor^
HALFORD, of Widow. 423
jior, Magdalen; and Catharine, married to Jofeph Petre, of Fid-
lers, in EfTex, Efq; Sir V/illiam was fucceeded, in dignity and
eftate, by his only fon,
Sir Francis Andrews, the Jate Baronet, who married Brid-
get, daughter of Sir Thomas Cliffton, of Lytham, in Lancafhire,
Knt. (by his fecond Lady, Bridget, daughter of Sir Edward Huf-
fey, of Hunington, in JLjncplrifbire, Bart.) and had iflue one
fon, William, and two daughters, Bridget and Eleanor. Sir
Francis died April 3, 1759, and was fucceeded by,
Sir William Andrews, his only fon, who is the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Gules, a Saltire, Or, furmounted of another, Vert.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Blackmoor's Head in Profile, coup-
ed at the Shoulders, and wreathed about the Temples.
104. Halford, of Wiftow, Leicefterflure.
Created Baronet, December 18, 1641.
|^\F this family was Edward Halford, of Widow, Efq; whofe
^^^ fon Richard was High Sheriff of Leicefterftii re, 19 James I.
and advanced to the dignity of a Baronet. He had two wives ;
by the firft, Ifabel, the daughter of George Bowman, of Med-
bourn, in the county of Leicefter, Efq; he had two fons ; 1. An-
drew, feated at Kilby ; 2. George, of Turlangton, in Leicefter-
ihire, whodied without iffue ; and one daughter; but, by his fe-
cond wife, he had no iflue. He was fo remarkable for his loyalty,
that the King made Widow the place of his retirement, when
in Leiceflerihire ; where Sir Richard not only entertained, but
fupplied him with large fums of money. Likewife fent his eldeft
fon, Andrew, with a certain number of men, raifed and main-
tained at his own charge, to attend his Majefty, when in Lei-
cefterfhire, and the counties adjacent ; who, (with many other
fignal fervices,) took a party of the rebels prifoners, amongft
whom was one Flude, High Confrable of Guthlaxton Hundred,
and carried them to the King's camp, where they were tried aitd
hanged ; but Oliver afterwards condemned him for the murder of
thefe men; and his life was purchafed for no lefs a fum than
thirty thoufand pounds. Sir Richard was feveral times plundered,
and at Ian: compounded his eftate for two thoufand pounds. He
died in 1658, aged feventy-eight years, and was buried at
Willow.
Andrew, the eldeft fon, had three wives ; by the firft, Eliza-
beth, the daughter of Sir George Turpin, of Knaptcft, in Lei-
E e 4 cefleiihire*
424 H A L F O R D, of Widow.
cefterfhire, Knt. he had two Tons, Sir Thomas, fucceflbr to his
grandfather; and Andrew, who died unmarried ; and four daugh-
ters : but, by the fecond and third, left no iflue. He died, in his
father's life- time, 1657, aged fifty- four, and was buried at
Wiftow.
Sir Thomas Kalford, Bart, fuccefibr to his grandfather, mar-
ried Selina, eldeft daughter of William Wei by, of Denton, in
Linco'nfhire, Efq; by whom he had twenty-two children. He
died 1679, and was buried at Wiftow, being fucceeded in dignity
and eflate, by his eldeft fon,
Sir Thomas Halford, Bart. Member of Parliament for the
county of Leicefter, temp. Car. II. who died unmarried, 1689,
and was buried at Wiftow, being fucceeded by his next bro-
ther,
Sir William Halford, Bart, who married Judith, daughter of
Thomas Boothby, of Tooly Park, in Leiceiterfhire, Efq; but
died without iflue, 1695, and was buried at Wiftow, being fuc-
ceeded, in title and eftate, by his next brother,
Sir Richard Halford, Bart, who married Mary, daughter of the
Rev. Mr. William Cotton, Reclor of Broughton Alley, in Lei-
cefterfhire. He died in 1727, and was buried at Wiftow, with
his anceftors, leaving five fons ; 1. Sir William, his fuccefibr ;
2. Thomas, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Pal-
mer, of Leicefter, Efq; by whom he had iflue four fons, Richard,
Thomas, William, and Sir Charles, the prefent Baronet, (his fa-
ther and brothers being all dead ;) 3. Charles, Fellow of New
College, Oxford; 4. Welby, fince dead; 5. Benjamin; and
three daughters; 1. Mary; 2. Elizabeth; 3. Rebecca, jfince
dead.
Sir William Halford, Bart, fucceeded his father, and ferv-
ed the office of High SherifF of Leicefterfhire, in 1760. Sir
William dying unmarried, he was fucceeded in title and eftate,
by
Sir Charles Halford, (youngeft fon of Thomas, fecond fon of
Sir Richard Halford,) who is the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Argent, a Greyhound, paffant, Sable ; on a Chief,
Azure, three Fleurs de Lys, Or.
Crest. A Demi Greyhound, Sable, collared, Or.
Seats. At Wiftow, and Kilby, in Leicefterfhire,
1 05* Kaye>
K A Y E, of Woodfome. 425
105. K a y e, of Woodefham, alias Woodfome
Yorkshire.
Created Baronet, Feb. 4, 1641.
'TpHE family of Kaye is of great antiquity in the county of
* York, beinnr defcended from Sir Kaye, an ancient Briton,
and one of the Knights of the warlike table of that noble Prince
Arthur, fourth of Chivalry, continuinguntil the time of William,
the Norman Duke, that made Conqueft of England : At which
time there lived Sir John Kaye, Knt. who married the daughter
and heir of Sir John Woodefham, of Woodefham, Knt. an
ancient Briton, before the time of the Conqueft; whofe pofterity
have continued, from that time, unto this day;
But the authentic pedigree begins with Sir John Keay, Knt.
at the time of the Norman Conqueft; who married the daughter
and heir of Sir John Woodefham, of Woodefham, Knt. by
whom he had iflue twofons ; i. Sir John ; and, 2. Robert, who
went into Lancafhire, and there married the daughter and heir
of Cromton, of Cromton, of whom defcended the Keays, of
' Lancafhire.
Sir John Keay, of Woodefham, Knt. eldeft fon and heir, mar-
ried the daughter and heir of Sir John Copley, and had iflue, Sir
Robert Keay, who married the daughter and heir of Mallet, of
Upton-Mallet, and had iflue, Sir Robert Keay, Knt. who married
the daughter of the Lord Ncrmanviile, by whom he had two fons,
I. Sir Thomas ; and, 2. Ralph Keay, who married the daughter
and heir of Bendon, of Bendon, in Lincolnfhire, from whom the
Keays, of Lincolnfhire, were defcended.
Sir Thomas Keay, Knt. eldeft fon and heir, married the daugh-
ter of Bellingham, of Bellingham, and had iflue, Sir William
Keay, who, by the daughter of Sir John Danby, of Mafsham,
Knt. was father of Thomas Keay, of Woodefham, Efq; who
married the daughter and heir of Bradfeld, whofe fon, George,
married the daughter and heir of Tempeft, and had iflue two
fons, 1. Thomas ; and, 2. Robert, who went into Devonfhire,
and married the daughter and heir of Malbank, from whom were
defcended the Keays, of Devonfhire.
Thomas, the eldeft fon, married the daughter of Conftable, of
CiifF, and had iflue, Robert, who, by the daughter of Beaumont,
of Whitley, had iflue, Robert Keav, who married the daughter
of Blundell.
Richard Keay, of Woodefham, Efq; his fon and heir, married
the daughter of Rookby, of Rookby, and had iflue, 1. Robert;
2. Richard,
426
K A Y E, of Woodfome.
2. Richard, who married the daughter of Hanbury, and fettled
in Kent, and anceflor to thofe that lived there.
. Robeit Keay, Efq; fon and heir, married the daughter of
Pilkington, of Bradley, and had iflUte, John Keay, Efq; who took
to wife the daughter and heir of Gremflon, of Gremflon-Garth,
and had iffue, Sir John Keay, of Woodefham, Knt. who, by
the daughter of Walcot, of Walcot, was father of Sir Robeit
Keay, Knt. who married the daughter of Sir John Dabridgcourt,
and had iiTue, Sir William ; and Thomas, who went into Cum-
bcilar.d; and, by the daughter of Walball, of Walball, was an-
ceftor to the Keays, of Carlifle.
Sir William Keay, Knt. married the daughter of the Lord
Darcye, whofe fon, Sir Thomas, by the daughter of Sir John
Dcyghton, Knt. had iiTue, Sir Roger Keay, Knt. who took to
wife the daughter of the Baron of Kinderton, and had iiTue, Sir
George Keay, who married the daughter of Sir Robeit Maleverer,
Knt. and had iiTue, Sir William Keay ; Robert, anceftor to thofe
of Oaken fhaw ; and John, anceftor to thofe of Thorp.
Sir William Keay, Knt. (eldeft fon and heir, married the
daughter of Gallon, of Sedbuer, and had iiTue, John Keay, of
Woodefham, Efq; who, by the daughter of Harley, of parley,
had iiTue, Robert, who married the daughter of Plumpton, of
Plumpton, and had iiTue, Arthur Keay, Efq; living temp. Hen-
av VIII. who married Beatrice, the daughter of Matthew WTent-
worth, of Bretton, in Ycrkfhire, Efq; and had iiTue, John Keay,
Efq; living 1585, who, by Dorothy, the daughter of Robert
Maleverer, of Wotherfome, in Yorkfhire, Efq; fon and heir of
Sir William, had iiTue, Robert, living 1612, who took to wife,
Anne, daughter of John Flower, of Whitwell, in Rutlandfhire,
Efq; and had iiTue, John Kaye, of Woodfome, Efq; who married
Anne, daughter of Sir John Feme, Knt. Secretary to the Coun-
cil in the North, temp. Car I. and dying 1641, left iiTue one
fon, John ; and a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Ralph Afshetona
of Middleton, in Lancafhire, Efq;
Sir John Kaye, of Woodfome, Knt. (the only fon of John,
aforefaid,) was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, by his Ma-
jefty King Charles I. He was Colonel of a regiment of horfe, in
that King's fervice, in the unfortunate Civil War, and fullered
very much, both in perfon and cftate, during that miferable con-
fufion ; but lived to fee the happy Reiloration, and died July 25,
1662. He married three wives, firft, Margaret, daughter and co-
heir of Thomas Mofeley, Efq; Alderman, and Lord Mayor, of
York, (by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and coheir of Thomas
Tricot, of South Kirby, in Yorkfhire, Efq;) by whom he had
iiTue, two ions, Sir John; and Robert, who died unmarried ; and
one daughter, Margaret, who alfo. died unmarried. He took to
his
K A Y E, of Woodfome. 427
his feconJ wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ferdinando Leigh,
of Middleton, juxta Leeds, Knt. and relict of Francis Burdett,.
of Birthwaite, in Yorkfhire, Efq; and by her had four ions,
George, Arthur, Matthew, and another Arthur, who all died
ifluelefs ; and live daughters, viz. Anne; Grace; another Anne;
Jane; and Elizabeth, who all died unmarried. His third Lady-
was Catharine, daughter of Sir William St. Quintin, of Harp-
ham, Bart, and relict of Michael Wentworth, of Wojlley,
Efq; Ion and heir of Sir George Wentworth, Knt. (who after-
wards married, i. Henry Sandys, of Downe, in Kent, Efq;
and, to her fourth hufband, Hugh, Earl of Eglington, in Scot-
land,) but by her he had no ifiue. He was fucceeded, in title
and eftate, by his eldeft fon, by the firil marriage,
Sir John Kaye, Bart, who ferved feveral years as Knight of
the Shire for the county of York, and married Anne, daughter
of William Lifter, of Thornton, in Craven, Efq; by whom he
had ifiue five fons, John, and Robert, who both died youno; ;
Sir Arthur, his fucceiTor; George, (who, by Dorothy, daughter
and heir of Robert Savile, of Bryan-Royd, near Eland, in
Yorkihire, Efq; had ifiue, Sir John, his fucceflbr ; Robeit, a
Merchant, at Leeds, who died unmarried; George, who died
young; and a daughter, Catharine, married to Nicholas Ro-
berts, of Hexham, in Northumberland, Efq;) and Thomas,
who died without ifiue ; alfo two daughters, Anne, married to
Sir Bryan Stapylton, of Myton, in Yorkihire, Bart, and Ca-
tharine, who died young. Sir John died 1706, and was fuc-
ceeded in dignity and eftate by his third, but eldeit furviving
fon,
Sir Arthur Kaye, Bart, who ferved feveral years as Knight
of the Shire for the county of York; and married Anne,
one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Samuel Marrow, of
Berkfwell, in Warwickihire, Bart, (by Mary, daughter and
coheir of Sir Arthur Cayley, of Newland, in Warwickfhire,
Knt.) by whom he left ifiue only one daughter, Elizabeth,
married, firft, to George, Lord Lewifham, eldeft fon of the
Right. Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth; and afterwards to the
Right Hon. the Lord North and Guilford. Sir Arthur dying
1726, without ifliie male, (and his relict Aug. 1740,) the title
defcended to his nephew,
Sir John Lifter Kaye, Bart, fon of George Kaye, Efq;
younger brother to Sir Arthur. He was elected one of the
Reprefentatives in Parliament for the city of York, June
1734, Alderman of the faid city, July 3, 1735, and Lord
Mayor thereof, 1 737. He married to his firft wife, Ellen,
daughter of John Wilkinl'on, of Greenhead, near Huthers-
ftejdj in Yorkihire, Efq; by whom he had ifiue one fon, John,
his
428 TROLLOPE, of Cafe wick.
his fucceiTor ; and one daughter, Ellen, who died young. Ta
his fecond, Dorothy, daughter of Richard Richardfon, of
North-Bierly, in the Weft-Riding of the county of York,
M. D. by whom he hath had iffae, Richard, who was elected,
by the Univerfity of Oxford, Scholar of the Laws of England,
on the fir ft eftablifhment of the Vinerian Foundation in 1758 s
and having made the tour of Europe, was on his return pre-
ferred to the Re&ory of Kirby, in Nottinghamshire, and
elected Fellow of the Royal Society, and of the Society of Anti-
quaries, in 1765; appointed Chaplain in Ordinary to his Ma-
jelly in 1766, and Prebendary of York in 1768; Dorothy,
married to Robert Chalenor, of Bifhop Auckland, Efq; and
Lifter, Chriftopher Miles ; Catharine, and Margaret, fince
dead. Sir John died April 5, 1752, and was fucceded by his
fon,
Sir John Lifter Kaye, the prefent Baronet, who is the
thirty-firft in a lineal defcent from Sir John Keay, Knt. a
Briton, living at the time cf the Norman Conqueft. He
ferved the Office of High Sheriff for the county of York in the
year of the General Election 1761, and is unmarried.
Arms. Argent, two Bends fable.
Crests. Firft, On a Wreath, a Griffin's Head, erafed, Ar-
gent, holding a Key, Or, in its Beak. Second, On a
Wreath, a Goldfinch, Proper.
Motto. Kynd Kynn Knawne Kepe.
Seat. Denby Grange, in the parifh of Kirkheaton, feveri
miles from Wakefield, fix from Huthersfield, and thirty-feven
fiom York.
106 Troll ope, of Cafewick, Lincolnfhire.
Created Baronet, Feb, 5, 1641.
f\F this family, it is prefumed, was Andrew Trollope, Efq;
^^ who diftinguifhed himfelf in the French wars, temp.
Hen. VI. and was killed at; Towton fight, temp, Edw. IV. as
alfo, Thomas Trollope, of Thorleby, Efq; who married
Margaret, daughter and coheir of Roger Lumley, Efq; youngeft
fon of Thomas Lurnley, Efq; by Elizabeth Plantagenet, his
wife, daughter of King Edv/ard IV. by the Lady Elizabeth
Lucy.
But the firft we meet with, in a pedigree, is, Trollope,
of Bourne3 in Lincolnfhire3 Efq; father cf Wjlliam, of Thorje-
b7>
T R O L L O P E, of Cafewick. / I o
by, in the fame county, who married Alice, daughter of Wii
Jiam Sharp, of Bourne, and was father of,
Sir Thomas Trollope, the firir. Baronet of this family, fo
treated, 17 Car. I. who married two wives ; 1. Hefter*
daughter of Nicholas Street, of Hadlev, in Suffolk, Efq; by
whom he had only one fon, Sir William, his fucceflbr ; his
iecond wife was Mary, daughter of Sir Chriftopher Clitherow,
of London, Knt. by whom he had Thomas Trollope, Efq;
who, by Anne, daughter of Anthony Collins, of Whitton,
in Middlefex, Efq; had Sir Thomas Trollope, Bart, hereafter
mentioned ; Anthony, a Barrifter at Law, who died unmarried ;
and other children. Sir Thomas, dying 1651, was fucceeded
in dignity and eftate by his only fon, by the firft venter,
Sir William Trollope, Bart, who married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Sir Robert Carr, of Sleford, in Lincoinfhire, Bart, re-
licl: of William Thorold, Efq; eldeft fon of Sir William
Thorold, of Marflon, in Lincoinfhire, Bart, by whom he had
only one daughter, married to Charles Fox, Efq; eldeft fon of
Sir Stephen Fox, Knt. who died, without ifiue, 1702. Sir
William, dying 1678, without ifllie male, was fucceeded by
his nephew,
Sir Thomas Trollope, Bart. (Ton of 1 nomas, and grandfon
of Sir Thomas, the firft Baronet,) who married Sufannah, one
of the daughters and coheirs of Sir John Clobery *, of Brad-
ftone, in Devonmire, Knt. (niece and coheir of Sir William
Cranmer, of London, Knt) by whom he left four fons$
1. Sir Thomas, his fucceiTor ; 2. John ; 3. Henry, of Lon-
* As three Baronet?, Sir Lifter Hoke, Sir Thomas Trollope, and
Sir Edward Noel, are defcended from three daughters of this Sir
John Clobery, it is thought proper to give the following authentic
account of Sir John, as publiihed, in a note, by the Editor of Dr.
Barwick's life, in Engliih, p. 275. Colonel Clobery was the younger
fon of an ancient family in Devonfnire, which had continued at
Bradftone, fcheir feat, above five hundred years. He was born at
Bradftone, in the year 1623, or 1624. His father, a Royalift, gave
him an ingenuous education, and he was fent to the Temple to iludv
the Law, His natural and acquired abilities were fuch, it is pro-
bable he would have been very confiderable in that profeffion, had he
not quitted it, after the murder of King Charles, to feivc under hi>
countryman and kinfman, General Monk, who advanced him from
one commirlion to another, till he gave him the command of a regi-
ment. At the Reftoratton, being preferred by the General to th>»
King, he was knighted, and had a penfion of fix hundred pound-,
per annum granted to him, his heirs and afiigns, for ever. He
lerved in Parliament for the City of Winchefter, with James, Lord
Annefley, the three laft Parliaments of King Charles II. He died at
Wiacheftei
43& T R O L L O P E, of Cafewiek*
don, wine-merchant, (who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Mr. John Barnes, an Italian Merchant, and had four fons*
and three daughters, Thomas, Henry, John, , Sarah,
Mary, and Diana.) 4. William, fellow of Pembroke-hall i .
Cambridge. His daughters were, Mary, who died unmarried ;
Anne, married to Samuel Clarke, of Weft-Bromwich, in
Stafford (hi re, Efq; Elizabeth, married to William Noel, Efq;
one of the King's Council, Member of Parliament for Stam-
ford, and Recorder of that town ; Frances, who died unmar-
ried ; Catharine ; and Cranmer. He died at Cafewick, Nov.
1729, being fucceeded, in dignity and eflate, by his elded fon,
Sir Thomas Trollope, the prefent Baronet, who married
Diana, daughter and coheir of Thomas Middleton, of
Stanfted, in EfTex, Efq; by whom he had fix fons; 1. Tho-
mas-Middleton, married to Ifabella, eldeft daughter of Sir
John Thorold, Bart, of Syfton, near Grantham, in Lin-
colnmire ; 2. Clobery, who died young ; 3. John, a Major
in the army, who loft his life by a blaft of gunpowder,
at Guadaloupe, in the year 1759; 4. John; 5. William;
f>. Anthony, who married, in 1767, the fecond daughter of .
Adolphus Meetkerk, in the county of Hertford, Efq; by whom
he has iflue, Diana, Elizabeth, Anne, Thomas, William,
Ifabella, John, and William, all young. Alfo one daughter,
Sufannah.
Arms. Quarterly. 1 Vert, three Bucks, trippant, Argent*
armed Or, in a Bordure of the fecond. 2. Argent, an Eagle
Winchefler, in 1687, in the fixty-third or flxty-fourth year of his
age, and was interred in that Cathedral. Pie was twice married ;
firft, to the widow of Erlifman, Efq; by whom he had no iflue *
His fecond wife was Anne, daughter of George Cranmer, of Can-
terbury, a defcendant from Archbifhop Cranmer. He had by her
one fon, and two daughters, who died in their infancy, and four
daughters that lived to be married, (the two eldeft by him in his life-
time) Anne, to Sir Charles Holte, of Afton, in the county of War-
wick, Bart, by whom fhe had a numerous iflue ; her eldeft: fen was
the late Sir Clobery Holte. Catharine, married to William Brom-
ley, of Baginton, in the fame county, Efq; (Speaker of the Houfe
of Commons, and principal Secretary of State in the reign of Queen
Anne) who had iflue by her only one fon> Clobery Bromley, Efq;
who died without iffue, Member of Parliament for the City of Co-
ventry. Sufannah, married to Sir Thomas Trollope, of Cafwick,
in the county of Lincoln, Bart, by whom there were fons and daugh-
ters. And Mary, married to Sir John Noel, of Kirkby, in the
counr.v or" Leiceiler, Bart, deceafed, a branch of the Earl of Ganef-
borough's family : He left by her two fons and one daughter.
difplayed.
St. QJJINTIN, of Harpham. 431
tfirplayed. 3. Argent, on a Bend three Crofs Crofolets, Sable,
4. Argent, a Bend, cotifed.
Crest. On a Mount, Proper, a Buck trippant, as in the
Arms, holding an Oak-leaf in his Mouth, proper.
Seat. At Cafewick, in Lincolnfhire.
107. St. Quintin, of Harpham, Yorkfhire.
Created Baronet, March 8, 1641,
THIS ancient family is faid to be denominated from St.
Quintin, the capital of Lower Picardie, in France : It is
very certain they entered England on the Norman invafion,
anno 1066, for in the ancient roll of Battaille Abbey, there is,
amongft others, St. Quintin.
Sir Herbert de St. Quintin had, by gift from William the
Conqueror, the manor of Skipfey, with the borough of Wood-
fhall and Brandifburton in Mapleton, fixteen oxgangs of land
in Killiiig, the manor of Howlbridge, with the fan and the
marfn from the bank to the fea in Yorkfhire, and Carltown in
the county of Nottinghamfhire.
Sir Herbert de St. Quintin was father of Oliver, whofe fon
Sir Robert, in the time of William Rufus, was one of the
twelve Knights, who, with Robert Fitzhamon, divided fome
lands in Wales, which they had by conqueft gotten there. He
built a caftle there, remaining at this time, and called St. Quin-
tin-caftle.
In 1 1 34, Adeliza, or Alice de St. Quintin, with the confent
of her fon, the before named Robert, founded a Priory for
Nuns of the Ciftercian Order, in a place which Julian held,
near Appleton, in Yorkfhire, and called it Nun-Appleron :
It was commended to the patronage of St. Mary, and St. John
the Apoflle and Evangelift. This land lay on each fide of the
river Wharf, partly efTarted and partly not, which was con-
firmed by Thomas Becket, Archbimop of Canterbury. Of-
bert, Archdeacon of York, was one of the witneffes to the
foundation charter made by this Alice de St. Quintin, widow
of Robert, fon of Fulco, before fhe married again to liuftace
de Merch.
Sir Herbert de St. Quintin was another fon of the laid
Oliver. Agnes, the wife of this Sir Herbert de St. Quintin,
founded, A. D. 1149, the Priory of Nun-Keeling, olim Chil-
ling, in the Deanry of Holdernefs, in the Eaft Riding of York-
shire, for the health of her foul.
Sir
432 St. QUINT IN, of Harpham.
Sir Herbert de St. Quintin was father of Amatellus St. Quin*
tin, who was Baron de St. Quintin, who married, in the firft
year of Richard the Firft, A. D. 1189, Catharine, daughter of
Sir John Frefhmarfh, Knt. by whom he had two fons ; 1. Sir
John St. Quintin, of Brandfburton, who married the daughter
of Randall Mufchins, temp. King John, A.D. 1209, and had
no iffue ; 2. Sir Herbert St. Quintin, Baron St. Quintin, Lord
of Brandifburton in the county of York, who married Agnes,
filter and coheir of Anfelmus de Stoteviile, alias d'Eftoville, by
whom he had five fons and two daughters ; 1. Herbert, who
married the daughter of John Lafcels et Baron, who died with-
out ifTue ; 2. John, who died unmarried ; 3. Amatellus, who
married the daughter of Sir John Halfham, Knt. but died with-
out iilue; 4. Sir William, Lord St. Quintin, who married
Beatrix, daughter of Saire Lord SuttoH, of Holdernefs : (This
Sir William, Lord St. Quintin, gave to Gerald, Prior of Bur-
lington, lar.cs, free roads, and a chace beyond the moor of
Burton Agnes.) 5. Sir Alexander, of whom hereafter, as from
this Sir Alexander St. Quintin, the prefent Baronet, is des-
cended. Alfo two daughters; 1. Margery, married to Sir
William Rochfort, Knt. 2. Agnes married to Sir Fouke Con-
ftable, of Holmtcn, Knt.
Sir Wiliiam, Lord St. Quintin, had ifTue, by his wife Bea-
trix, three fons; 1. William, Lord of Fife, in the county
of Gloucefter, who died unmarried ; 2. Herbert, Lord of Nor-
manby, in the county of York 3 3. Sir Herbert, Lord St.
Quintin.
Herbert, fon of the late William, Lord St. Quintin, married
Margery, daughter of Walter or William de Fauconberg, and
had ifTue, Sir Herbert St. Quintin, who died during the. life-time
of his father, who was feized of Frome St. Quintin, in the
county of Dorfet, of Stanton St. Quintin, in the county of
Gloucefter, and Brandifburton, in the county of York.
Sir Herbert St. Quintin married Anaftafia, daughter of John
JjOrd Maltravers, and had ifTue, Herbert, Lord St. Quintin,
who married Lora, daughter of William, Lord de Fauconberg^
of Skelton, who had iiTue, Herbert, Lord St. Quintin, who
married Margery, daughter and coheir of Warin d'lnfula, Lord
^ifle. He died without heirs male, A. D. 1348, leaving two
daughters and coheirs; 1. Elizabeth, married to John, Lord
Grey, of Rothefield, who died without iffue, 1362 ; 2. Lora,
whofe firft hufband was Thomas* fon of William de Poole ;
fecond hufband, John Clinton ; third hufband, Robert Grey,"
of Rothefield, third brother to Lord Marmion, by whom (he-
had a daughter, who was her heir j ihe married the Lord Fitz-
hugh, whofe daughter and heir married to the Lord Parr, p£
Kenuajlj
St. QUINT IN, of Harpham. 433
Ivendall, who had two daughters and coheirs ; i. Catharine*
widow to Nevil, Lord Latimer, married, July 12, 1543, to
King Henry VIII. 2. to William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke,
who is Baron St. Quintin, and from whom are defcended the
prefent Earls of Pembroke, Montague, Powis, &c. The afore-
laid Elizabeth and Lora, daughters and coheirs, are both bu-
ried in a vault in Wefl-Tanrield church, which belonged to
the Marmions. Their effigies are cumbent, and Hill to be lecrt
in that church.
We muft now return to Sir Alexander St. Quintin, the fifth
ion (and only remaining branch of the family) of Sir Herbert
St. Quintin, and Agnes Stoteville, his wife. This Agnes
gave her fon, Sir Alexander, temp. Edward II. the lordfhip of
Harpham, in the Eaft Riding of the county of York, which
has ever fince remained in the family, and is their burying-
place. Sir Alexander married Margery, of the Blanch Min-
uter, daughter of Sir William de Albano, Jufticiam, by whom
he had nine fons and three daughters j i. Sir William, fon and
heir; 2. Alexander, who married the daughter of Sir Richard
Argum, Knt. 3. Herbert, who married the daughter of Sir
William Monfax, Knt. 4. Thomas, who married the daugh-
ter of Sir Robert Orton, Knt. 5. Hugh, who married the
daughter of Sir Robert Gorell, Knt. 6. Robert^ who died un-
married ; 7. Richard, who married the daughter of Thomas
Bennet ; 8. Anthony, who married the daughter of Theobald
Bergum, or Brigham ; q, Ralph, who married the daughter of
John Wafnes, of Fromgombald. The daughters were, 1.
Agnes, married to Sir Stephen Thorp, Knt. 2. Margery, mar-
ried to Sir John Giimilon, Knt. 3. Ifabel, married to Peter
Frothingham, of South Frothingham. After the death of her
hufband, fue was confirmed Priorefs of Nun-killing, and was
buried in the chancel of that church.
Sir William St. Quintin, the elded fon and heir, tnarriecfj
temp. Henry III. Joan, daughter of Sir John Routh, who had
by her one fon and one daughter, Maude, who married Wil-
liam Haiitrop.
Sir William St. Quintin, his fon and heir, married the daugh-
ter of Sir John Hefterton, by whom he had two fons and one
daughter; 1. SirGalfred; 2. John, who married the daughter
of Copley, of Bally and Spredborough, but died without ilfue;
Conftance, his daughter, married Sir William Rochford, Knt;,
Sir Galfred, his fon and heir, married, temp. Edward I.
Alice, daughter of Sir William Rofs, Knight, of Igramthorp,
j*nd had iflue two fons: 1. Sir Galfred; 2. Thomas, who
married the daughter of Sir Simon Northorp, Knt. and who
died without iflue. This Sir Galfred St. Quintin, Knt. was
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434 Si"- QUI NT IN, of tfarpham. -
witnefs to a deed of Thomas Mounteans, of eight tofts and
eight oxgangs of land, in Lillet, in the county of York.
Sir Galfred St. Quintin, Knt. his fon and heir, temp. Ed-
ward III. married the daughter of Sir Robert Conftable, of
Flamborough, Knt. and had iflue Sir William St. Quintin,
Knt. who married Joan, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Twenge,
Knt. by whom he had three fons and two daughters : Thomas,
who fucceeded him ; the other two died young, i. Alice,
married Sir William Bilbon, of Bilton, in Holdernefs, in the
county of York, Knt. 2. Maude, married to Robert Wells,
of An lab y, in the fame county.
Sir Thomas St. Quintin, Knt. his fon and heir, married
Agnes, daughter of R obert Warrine ; he left two fons, Tho-
mas, who fucceeded him, and Anthony, who was prebend of
South Ncwbald, in the church of York, prebend of St. Mar-
tin's, in the church of Beverley, and rector of Settrington and
Hornfea, in the fame county.
Thomas St. Quintin, A.D. 1399, married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Nicholas Gafcoyne, by whom he had two fons ; Antho-
ny, who fucceeded his father, and John, who was a canon
regular of the priory of Burlington, in the county of York.
Anthony St. Quintin married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
William Franks, Bart, of Grimfby, by whom he had four fons
and two daughters ; 1. Anthony, who died unmarried; 2. Sir
William, who fucceeded him 5 3. Thomas, who married Ag-
nes, daughter of Sir John Conftable, of Haliham, Knt. but
died without iflue ; 4. John, who was rec"lor of Brandifburton.
Margery and Johanna died unmarried.
Sir William St. Quintin, Knt. Anthony's fecond fon, mar-
ried, A. D. 1422, the daughter of Herrington, and had by her
four fons -, 1. Sir John, his fucceflbr ; 2. Walter, who died
young ; 3. Herbert, who died unmarried ; 4. Anthony, who
was prebend of Milton, in the church of Lincoln.
Sir John St. Quintin, Knt married the daughter of .Thomas
Holme, of Panelhome, by whom he had three fons ; 1. John,
who fucceeded him ; 2. William, of Ganfted, who married
Jane, daughter and coheir of Robert Twyer 5 3. Anthony, who
died unmarried, 1444.
John St. Quintin, his eldcft fon, married Elynor, daughter
and coheir of Edmund Thwaytes, by whom he had four ions ;
1. John, his fucceflbr; 2. Edmund, m after of the hofpital of
St. Sepulchres, in Holdernefs, at the time of the diflblution of
the hofpital ; 3. Herbert, died unmarried ; as did, 4. Walter.
John St. Quintin fucceeded his father, A.D. 1485, and
married Margery, daughter of Sir Robert Conftable, of Flam-
borough, Knt. and had iflue Sir William St, Quintin, Knt.
who,
St. QJJ I N T I N, of Harpham. 435
who, A. D. 15G9, married Dorothy, daughter of Bryan Haf-
tings, of the Earl of Huntington's family, by whom he had
three fons and fix daughters 5 1. Gabriel, who fucceeded him ;
2. Matthew ; and, 3. Anthony, who died without iflue : ifr.
daughter, Frances, who married Francis Hungate ; 2. Mar-
garet, married to Thomas Boynton, of Barmifon ; 3. Margery,
married to Thomas Lafcells ; and Alary, Dorothy, and Anne,
who died unmarried.
Gabriel, his fon and heir, A. D. 1558, married Dorothy,
daughter of Sir George Griffith, of VVhichmore, and of Agnes
Barton, Knt. and had ifTue four fons and three daughters ;
George, who fucceeded him ; and Auncel, William, and Mat-
thew, who died without iflue : Frances, who married Robert
"Nodell, of Ganfted ; Margery, and Ann, who died young.
George St. Quintin, his fori, A. D. 1584, married Agnes,
daughter of William Creyke, of Cottingham, Efq; by whom
he had iiTue three ions and three daughters; I. William, of
whom hereafter ; 2. Herbert, who married Everill, fecond filler
and coheir of John Lacey, of Folkton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; by
whom he had no iiTue; 3. Gabriel, died unmarried: Alice,
Dorothy, and Mary, died young.
William St. Quintin, his eldeff. fon and heir, was advanced
to the dignity of a Baronet of this kingdom, 17 Charles I. and
married Mary, eldefl fifTer and coheir of John Lacy, of Folk-
ton, in Yorkfhire, Efq; by whom he had four fons and five
daughters. He died in the feventieth year of his age, and foon
after the fecond affizes in the county of York, of which he was
then High Sheriff-*. He was buried at Harpham, and his fons
erected a handfome monument to his memory. Sir William
St. Quintin's fons were, 1. Sir Henry, his fuccefTor ; 2. Wil-
liam St. Quintin, of Hayton, married Margaret, daughter of
Thomas Wood, of Thorp juxta Rudftone, in Yorkfhire, Efq;
3. John, who died unmarried ; 4. Thomas St. Quintin, of
Flamborough, who married Ann, fecond daughter of the faid
Thomas Wood, of Thorp juxta Rudftone, Efq; Sir William's
daughters were; 1. Dorothy, married to Sir William Caylev,
of Brcmpton, Bart. 2. Frances, married to Francis Lafcells, of
Stank, in Yorkfhire, Efq; 3. Catharine, married for her fir ft
hufband Michael Wentworth, Efq; eldefl: [on of Sir George
Wentworth, of Wooley, Bart, her fecond hufband was Sir
John Kay, of Woodfome, Bart, her third hufband was Henry
Sandys, Efq; and her fourth hufband, was the Earl of Eglin-
ton. The other two daughters, Evcrili and Elizabeth, died
young.
Si'
daut,
F f 2 and
Sir Henry St. Quintin, Bart, his fon and heir, married Mary,
ighter of Henry Stapleton, Efq; of Wighifl, in Yorkfhire,
436 St. Qtf I N T I N, of Harptiani.
and had by her feven fons and two daughters ; William, the
eldeff, of whom hereafter ; Henry, Philip, George, Robert,
Edward, and Gabriel, who all died unmarried : Mary, the
eldeft daughter, married Aldride, of Bevef.ey, in York-
shire ; and Deborah, married Major Burch, of London.
William St. Quintin, eldeft ion of Sir Henry, died in the
life-time of his father. He married Elizabeth, youngeft daugh-
ter of Sir William Strickland, Bart, by whom he had iflue,
I. Henry; 2. Thomas, who died young ; 3. Sir William, of
whom hereafter; 4. George; 5. Walter; 6. Gabriel, who all
died unmarried ; 7. Hugh St. Quintin, who married Catharine,
eldeft daughter of Matthew Chitty, Efq; by whom he had two
fons and one daughter ; Sir William, the prefent Baronet, and
Matthew Chitty, who is unmarried ; the daughter died young.
The four daughters of William, before-mentioned, were,
1. Frances, married to Thomas Roundell, of Hutton, Efq;
2. Margaret, married to Charles Heblethwayte, of Norton,
Efq; 3. Catharine, who died young ; 4. Mary, who married
James Huftler, Efq;
Sir William St. Quintin, Bart, third fon and heir of Wil-
liam St. Quintin, Efq; fucceeded his grandfather in dignity and
eftate, was Member of Parliament for the town of Kingfton
en Hull, in the reigns of King William, Queen Anne, and
King George the Firff, a Commiffioner of the Cuftoms, &c.
He died a bachelor in 1723, and was buried in Harpham church,
where his nephew and fuccefTor has erected a handfome marble
monument to his memory. His conftant attendance in Parlia-
ment, fteady attachment to the true intereft of his King and
country, and his other eminent virtues, gained him fo great
favour at Court, that in three fucceflive reigns he had feveral
pofts of great honour and profit conferred upon him. He died
a bachelor in May 1723, in the fixty-third year of his age,
(being then one of the Joint Vico-Treafurers of Ireland,) uni-
verfally lamented.
Sir William St. Quintin, the prefent Baronet, fon of Hugh
St. Quintin before-named, is the twenty-fixth in a lineal de-
fcent from Sir Herbert St. Quintin, Knt. who came over with
W7illiam the Conqueror : He was Member in the laft Parlia-
ment of George the Firft for Thirfk, in Yorkshire 3 and High
Sheriff of the fame county in 1733. He married Rebecca,
daughter of Sir John Thompibn, Knt. Lord Mayor of Lon-
don, and had iffue by her four fons and four daughters. She
died in Oct. 1757, anc* i" Harpham church Sir William has
erected a handfome monument to her memory. Of the fons of
Sir William St. Quintin, Bart, three died young ; William,
his only fon and heir, married, the 14th of May, 1758, Char-
lotte,
KEMP, of Gifling. 437
iotte, daughter of Henry Fane, Efq; Member of Parliament for
Lyme Regis, in Dorfetfhire, and brother to the Earl of Weft-
moreland. She died univerfally lamented April 17, 1762. To
her memory her hufband has erected, in Harpham church, a very
elegant monument, executed by Wilton, and reckoned one of
his inafter-pieces.
Of Sir William St. Qiiintin's daughters, two only are now
living; Catharine, married to Chriftopher Griffith, of Padworth,
in the county of Berks, Efq; and Mary, married to George
Darby, of Newtown, in Hampfhire, Efq; Captain in his Ma-
jefty's Navy.
Arms. Or, a Chevron, Gules, and a Chief, Vaire.
Crest. On a Ducal Coronet, Gules, a Peafe Rife, Proper,
on the Top of the Column, fluted, between two Horns, Or.
Seats. At Scamfton, and Lowthorp, both in Yorkfhire.
108. Kemp, of Gifling, Norfolk.
Created Baronet, March 14, 1641.
( I ' H E name Kemp is derived from the Saxon wond, to kemp,
or combat, which in Norfolk is retained to this day, a foot-
ball-match, being called camping, or kemping, and thus in Saxon,
a kemper, fignifies a combatant, a champion, or man of arms.
This family hath been of long continuance in this county. GaJr
frid Kemp lived at Norwich, in 1272 ; Robert Kemp, in 1306 ;
and foon after, or about that time, lived Norman Kemp, whofe
fon, Roger, left Ralph, who married a daughter of De la Hantz.
William Kemp, their fon, married a daughter of one Barnftaple^
or Bainfpath, whofe fon,
Alan Kemp, of Wefton, in Suffolk, Efq; married Ifabel,
daughter to Sir Philip Haftyngs, of Giiling, in Norfolk, Knt.
and had iflue, John ; and Alexander ; to which
John, Sir Philip Haftyngs, his grandfather, in 1324, gave the
manor of Gifting. This John married Alice, daughter to Robert
Puke, of Brampton, in Suffolk, Efq; by Julian, his wife, daugh-
ter of Sir Robert Buttevillain, of Gifling, and of Cottefbroke, in
Northamptoofhire, Knt. coheir to Julian Buteveyleyn, and left
iflue, Robert; Ralph; John; Alice; and Anne. He is fomc-
times called, in evidences, John de Flordon, Efq;
Robert, the eldeft, married Mary, daughter of Bartholomew
White, of Shottifham, in Norfolk, Efq; He had another wife
yarned Agnes j and a third, (as fome pedigrees,) viz. Catharine
F f 3 daughie
438 K E M P, of Giffing.
daughter of Roger Haukere, of Redenhall ; but left iffue, by
Mary only, viz.
Jaffrev Kemp, of Wefton, Efq; who married the daughter
of Sherrington, of Cranworth, Efq; and left iffue,
Robert Kemp, of Giffing, Efq; who married Margaret, daughter
of William Curfon, of Sturfton, in SufFolk, Efq; and by her had
jiTuc, Robert; and Edmund, who married Elizabeth, daughter of
John Style, of London ; John ; and William, who was Reclor
of Sturfton ; Ralph ; and Cecily, who married John Melton, of
Sturfton, aforefaid ; and Alice, a Nun, at Barking.
Robert Kemp, of Giffing, Efq; the eldeft fon, had two wives ;
Elizabeth, daughter to John Appleyard, of Braken- Afh, in Nor-
folk, Efq; by whom he had three daughters, Mary, married to
Thomas Jernegan, of Cove, Efq; Elizabeth, who was Lady of
the Bed-chamber to Queen Catharine, in 1523, and died un-
married ; and Anne, married to Richard Bacon, of Harlefton, in
Norfolk, Efq; His fecond. wife was Anne, daughter to John Clif-
ford, of Hornes-hall, in Bobbing, Efq; and by her he had ifTue,
Bartholomew ; and Margaret, married to Robert Blenerhaffet,'
of Princethoi p, in Warwickfhire ; Lewis, who had a remainder"
in tail in thefe manors ; and Florence, married to Richard
Woodhall, of Fraunflon, in Suffolk.
Bartholomew, the eldeft, kept his frrft court in 1527 ; and
married Anne, daughter to John Alleyn, of Bury St. Edmund's,
Efq; and Conftance, his wife, daughter and heirefs of William
Gedding, Efq; by whom he had iflue, Robert ; Bartholomew,
who married Barbara Sharp, of Cambridgefhire ; Anthony; Ed-
ward, who married Mary, daughter to Edmund De Grey, of
Merton, in Norfolk, Efq; John, who died unmarried ; William;
Frances ; and Elizabeth, married to Lionel Throckmorton, of
JFlixton. This Bartholomew died in 1554.
Robert Kemp, Efq; fucceeded, who had two wives, Elizabeth,
daughter to John Smythwyne, of Buckinghamlhire, Efq; by whom
he had Richard ; and John, firfl married to Anne, daughter of
C. Cuddon, of Wefton, in Suffolk ; and, fecondly, to Anne,
daughter to — — Calthorp, of Antingham, in Norfolk ; Marga-
ret, married to Thomas Roufe, of Cranford, in Suffolk ; and
Anne, to Anthony Drury, of Befthorp, in Norfolk ; his fecond
wife was Elizabeth, daughter to Thomas De Grey, of Merton,
in Norfolk, Efq; by whom he had three fons, and one daughter;
Thomas, married to Anne, one of the heireffes of John Moore;
Robert, married one of the heireffes of William Stanton, Efq;
William, married Thomazine, daughter of William Waldegrave,
Efq; Elizabeth, married John; fon and heir to Robert Buxton;
Efq; This Robert died in 1596^ aged eighty.
- ". ~ Richard
KEMP, of Giffing. 439
Richard Kemp, Efq; his eldeft Ton and heir, married Alice,
daughter of Philip Cockerham, of Hampflead, in Middlefex, Efq;
(relict of Edmund Poley, of Badley, in Suffolk, Efq;) bein^
fifty-five years old at his father's death. He was a Barrifter at
Law, and left
Robert Kemp, Efq; hb fon and heir, who died April 24, 1 61 4.
His two daughters were Dorothy, and Elizabeth ; and his eldeii:
*bnr
Sir Robert Kemp, of Giffing, Knt. one of the Gentlemen of
the Privy Chamber to King Charles I. who, for his eminent
loyalty to that King, was by him created a Baronet ; and, as a
fignal inflance of the faid King's favour towards him, he forgave
him all the fines and fees of paffing the faid Patent, as therein
fpecified. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Matthew Browne,
of Beechworth Caftle, in Surry, Knt. and left Robert; Thomas;
Matthew, married to the daughter of Heyton, of Green-
wich, in Kent, (and had i(Tue\) Richard, and Jane, married to
Thomas Waldegrave, of Smallbridge, Efq; He died Aug. 20,
1647, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir Robert Kemp, Bart, who had two wives, Mary, daughter
of Thomas Kerridge, of Shelley-Hall, in Suffolk, Efq; by whom
he had four children, but all diedin their minority; his fecond
wife was Mary, daughter and fole heirefs to John Sone, of Ubbe-
fjpn, in Suffolk, Gent, by whom he had iffue, Sir Robert ; John,
who died young ; William ; Mary, married to Sir Charles Blois,
of Cockfield, in Suffolk, Bart, and Jane, married to John Dade,
M.D. of Tannington, in Suffolk. Sir Robert died Sept. 26, 17 10.
Sir Robert Kemp, ofUbbefton, in Suffolk, Bart, eldeft fon of
the aforefaid Sir Robert, had four wives ; firft, Letitia, daughter
to Robert King, of Great-Thurlow, Efq; by Elizabeth, daughter
of Thomas Steward, of Barton-Mills, Efq;. widow to Sir Robert
Kemp, of Finchingfield, in Effex, Knt. by whom he had one
daughter only that furvived, viz. Mary, married to Sir Edmund
Bacon, of Garboldifham, in Norfolk, Bart. His fecond wife
was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Brand, of Edwardfton,
in Suffolk, Efq; by whom he had Sir Robert, the late Bart. John,
a Merchant ; Ifaac, a Barrifter at Law ; Thomas, Reclor of
Giffing and Elordon ; and Benjamin, of Caius College, in Cam-
bridge ; Elizabeth ; and Jane, relicl: of William Blois, Efq; fon
of Sir Charles Blois, Bart, befides Edward ; Letitia ; and Anne,
who died young. His third wife was Martha, daughter of Wil-
liam Blackwell, of Mortlake, in Surry, Efq; by whom he had
William, fome time of Pembroke Hall, in Cambridge ; and Mar-
tha, married, Sept. 1738, to Darrel Short, jun. of Wadhurft, in
Sulfex, Efq; betides a former daughter, named Martha, that died
F f 4 an
440 I N G L E B Y, of Ripley,
an infant. His fourth wife was Amy, daughter of Richard Phil-
lips, of Edwardefton, in Suffolk, Efqs widow of John Burroughs
of Ipfwich, Efq; by her he had no iffue. Sir Robert died Dec.
1 8, 1734* having twice repreiented the county of Suffolk in Par-
liament ; but died at Ufford, in Suffolk, as he was coming to
London, aged fixty-eight; and was fucceeded, in dignity and
eftate, by his eldeft fon, by the fecond venter,
Sir Robert Kemp, who was a Reprefentative in Parliament for
Orford, in Suffolk, in 1730. He died a bachelor, Feb. 15, 1752^
and was fucceeded by his next brother,
Sir John Kemp, Bart, who married Elizabeth, widow and re-
lic! of Ifaac Brand Colt, late of Brightlingfea, in Effex, Efq; by
whom he had no ifliie. The faid Sir John died Nov. 25, 1761,
and was fucceeded by his nephew,
Sir John Kemp, the prefent Baronet, a minor, now at Weft-
minder School, and fon of his brother, the Rev. Mr. Thomas
Kemp, late of Penryn, in the county of Cornwall.
Arms. Gules, three Garbs, within a Bordure, engrailed, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Pelican, vulning herielf, Proper.,
upon a Garb, Or.
Motto. Luc em fpero.
Seat. At Ubbetton, in Suffolk,
109. Ingleey, of Ripley, Yorkfhire.
Created Baronet, May 17, 1-642.
f-Tp HIS family, according to Camden, "has flouriflied with
great antiquity and reputation at Ripley, a market-town
in the Well Riding of Yorkfhire, of which was Sir Thomas
Ingleby, Knt. one of the Juftices of the Common Pleas ;
who, by Catharine, daughter of Ripley, had iffue, Tho-
mas, Henry, Prebend of South Cave, 12 Ric. II. John, Wil-
liam, David, and Alice. Thomas, the eldeft fon, was Knight
of the Shire, 23 Edw. III. and married Eleanor, daughfer
and heir of William Mowbray, of Kirtlington, Efq; (by Mar-
garet, daughter and heir of John Chaumont, of Colton, in the
Ainffy of York, Efqj) by whom he had iffue William and
John.
William, his eldeft fon, dying iffuelefs, John, his brother,
living temp. Hen. IV. continued the line ; he was founder of
the monaftery of Mount Grace, and rnarrymx? Ellen, daughter!
and heir of Sir Bryan Rociiffe, of Rocliffe, Knt. had iffue
Thomas,
I N G L E B Y, of Ripley, 441
Thomas, and three daughters ; Catharine, married to Walter
Pedwardine, of Lincolnlhire ; Jennet, to John Holme, of
Holderneffe ; and Ifabel, to Thomas de la River, of Branfby,
Efqrs. Thomas, the only fon and heir, by Ellen, daughter
of John Holme, Efqj was father of Sir William; and Eliza-
beth, married to Thomas Beckwith, of Clint, Efq. Sir Wil-
liam Ingleby, Knt. only fon and heir, took to wife Joan,
daughter of Sir Bryan Staple ton. Knight of the Garter, and
had ifTue, John ; Agnes, wife to John Sothil, of Everingham ;
and Catharine, to William Arthington, of Arthington, Efqrs.
John, his fon, married Margery, daughter of Sir James
Strangeways, Knt. (who furviving him, was afterwards wife of
Richard, Lord Wells, beheaded 1469.) By her he had ifTue, Sir
William Ingleby, Knt. who efpoufed Catharine, daughter of
Tho. Stillington, Efq; and had a fon, John, and two daugh-
t rs ; Jane, married to Sir Robert Conftable, Knt. and Anne,
who married three hufbands ; firft, Richard Goldfborough ;
fecondly, Robert Warcup, Efqrs. and, thirdly, Thomas
Wriothefley, Efq; alias Garter King at Arms.
John, fon and heir of Sir William, died 1502, having had
ilTue by Eleanor, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Conftable, of
Flamborough, Knt. Sir William, and Ralph, who died ifTue-
lefs. His relicl afterwards married Sir Thomas (or Henry)
Berkley.
Sir William, fon and heir, married Cecily, daughter of Sir
George Talbois, Knt. brother of Gilbert, Lord Talbois, and
was, by her, father of another Sir William, and of John
Ingleby, of Lawkland, Efq; (anceftor to Sir Charles Ingleby,
a Judge, temp. jac. II.) and George, who died without ifTue;
and two daughters, Frances, married to Mr. James Pulleyn -
and Elizabeth, to Mr. Richard Maltus.
Sir William, (the eld eft fon) was Treafurer of Berwick, and
died 1 578-9, having had iffue by Anne, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Mallory, of Studley, in Yorkfhire, Knt. five ions and
five daughters ; 1. Sir William, High Sheriff of Yorkfhire,
7 Eliz. who married, firft, Anne, daughter and heir of Tho-
mas Thwaites, Efc(; and, fecondly, Catharine, daughter and
heir of Anthony Smethley, (Smithyes, of Brantincrham,) Efq;
but by neither left ifTue. 2. David Ingleby, who married
Anne, daughter of Charles Nevile, Earl of WeftmoreJand,
but left only three daughters ; (Mary, married Sir Peter Mid-
dleton, Knt. Frances, to Sir Robert Hodfhon, Knt. and Ur-
fula, to Robert Widdrington, Efq;) 3. Francis, who died
young. 4. Sampfon, who married Jane, daughter of
Lambert, of Kiiiinghall, Efq; and died fuly 18, 1604, leavi;
442 I N G L E B Y, of Ripley.
Sir William, hereafter mentioned. 5. John, whofe wjrfe was
Catharine, daughter of Sir William Babthorp, of Bahtkorpv
Knt. and relict of George Vavafor, of Spaldington, Efq; by
whom he had a daughter Catherine, married to Marmaduke
Fr.nk, of Knighton, in Yorkshire, Efq. The five daughters,
cf Sir William, were, Jane3 married to George Winter, of
Coldwell, in Wcrcefterihire ; Grace, to William Birnand, of
ICnarefborough ; Ifabel, to Thomas Markiniield ; Elizabeth,
to Peter York, Efqrs. and Catharine, to Sir William Ar-
thington, of Arthington, Knt. and, mother to Cyril Arling-
ton, Efq.
Sir William Ingleby, (fon and heir of Sampfon aforefaid)
having been firft knighted, was farther advanced to the de-
gree of a Baronet of England, iS Car. I. He died 1657-8,
in his feventy-firft year, having had iliue by Anne, daughter
of Sir James Bellingham, of Levens, in Weflmoreland, Knt.
Sir William, his fucceiTor ; Sampfon, born 1629, who died
the year following ; Henry, born 1634, who died unmar-
ried ; and John, who died young. Alio a daughter, Agnes.,
who died young.
Sir William Ingleby, Bart, the eldeft Ion, was born 1621*
and died Nov. 1682. He married Margaret, eldeft daughter of
John Savile, of Methley, Efq; by whom he was father of Sir
John, who fucceeded him, and of live daughters ; 1. Marga-
ret, wife of Mark, eldeft fon of Sir Robert Shaftoe, Knt. Re-
corder of Newcaftle ; 2. Anne, married to John, fon of Sir
John Arderne, of Harden, in Chefhire, Knt. 3. Elizabeth,
who died 1678. 4. Mary ; and, 5. Catharine, who died
170.X-
Sir John Ingleby, (only fon of Sir William,) the late
Baronet, married Mary, daughter of Mr. Johnfon, and hath,
had iffue, John, William, Margaret, and Chriftopher, of
whom the two youngeft fons died young. Sir John died;Jaiu
25, 1741-2, and was fucceeded by his only furviving fon,
Sir John Ingleby, the prefent Baronet.
Arms. Sable, a Star of fix Rays, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Boar's Head coupcd, Argent3
tufked, Or.
Seat. At Ripley, in Yorkfhire.
no. Wit-
WILLIAMSON, of Eaft-Markham. 443
no, Williamson, of Eaft-Markham,
Nottinghamshire.
Created Baronet, June 3, 1642.
(~\F this ancient family, which had long been feated in Not-
^^ tinghamfhire, was John Williamfon, (Ton and heir of
William Williamfon, late of Horton Cockney,) who 13 Edw.
IV. releafed to John Berry, Lord of Terefholt, one mefluage,
in Dunfell.
A defcendant of him was John Williamfon, of Walkcring-
ham, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; who had iffue two fons, Giles ;
and Richard, who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert
Thornhill, Knt. Giles, the eldeft fon, married Catharine,
daughter of Sir Robert Thornhill, Knt. (fifter to his brother's
wife) by whom he had two fons, Robert, and John, ofGainf-
borough, in Lincolnshire, who by his fecond wife, Jane,
daughter of Chriftopher Dobfon, was father of Sir Richard
Williamfon, Mailer of the Requefts 161 2, and the learned
Steward of the borough of Retford.
Robert, the eldeft Ton, was living temp. Queen Eliz. High
Sheriff of Nottingfhire, 12 Jac. I. and married, firft, Elizabeth,
daughter of Rither ; fecondly, Anne, daughter of
Stokeham. By the latter he had three fans > I.Robert;
2. Barnabas, of Loundhall ; 3. Francis.
Robert, the eldeft fon, was of Great-Markam, and temp.
Eliz. he married Faith, fifth daughter of Sir Edward Ayfcough,
oi' South Kelfey, in Lincolnihire, Knt. by whom he had iffue,
Thomas, and Elizabeth, married to William Clarkfon, of
Kirketon, and Willoughby, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq;
Thomas, (only fon and heir of Robert) was High Sheriff of
the county of Nottingham, 15 Car. I. and advanced by that
King to the dignity of a Baronet the 18th of his reign, by
patent, dated at York. He married two wives, firft, Jane,
eldeft daughter of Sir Edward HufTey, of Honington, in Lin-
colnihire, Bart, by whom he had feveral children, but all died
young, except three fons, Sir Thomas, and Sir Robert, fuc-
ceffively Baronets, and John, who died unmarried ; alfo a
daughter, Jane, married to John White, ofCotgrave, in Not-
tinghamfhire, Efq; his fecond wife was Dionyfia, daughter of
William, and grand daughter of Richard Hales, of Hales-Hall,
in Norfolk, Efq; but by her had no iffue.
Sir Thomas Williamfon, Bart, his deleft fon, fucceeded
him, though the eftate was incumbered with debts contracted
in the fervice Qf King Charles I. and the family great fufferers
alfo
44=!- WILLIAMSON, of Eaft-Markham.
alio by {hutting up the Exchequer, temp. Car. II. He mar*
ried Dorothy, youngeft daughter and coheir of George Fen-
wick, of Brinktmrne, in Northumberland, Efq; by whom he
had no iilue. The eftate of Monkweremouth, which Sir
Hedworth, the prefent Baronet, poffeffes, was left him by this
lady, who died Nov. 4, (the anniveriary of her birth) 1699,
and Jies buried at Monk- Weremouth, near Sunderland, in the
&ilhoprick of Durham. Sir Thomas died April 23, 1703, and
lies buried alfo in Monk-Weremouth church.
Sir Robert Williamfon, Bart, (fecond fon of Sir Thomas,
the firft Baronet) fucceeded his brother, Sir Thomas 3 he mar-
ried Rebecca, daughter of John Burrows, Merchant, by whom
he had feveral children, and died 1708.
Sir William Williamfon, his fucceffor, who was High Sheriff
For the county of Durham for twenty-four years fucceflively,
was youngeft fon of the faid Sir Robert Williamfon, Bart,
beforementioned ; he married firir., Elizabeth, youngeft daugh-
ter and coheir of John Hedworth, of Harraton, in the county
of Durham, Efq; by whom he had feveral fons and daughters.
Fenwick, the eldeft, was an Enfign in the Guards, and died
feveral years before his father j Sir Hedworth, the prefent Ba-
ronet; William, the third fon, was a Doctor of Divinity, and
died in poiTeffion of the Living of Wickham, in Durham, 1763,
leaving a fon and a daughter, William and Anne, both living.
Henry, the youngeft fon of Sir William, married Sarah Crook,
of London, by whom he had no iffue : tje was a Lieutenant
Colonel, and died fuddenly. Ann, Sir William's eldeft daugh-?
ter, married William W^ingfield, of Bridge-End, in Cumber-
land, Efq; by whom fhe had two children, Elizabeth and
George, both married : Elizabeth, to Sir John St. Aubyn5
ofClowance, in Cornwall, Bart. Member of Parliament for
the faid county, who has feveral children ; and George, to
Mary, daughter of George Sparrow, of Wafhington, in Dur-
ham, Efq; by whom he has two children living. Dorothy,
Sir William's youngeft daughter, is unmarried. Sir William
married, (econdly, Mary, daughter and heir of William Fether-
ftonhalgh, of Stanley, near Stanhope-Hall, in the county of
Durham, Efq; by whom he had no ifTue. He died in April,
•1747, and was fojcceeded by his fon,
Sir Hedworth Williamfon, the prefent Baronet, who like-
vife fucceeds his father as High Sheriff for the county of Dur-
ham, being appointed thereto by Bifhop Chandler, and has
continued that Office to this time, by the appointment of the
iucceeding Bifhops of Durham, In the year 1748, Sir Hed-
worth married Elizabeth, one of the coheirefles of William
HuddieilonjOfMellomCaftle, in Cumberland, jSfoj by v/hon\
he
L O W T H E R, of Whitehaven. 445
lie has three children, William-Hudlcfton, Hed worth, and
Thomas, all living.
Arms. Or, a Chevron, Gules, between three Trefoils
flipped, Sable.
Crest. On a Mural Crown, Gules, a demy Wyverne,
(or a Dragon's Head) Or.
Seats. At Monk-Weremouth, near Sunderland, in the
bifhoprick of Durham ; and Mellom-Caftle, in Cumberland.
III. Lowther, of Whitehaven, Cumberland.
Created Baronet, June u, 1642.
* jA HIS family appears to be of very ancient ftandin?, and
coniiderable rank in the county of Weftmoreland, and
hath flourilhed at Lowther beyond any record, long before the
Norman Invafion.
This family has produced one Lord Vifcount, and four Ba-
ronets, that were all living at the fame time, and Members of
Parliament, which are here recited :
1. Sir Hemy Lowther, of Lowther, Bart. Lord Vifcount
Lonfdale.
2. Sir James Lowther, of Whitehaven, Bart.
3. Sir William Lowther, of Mafk and Holker, Bart.
4. Sir William Lowther, of Swillington, Bart, which title
became extinct, but was revived by a frefh patent, granted to
the prefent Sir William, of Swillington, Aug. 17, 1764.
The name, according to the different apprehenfions of the
writers and cuftoms of the times, has been varioufly wrote, as
Louther, Louthre, Lowther, Llothar, Lothar, Lother, Lothair,
Lothayre, Lauther, Loder, Loader, Lauder. Olaus Wormius,
the Danifh Antiquary, being confulted by Sir Henry Spelman,
at the inftigation of Peter Ofborn, about the derivation of this,
among other Englifh names, fays, he finds it among the ancient
Danifh and Saxon names of their Kings; and tells us, it is
derived from the word Loth and isr, which fignifies fortune and
honour ; others look on it as a very honourable name, becaufe
they obferve many of the Emperors and Princes of German v to
be called Lotharius. But fince moft of the Englim names,
and that of the moft honourable families, are denominated
from the towns which they were Lords of, it fecms moft pro-
bable, that this family did fo from their lar.ds and barony of
Lowther.
At
446 LOWTHER, of Whitehaven*
At Great Prefton, in Yorkfhire, the arms are there painted
of the families the Lowthers have in fucceffion matched into,
which were tranfcribed by Mr. Thorefby, and publiiiied in his
Antiquities of Leeds and Yorkfhire, p. 3. viz. Lowther cum
Dayncourt, Bromilete, Rbokefbye, Quail, Moubray, Burnel,
Lafcells, Stapleton, Strickland, Vipon't, Lord of Weftmoreland,
Moulton, Lord of Gilfland in Cumberland. After this we find
Sir Gervafius de Louther, who held a Knight's fervice of
King Henry III, 121 7. Sir Gervafius married Beatrice, a
daughter of John, Lord Rofs de Kendal, grandfon to Robert,
Lord Rofs, of Hamlock, and Ifabella his wife, who was a daugh-
ter of the King of Scots.
Sir Hugh de Louther, his fon and heir, was an Officer to
King Edward I. He married a daughter of Linglim, or Ling-
leys le Cofyn. Gervafe de Louthre, Archdeacon of Carlifle,
appears to be another fon j he was appointed to this office in
1230-, and died 1240. Sir Hugh was fucceeded by .
Sir Hugh de Louther, his only furviving fon, who, by a
daughter of Moriceby, of Moriceby, in Cumberland, left {flue,
Sir Hugh de Louther, Attorney-General, 20 Eclw. I. He was
returned one of the Knights for the county of Weftmoreland,
the 28th of the fame reign, and had fummbns to be at Parlia-
ment held at Northampton, 1 Edw. II. He married a daugh-
ter of Sir Peter de Tiliol, of Scaleby Caftle, in Cumberland;
and was fucceeded by,
1. Sir Hugh.
2. Thomas de Louther, made one of the Juflices of the
King's-Bench, 5 Edward III. with Richard de Willough-
by. He married Anice, one of the two daughters and co-
heirs of William Plumland, of Plumland. His daughter Mar-
garet married Henry Mauleverer, of Allerton Mauleverer.
The faid .Sir Hugh de Louther, fon and heir, was, the 17th
of Edw. If. one of the Knights of the Shire for Cumberland,
was commiffioned to array all men at arms in the county of
Weftmoreland, and to be in raulinefs to attend the King oh
the 14th of Edward III. and had been in feveral engagements
againit the Scots. He ferved in Parliament for the county of
Weftmoreland, and in the 15th of Edward III. he was again
returned one of the Knights for Cumberland ; on the 17th he
ferved for the fame county. He was High Sheriff of Cumber-
land the 26th, 27th, and 28th of the fame reign, which was
then an office of great truft and power. The 33d of Edw. III.
he was again returned one of the Knights for Weftmorland,
as he was the 45th and 46th of that reign, which was the lafl
time he ferved ; for growing in years his fon and heir was
elected. He married Margaret, daughter and heir of Geffery
de
LOWTHER, of Whitehaven. 447
de Lucie, Baron of Cockermouth, but we do not find that fhe
claimed the title. He was fucceeded by his fori,
Sir John de Louther, who, by an indenture, is wrote, Jo~
hannis fil. Hugo de Louther ; he was elected the 50th of Ed-
ward III. for vVeflmorland, and the 2d of Richard II. With
him Sir Thomas de Clifford covenanted by indenture, touching
the government of Thomas Clifford, his fon and heir, and his
own as well as his ward's peace. He married Margaret, after-
wards the wife of Sir Robert de Kendall. This Sir John was
vTucceeded by^
1. Robert, of whom prefently.
2. Sir William, of Crookdale, who was Sheriff of Cumber-
land, 2 Henry IV. as aifo the yth, 8th, and 9th year of that
reign ; and Reprefentative for that county, with his brother Sir
Robert, the 5th of Henry IV. and by Alice, daughter and heir
of John Hale, of Kirkby there, had iiTue Richard ; alfo Eliza-
beth, the wife of Richard Orpheur, Lord of Piumland, in Cum-
berland, Efq;
3. Lowther, wife of Thomas de Wharton, of Whar-
ton, in Weftmorland, Efq; anceftor to the Duke of Wharton.
The. faid Sir Robert was Knight of the Shire for Cumber-
land, the 15th and 17th of Richard II. and the 2d of Henry IV.
was again elected for the fame county; as alio the 5th of
Hen. IV. with his brother ; and again in the 8th of Hen. IV.
and the 2d of Henry V. and Sheriff of Cumberland, 6 Henry V.
He greatly contributed, anno 1401, towards building the
choir of the cathedral of Carlifle, with his father-in-law, Wil-
liam Strickland, bifhop of the dioceie, whofe daughter and
heir, Margaret, he married. He died 9 April, 1430, accord-
ing to the date on his tomb in Louther church, whereof the
family are patrons. He left iifue, 1. Sir Hugh Louther ; 2.
Mary, wife of Sir James Pickering, of Winderworth, in
Weftmorland ; 3. Anne, wife of Sir Thomas Curwin, of
Workington, in Cumberland.
The faid Sir Hugh, in the life-time of his father, i'erved
under that glorious Monarch King Henry V. in the wars in
France, and was in the famous battle of Agincourt, 14 15,
there being with him his kinfman, Jeffery de Louther, Re-
ceiver-General of the Duchy of Lancafter, and Richard de
Louther ; he ferved the 4th of Henry IV. for the county of
Cumberland, as alfo the 9th of Henry VI. and Sheriff of the
faid county the 18th and 34th of the fame reign. He married
Anne, daughter of John de Darenwater, of Darenwater, in
Cumberland, Efq; and was fucceeded by
Sir Hugh de Louther, who married Mabel, daughter and ;
of Sir William Xancaftera 01 Stockbridge, in Wcftmorhr.
•
448 L O W T H E R, of Whitehaven.
Sir Hugh de Louther was his fon and heir, and married
Anne, daughter of Sir Lancelot Threlkeld, of Threlkeld, in
Cumberland, by Margaret his wife, daughter and fole heir of
Henry Bromnete, Lord Vefey, by whom the faid Margaret was
by birth Baronefs Vefey ; and by her marriage to her firft huf-
band, John, Lord Clifford, brought the title into that family,
as alfo Lenfborough-Houfe, and other eftates. The laid Sir
Hugh died the 2d of Henry VIII. and left ifTue,
Sir John Louther, Captain of Carliile Caftle, 37 Henry VI.
and Sheriff of Cumberland the 7th and 34th of that reign, and
4th of Edw. VI. He married Lucy, daughter of Sir Chrifto-
pher Curwin, of Workington, in Cumberland, by whom he
had iffue, 1. Sir Hugh ; 2. Elizabeth, wife of Sir William
Lancafter ; 3. Joan, wife of John Flemin, of Rydall, in
Weftmorland, Efq; 4. Mabel, wife of Chriftopher Dalfton,
of Acornbank, in Weftmorland, Efq; 37 Henry VL
The faid Sir Hugh was Knight of the Bath at the marriage
of Prince Arthur : He married Dorothy, daughter of Henry
Lord Clifford, (by Florence Pud fey, his fecond wife) fitter to
Henry Clifford, firft Earl of Cumberland : Her fecond hulband
was Richard, Lord Grey, of Groby, in Leicefterfhire, who
was fecond fon of Thomas, the firft Marquis of Dorfet, whofe
mother, Elizabeth, (daughter of Earl Rivers) being a very
beautiful young widow, King Edward IV. fell paffionately in
love with her, and married her ; from this Lady Elizabeth's
firft hulband, Sir John Grey, was defcended Lady Jane Grey*
who was proclaimed Queen, and afterwards beheaded, Feb. 125
1 554-5 age(* Seventeen, with herhufoand, Dudley, Lord Guil-
ford. The aforefaid Lord Henry Clifford's great grandfather^
John, Lord Clifford, married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry
Lord Percy (called Hotfpur) by Elizabeth his wife, eldeft
daughter of Edmund Mortimer, third Earl of March, whofe
wife, Philippa Plantagenet, was the only daughter and heir of
Lionel, Duke of Clarence, third fon of King Edward II L
from whom it appears that the faid Dorothy, wife of Sir Hugh
Lowther, was lineally defcended. She was buried at Groby
with her fecond hufband, Richard, Lord Grey., The faid Sir
Hugh Lowther was fucceeded by,
1. Sir Richard, his eldeft fon and heir, of whom prefentlys
2. Gerard, of Penrith, in Cumberland, Bencher of Lincoln's
Inn, married •, daughter of ' Dudley, in Weftmor-
land, Efq. He was Sheriff of Cumberland the 35th of Eliz.
and Knight of the Shire for the fame county the 43d of Eliz.
3. Margaret, wife of John Richmond, of Hyet Cattle, in
C u m b e r 1 a n d , E i q .
4. Amne,
LOWTHER, of Whitehaven. 449
4.. Anne, wife of Thomas Wibergh, of Clifton, in Weft-
morland, Efq.
5. Frances, wife of Sir Henry Goodyer, of Polefworth, in
Warwickfhire.
6. Barbara, wife of Thomas Carlton, of Carlton, in Cum-
berland, Efq.
The faid Sir Richard was Hio-h Sheriff of Cumberland the 8th*
and the 30th of Eliz. He fucceeded his couf.n-eerman, Henry,
Lord Scroop, as Lord Warden of the Weft Marches towards
Scotland, and was thrice Commimoner in the great affairs be-
tween England and Scotland, all the time of Queen Elizabeth ;
and when Mary Queen of Scots fled into England, and arrived
at Workington, in Cumberland, in May 1568, Queen Elizabeth,
on notice of it, fent to this Sir Richard, during, his Shrievalty, to
convey her to Carlifle Caftle j but, while the Princefs was in his
cuftody, he incurred the Queen's difpleafure, in admitting the
Duke of Norfolk to vifit her. He married Frances, daughter of
John Middleton, of Mtddleton, in Weftmoreland, Efq; and after
he had feen his children to the fourth degree, giving them a
virtuous education, and means to live, advanced his brothers and
fillers out of his own patrimony, governed his family, and kept
plentiful hofpitality for fifty-feven years together ; he ended his
life the 27th of January, 1607, aged feventy-feven, and was
buried at Lowther, where lieth the portraiture at full length of art
armed Knighft, with a table of four defcents, beginning with Sir
John his grandfather. This Sir Richard left iiTue,
I. John. 2. George, who both died young.
3. Sir Chriitopher Lowther, of whom hereafter.
4. Sir Gerard Lowther, of St. Michen's, Dublin, who was Chief
JulHce of the Common-pleas in Ireland, and one of the Lords
Juftices there ; and, in 1654., was conftituted Lord Chancellor
of Ireland, which high office, as well as that of Chief Juftice,
he difcharged with great judgment, and uncommon abilities, and
with a fingular reputation of integrity, fo that juftice was never
better adminiitred, by which he gained the higheft efteem, and
was looked on to be at leaft equal, if not fuperior to any of his
predeccflbrs. He married, flrtt, Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir
Ralph Bulmer, of Wilton, relict of Welbury, Efq; Second
wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Laurence Parfons, (anceuor to the
Earl of Rofs.) His third Wife was Margaret, daughter of Sir
John King, (anceftor to Lotd Kingfton,) but he died without
illue.
5. Hugh, a Captain In the voyage to Portugal, as alfo in
Ireland ; he died there at the fort at Lowther** (own, k> called
from his brother, Sir Gerard, being the poiTefibr, and caufing a
town to be built there,
Vol: I G g 6. Richard,
4jo LOWTHER, of Whitehaven.
6. Richard, died unmarried.
7. Sir Launcelot, of Yougftown, in the county of Kildare,
was one of the Barons of the Exchequer in Ireland, and of the
Privy Council ; he had been Solicitor General to Queen Anne,
King James's Queen, and married Elizabeth) daughter of — — «
Weibury, of CaiHe Eden, Durham, Efq;
8. William*
9. Anne, wife of Alexander Fetherfton, of Fetherflonhaugh,
in Northumberland, Efq;
10. Florence; 11. Frances; 12. Margaret; 13. Dorothy ;
14. Mabel ; all died unmarried.
15. Frances* wife of Thomas Ciyborn, of Clyborn, in Weft-
Btoriand, Efq;
16- Sufannah died unmarried.
The faid Sir Chriflopher was in fevera! commiflions concern-
ing the government of the counties of Cumberland and Weft-
moriand, and was knighted the 13th of April, 1603. He mar-
ried, fuft, Eleanor, daughter of Middleton, of Middleton,
(ance£or to Sir Hugh Middleton, the Founder of the New River
water,) in Westmorland, Efq; Second wife, Eleanor, daughter
of William Mufgrave, of Hayton-caflle, in Cumberland, Efq;
His third wife, Mary, was daughter and coheir of Thomas Wil-
fcn, of Eaftborn, AmbafTador, and Secretary of State to Queen
Elizabeth, relicl: of Sir Robert Burdet, Bart, He died 1617,
leaving iffue only by his fecond wife,
1. Sir John, his fucceilbr, of whom hereafter.
2. Gerard, a Captain, (lain in the wars againft the Turks, in
the King of Poland's fervice.
3. Richard, of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, London, Juftice of
Peace, and Rarrifter at Law, of Gray's-inn, married ,
daughter of John Williams, Efq; of Flintfhire ; he died April,
1659, and lies buried in theold church atLothbury, London, with
his relations ; leaving iffue, Richard, Helen, and Eleanor Lowther,
wife of Sir Philip Frowde, who died at Bath, Aug. 6, 1674, and
was buried there in the Abbey church ; he was father to Pene-
lope, who married Lord Crew, Bifliop of Durham.
4. Chriftopher, Rector of Lowther.
5. William Lowther, was Juftice of the Peace and Quorum ;
and by Eleanor, daughter of Anthony Weibury, of Caftle Eden,
Durham, Efq; was father to Lancelot, and to Robert, Chancellor
of Carlifle, and to George, Captain of Horfe under the Duke of
Ormond, and alfo to Colonel Sir Richard Lowther, his fon and
heir, who was Governor of Pontefracl: Caftle, and Mailer of the
Ordnance to King Charles I. and a great fufferer in the Royal
caufe. He died, in the King's fervice, at Newark upon Trent.
He married Ifabel, fecond daughter of Sir Richard Fletcher, of
Hutton,
LOWTHER, of Whitehaven. 45 1
Hutton, in Cumberland, (whofe third daughter was wife of Sir
John Lowther, grandfather to Lord Vifcount Lonfdale.) Sir
Richard had iflue, firft, Gerard, who is among the lift of the
ftanding Officers of the garrifon at Ponttfracl Caftle, under his
father, and was Captain of Horfe ; he died unmarried. Second
fon, Henry, of Ingleton and Cocker mouth. Thiid, Thomas.
Fourth, Robert. Fifth, George, of Skryna Abbey, in the county
of Meath. He married Frances, daughter of Henry Piers, of
Trifternagh, Efq; by Jane his wife, daughter of Thomas Jones,
Archbifhop of Dublin, and was father to Edward, who married
Maria, daughter of Sir Patrick Cufack, de Gerardfton. The faid
Henry Lowther, of Inglefton, left iflue, by Mary, daughter of
Miles Halton, of Greyftock, in Cumberland, Efq; four daughters,
coheirs ; Mary, the youngeft, became the only reprefentative of
this branch of the family, and married Jofeph Smith, D. D. Pro-
yoft of Queen's College, Oxford.
6. Lancelot, Rector of Lon<rmarton, who, by Heller, daughter
of Piers, of Dublin, Efq; had ifiue, Chriftopher, of Calby Lathe,
in Weft mori and, who, by Sibyl his wife, daughter of William
Lloyd, of Drodaugh, in Ireland, was father to William and
John.
7. Robert Lowther was fome time a Merchant at Leeds, and
after Alderman of London. He married, firft, , daughter
of Cutler, of Stainburgh, in the county of York, (fon of
Sir Gervafe Cutler ;) his fecond wife was Elizabeth, daughter of
William Holcroft, Efq; whofe mother, Margery, was daughter
of Thomas Lord Sands de la Vyne ; and Mary, his third wife,
was widow of Morgan Davis, Efq; he died January, 1655, and
was buried in Lothbury church, London. He left iilue only by his
fecond wife, whofe children were born at Lothbury ; 1 . Anthony,
his fon and heir, of whom prefently ; 2. John, of Lothbury, who
was fome time a Merchant at Dantzick, and one of the Com-
miflioners of the Revenue in Ireland ; and, by Mary, daughter
of Colonel John Lowther, was father to John, of Upleatham,
and to Anthony, Major General of the Marines, who died, un-
married, in December, 1746, and was buried at Cartmel ; 3. a
daughter, wife of Sir George Willoughby, of Bifhopfton,* in
Wilts ; 4. a daughter, wife of John, ion of Sir William Morrice,
Bart. 5. Margaret, wife of Sir John Holmes, Governor of the
Ifle of Wight, whofe grandfon, Thomas, was created Lord
Holmes, of Kilmallock ; 6. a daughter, wife of Mr. Tite,
of London, Merchant ; 7. Hannah, Maid of Honour to Queen
Mary and Queen Anne, died, unmarried, January 11, 1757,
aged one hundred and three, and buried at Windfor, in Rutland
chapel.
G g 2 The
452 L O W T H E R, of Whitehaven.
The aforefaid Anthony, of Marke and Holker, was Repre-*
Tentative for Appleby, 1678 and 1679 : He died Jan. 27, 1692,
aged 52, and was buried at Walthamftow, in Efiex , and by
Margaret, daughter of Sir William Penn, Proprietor of Pen-
filvania, Admiral to King Charles I. had feveral children, and
was father to Sir William, and alfo to Margaret, the wife of
Benjamin Poole, (fon of Sir William Poole, Bart.) whofe
daughter married John Nicol, of Mincheden-Houfe, Efq; and
left ifiue only one daughter, and fole heirefs, Margaret ; fhe
died 14 Aug. 1768. The faid Sir William Lowther was created
-a Baronet 15 June, 1697, and was Member for the town of
Lancafter, from 1702 to 1705. He married Catharine, daughter
and heir of Thomas Preiton, of Hclker, in Lancafhire, Efq;
and was father to Sir Thomas , and Prefton, and alfo to Catha-
rine, who died at Windfor, unmarried, May 9, 1764 ; and
the faid Sir Thomas was alfo Reprcfentative for Lancafhire,
1 722. He married Lady Elizabeth, third daughter of William,
Duke of Devonfhire, who died Nov. 1746 ; and his fon and
heir, Sir William Lowther, claimed the title of Lord Sands de
la Vyne, by his grandfather's marriage to the daughter of Hoi-
croft, before-mentioned, and was Knight of the Shire for
Cumberland, Keeper of the Seals, and Lieutenant and Cuftos
Rotulorum of Weftmorland, but he died foon after, unmar-
ried, April 15, 1756, and was buried with his family at Cart-
tnel, near Holker, whereby his title became extinct, and the
Whitehaven eftate, purfuant to the will of the late Sir James
Lowther, reverted to the prefent Sir James, and his eftate at
Holker he left to his coufin, Lord George Cavendifh.
We now return to Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, who was
one of the Knights for the county of Weftmorland, 21 of K.
James I. and alfo in three Parliaments in K. Charles the FirftV
time ; in the laft of which, his eldeft fon and heir was elected
with him. He was knighted the 6th of January, 2 Car. I.
and was one of his Majefty's Council at York, 1629, for the
government of the northern parts. He married Eleanor, daugh-
ter of William Fleming, of Rydall, in Weftmorland, Efq;
and died Sept. 15, 1637, and left iflue,
j. Sir John, his eldeft fon.
2. Sir Chriitopher. Lord of the Manor of Whitehaven,
in Cumberland, crested a Baronet, 11 June, 1642; he was
High Sheriff of that rcunty, 16 Car. I. and by his wife, Fran-
ces, daughter and heir of Chriftopher Lancafter, of Stock-
bridge, in Weftmorland, Efq; (after the wife of John Lam-
plugh, of Lamplugh, in Cumberland) had ifiue, Sir John,
Knight of the Shire for Cumberland, 21 Car. II. to the 13th
of William III. and one of the Lords of the Admiralty, from
16H8
LOWTHER, of Whitehaven. 453
1688 to 1695 ; alfo a daughter, Frances, wife of Richard
Lamplugh, or Ribton, Efq; brother to Thomas, Archbiihop
of York. The laid Sir John Lowther married Jane, daughter
of Wooley Leigh, of Addiugton, in Surry, Efq; and died Jan.
1705, leaving iflue, Sir Clriitopher, whom he difinherited with
only an annuity : He married Jane, daughter of Philip Nan-
ion, RecStor of Newnham, Hants ; he died at St. Andrew's,
Holborn, London, without ifTue, Oct. 2, 1731 j whereupon
his younger brother, Sir James, fucceeded to the title, as he
had before to the parernal eitate ; he was Vice Admiral of the
county of Cumberland, for which place he ferved feveral times
Knight of the Shire, as alfo at the time of his death ; was fome
time Member for the city of Carlifle, and alfo for Appleby ; he
died unmarried, Jan. 1 755, aged eighty-three, and was buried at
Whitehaven, in the new church cailed Trinity, to which he
was a great benefactor. He was immenfely rich, and fuppofed
to have died worth near two millions. He was greatly enrich-
ed by the colliery at Whitehaven, which has proved an inex-
hauftible fund of wealth to this family. They were firft
wrought for foreign confumption, in the reign of K. William,
by the (aid Sir John Lowther, who may truly be efteemed the
founder of that town, by the encouragement which he gave to
tradefmen and artificers to fettle there : His fon, the late Sir
James, before- mentioned, purfuing the fame plan, brought the
mines to their prefent ftate of perfection. It has been computed
that the fe two Gentlemen, in the compafs oi' a century, ex-
pended, in one of them only, upwards of half a million flerling,
befides what has fince been laid out on them by the prefent Sir
James, who has not only a very lucrative and advantageous
trade carried on to London, but alfo a confiderable number of
velfels to fupply the city of Dublin with coals.
3. Sir William Lowther ', of Swillington, in the county of
York, of whom fee an account in the pedigree of the prefent
Sir William, N°. 387. Vol. III.
4. Anne.
5. Agnes, wife of Roger Kirkby, of Furncfs, in Lanca-
shire, Efq,
6. Frances, wife of John Dodfworth, of Thornton Watlas,
in the county of York, Efq.
The faid Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, was Knight of
the Shire for Weftmorland, with his father, the 3d of Car. I.
and in 1640, was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. He lived
retired, but was one of the Knights for Weftmorland in that
Parliament which reflored King Charles II. He firft married
Mary, third daughter of Sir Richard Fletcher, of Hutton, in
Cumberland, by whom he had ifTue : He had alfo a fecond
G g 3 wife,
454 LOWTHER, of Whitehaven.
wife, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir cf Sir John Hare, Bart,
the elder branch of Lord Colerain, (by Elizabeth his wife,
only daughter of Thomas, Lord Keeper, Coventry) and wi-
dow of Wooley Leigh, Efq. He had iflue by her, i. Ralph
Lowther, father to Johi:y who was Member for Pontefradt,
1722, and died at Bath, July 1, 1727, and buried there;
alfo to Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Frank, Recorder, and
Member for Fontefracf. ; alfo to Dorothy, wife of Lawfon
Trotter, and to Margaret, wife of William Norton, of Saw-
ley, in the county of York ; whole daughter, Margaret, mar-
ried Thomas Bright, of Badefworth, Efq; and had iJTue, Mary,
their only daughter and heir, who married, Feb. 26, 1752,
Charles, Marquis of Rockingham. And the aforefaid Sir
John Lowther had alfo iiTue by this fecond wife, William
Lowther, of Bedford-Row, London, Counfellor at Law, who
married a daughter cf Sir William Rawlinfori, one of the
CcmmifHoners of the Great Seal ; and Robert Lowther, Knight
of the Shire for Weitmorland, 1705 to 1708 ; he died unmar*
riei ; hefides a daughter, Margaret, who married Sir John
Aubrey, >f Boreftal, Rucks, Bart. March 6, 1678. The f:id
Si' n Lowther eied Nov. 30, and was burie d Dec. 4, 1675*
ow her, He had iflue by his fh'fl wife, five fons and jour
d; ughters ;
I. Colonel John Lowther; 2. Richard, who died young ;
3. Richard^ of ivlalmefmeburn, in the county of Weitmorland,
of whom prefently ; 4. Chriftopher, a Turkey Merchant, in
London ; 5. Hugh, a Merchant, in London ; 6. Eleanor, wife
of Sir Chriftopher Wandesfcrd, father to Lord Cafrlecorner ;
7. Barbara, wife of John Bejlby, of Grainge, Efq; 8. Mary,
wife of Edward Trotter, of Skelton Cattle, Efqj 9. Frances,
wife of Sir Thomas Pennyman, Bart.
Col. John Lowther, before-mentioned, died in his father's
life-time, and married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir
Henry Bellingham, Bart. His fecond wife was Mary, daugh-
ter of William Withins, ofEltham, in Kent, Efq; by whom
he had one fon, Wrilliam Lowther, Member for the city of
Carlifle, 1690 to 1695. He died unmarried.
The iiTue by his firit wife, was,
1. Sir John Lowther, afterwards Lord Vifcount Lonfdale. '
2. Mary, married John Lowther, of Mafic, Efq; Her fecond
hufband was George Prefton, of Holkcr, in Lancafhire, Efq;
by whom fhe had Elizabeth, the wife of Sir Wilfrid Lawfon,
Bart. Representative for Cockermouth.
The faid Sir John Lowther was created Baron Lowther of
Lowther, and Vifcount Lonfdale, in Weft.moriand, by patent,
28th of May, 1696. He was hearty for the Bili to exclude
the
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the Duke of York, and promote the Revolution. He died an
early death, July 10, 1700, when he had lived forty-five years,
two months, and eighteen days. His Lady, Catharine, Vif-
countefs Lonfdale, daughter of the Hon. Sir Frederick Thynn,
Bart, grand-daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Keeper Coventry,
and filter of the late Lord Vifcount Weymouth, erected a mo-
nument to his memory. She died at Lowther, January, 1712,
and was interred in the fame vault.
His Lordfhip did alio rebuild his feat at Lowther in a ftately
and elegant manner, which was unfortunately burned down
about the year 1720,
In a MS. of Sir William Leger's Peerage, I find his Lord-
fhip had another wife, Elizabeth, eldeft daughter to Gilbert
Holies, Earl of Clare, who was alfo wife to the Lord Barnard.
The illue his Lordfhip had by his firft wife are as follow :
1. Richard, fecond Lord Vifcount Lonfdale, and Baronet,
who died of the fmall-pox at Lowther, Dec. 1, 1713.
2. Henry, third Lord Vifcount Lonfdale, and Baronet, fuc-
ceeded his brother Richard : He was alfo a great patriot, and
a Nobleman of the ftri&eft honour and integrity, and of very
great abilities. In 17 15, he was conftituted Cuftos Rotuloruro
of the counties of Weltmoreland and Cumberland, and the
8th of Auguft, 1707, fucceeded the Duke of Grafton as one of
the Lords of the Bedchamber ; the fame year waiting on the
King at Newmarket, and his Majefty honouring the Univer-
fity of Cambridge with his prefence, he had then conferred
on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. On the acceffion of
King George II. he was conftituted Conftable of the Tower,
and on the 5th of April was appointed Lord Keeper of the
Privy Seal, as his father had been, which he refigned in May,
1735. He died March 12, 1750, unmarried, and the title of
Lord Vifcount became extinct.
3. Anthony Lowther, one of the Commim'oners of the Re-
venue in Ireland, was Reprefentative for Cockermouth, J 714
to 1722 j afterwards Knight of the Shire for Weltmoreland,
He died unmarried, Nov. 24, 1741.
4. Mary, wife of Sir John Wentwortb, of North Elmfale,
in the county of York, Bart. She died at Bath, April 36,
1706, aged thirty, and was buried there in the Abbey church.
Sir John's fecond wife was Lady Betty Cavendifh, only daugh-
ter of William, Duke of Devonfhire, (by Lady Mary his wife,
fecond daughter to James, Duke of Ormond.)
5. Elizabeth, wife of Sir William Ramfden, Bart.
6. Jane, died unmarried, April, 1752.
7. Margaret, wife of Sir Jofeph Pennington, of Muncafter,
in Cumberland, Bart. She died at Bath, Sept. 15, 1738. '
Gg 4 8. Bar-
456 L O W T H E R, of Whitehaven.
8. Barbara, wife of Thomas Howard, of Corby-caftle, in
Cumberland, Efq; grandfon to the third Duke of Norfolk.
We now return to Richard Lowther, of Malmefmeburn ; he
was forhetime a Turkey Merchant, and Member for Appleby,
j 688 to 1690. He married Barbara, daughter of Robert
Pricket, of Wrefal-caftle, in the county of York, Efq; and had
ifTue,
1. Robert.
2. Chriftopher, of Wrefal, who married Anne, only daughter
to Sir John Cowper, coufin-german to Earl Cowper, Keeper of
the Great Sea], and twice Lord Chancellor of England.
3. Richard, a Captain on the Irifh eftablimment.
4. Eleanor, wife of Dr. Barnard, a Phyfician at York.
The faid Robert Lowther was fometime Storekeeper of the
Tower, afterwards appointed Captain-General and Governor
in Chief of Barbadoes, January 17 16. He married Catharine,
only daughter of Sir Jofeph Pennington, Bart, by Margaret,
his wife, fourth daughter of John, Lord Vifcount Lonidale.
He died September, 1745; fhe died at Bath, Dec. 7, 1764,
and left ifTue,
1. Sir James Lowther, heir to his father, and to Lord Vifc.
Lonfdale, in the title of Baronet and eilate, and heir to Sir
Tames Lowther, of Whitehaven, alfo Lieutenant and Cuftos
Rotulorum of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland,
Colonel of the militia of the fame counties, lately Knight of
the Shire for Cumberland, and now Reprefentative for Cocker-
mouth. He married, Sept. 7, 1761, Lady Mary Steuart, daugh-
ter of John, Earl of Bute, by Mary Wortley, only daughter of
Edward Montague Wortley, AmbafTador to Constantinople.
2. Robert, Knight of the Shire for WeftmorJand, 1763.
3. Margaret, married Henry, Lord Barnard *, now Earl of
Darlington, March 10, 1757, and has ifTue one fon, Vifcount
Barnard, born July 27, 1769.
4. Catharine, married, April 8, 1765, to Lord Harry Paulet,
now Duke of Bolton, and has ifTue.
5. Barbara, unmarried.
Arms/ Or, fix Annulets, three, two, and one, Sable, and
quarters the Arms of, 1. Quail; 2. Stapleton ; 3. Lucye j
4. Strickland; 5. Warcop ; 6. — — ; 7. Lancafter.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Dragon, pafTant, with Wings dif»
played, Argent.
Motto. Magiftratus indicat virion.
Seats. At Lowther, in Weftmoreland ; Drurnhugh-caftle,
and Whitehaven, in Cumberland ; at Laleham, in Middlefex ;
and Charles -ilreet, Berkeley-fqt:are, London.
112. Alston'*
ALSTON, of Odcll. 457
112. Alston, of Odd], Bedfordshire.
Created Baronet, June 13, 1642.
CAYHAM-HALL, in Newton, was anciently the feat of
"the Alflons for many hundred years, from whence that
family hath fprcad itlclf into feveral counties.
It is certainly a family of great antiquity, and faid to be of
Saxon extraction, though the origin of them cannot be traced
at this time of day. We find them mentioned fo early as
Edward the Firfl's reign, when William Alilon, of Stifled, in
Effex, for want of Warranty of Brockfcroft, in Stilled, did
grant and confirm to John de Carpenter, of Naylinghurft, ia
much of his better land in Stifled, except his manfion-houfe
there.
In Edward the Third's time, Hugh A! (Ion bore for Arms,
Azure, ten Stars, Or, four, three, two, one, which was lonq;
faefore coat-armour was granted by patents.
After fome defcents from the abovefaid William Alflon, of
Stifled, the lineal descendant of this family was John Alflon,
of Newton, in Suffolk. He was father of William, who, by
the daughter of Symons, had iffue Edward, of Savham-
nall, in Newton, who took to wife a daughter of Mr. Colman,
by whom he had two fons ; 1. William, of Say ham, of whom
hereafter j 2. Thomas, of Edwardfton, in Suffolk, who mar-
ried, firft, Dorothy, one of the daughters and coheirs of .
Holmfted, of Maplefled, in Effex, by v. horn he had Ed-
ward Alflon, of Edwardfton, Efq; His fecond wife was
, b'y* whom he had Thomas Alfton, of Newton, who mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Weft, of London, and had
iffue, Thomas Alflon, of Newton. Edward Alflon, of Ed-
wardflon, aforefaid, married Margaret, daughter of Arthur Pen-
ning, of Kettleborough, in Suffolk, Lfq; by whom he had Sir
Edward Alflon, of London, KLnt. Doctor in Phyfick, and Pre-
sident of the College of Phyficians ; Jofeph Alflon, of Chelfca,
Efq; anceftor to the prefent Sir Evelyn Alflon, Bart, of whom
hereafter ; and Penning Alflon, of London. Sir Edward married
Sufan, daughter of Chriflopher Hudfon, of Norwich, by whom
Jie had two daughters; 1. Alary, married to Sir James Lang-
ham, of Cottefbrooke, in Northamptonshire, Bart, (who had only
one daughter, Mary, married to Henry Booth, Lord Delamer,
afterwards Earl of Warrington ; 2. Sarah, married, firft, George
Grimflone, Efq; eldefl fon of Sir Harbottle Grimflone, Bart*
Mafter of the Rolls; fecondly, John, Duke of Somerfet;
thirdly, Henry, Lord Colerain, and died without iffue.
William
45s
ALSTON, of Odell.
William Alfton, of Sayham-Hall, Efq; Ton and heir of Ed-
ward, aforefaid, married Margery, one of the daughters and
coheirs of Hohrfted, of Maplefted, in Effex, Efq; (by the
daughter of William Bindlofs, Efq; Serjeant at Law,) by whom
he had feveral children : But their lines failed, except William,
the eldeft, and Thomas, the fourth fon, of whom hereafter.
William, the eldeft fon, married the daughter of Neuce,
of Hadham, in Hertfordfhire, by whom he had William, of the
Inner Temple, who was feated at Marlesford, in Suffolk, and
married Avife, daughter and coheir of Jeffry Pitman, of Wood-
bridge, Efq; by whom he had ifTue, Samuel, of Marlesford, and
Thomas, of the Inner-Temple, who died without ifTue ; alfo
three daughters ; Avife, married to Sir Thomas Forfter, Knt.
{fon of the Lord Chief Juftice ;) Elizabeth, married to Tho-r
mas Mann, of the Inner-Temple, Efq; Ufher of the Rolls;
and Mary, who died unmarried. This William, and his wife-,
lie interred in Marlesford church : He died anno 1641.
Samuel Alfton, of Marlesford, Efq; (eldeft fon of William,]
married Alice, daughter of Francis Nicholfon, of Chapell, in
EfTex, by whom he had Samuel Alfton, of Marlesford, Efq;
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Gregory Wefcomb, of
Eltham, in Kent, Efq; (fon of Clement Wefcomb, Doctor in
Phyfic,) and had ifTue one fon, William Alfton, of Grey's-Inn,
Efq; and three daughters.
Thomas Alfton, Efq; (fourth fon of William above-mention-
ed,) was of Polftead, in Suffolk; and married Frances, daughter
of Simon Blomevile, or Blomfield, of Monks Illey, in Suffolk,
Efq; (furviving her faid hufband, fh,e married Sir John Tem-
ple, of Stantonbury, in Bucks, Knt.) They had iffue four fons,
and a daughter ; 1. William, who was of the Inner- Temple,
and alfo of Odell, in Bedfordfhire, but died unmarried ; 2. Tho^
mas, of the Inner-Temple, and alfo of Odell, of whom here-
after ; 3. Sir Edward, who was likewife of the Inner-Temple,
and of Strixton, in Northamptonfhire : He had the honour of
Knighthood conferred on him, and married Efther, daughter
and coheir of Sir William Afhcomb, of Alfcot, Oxon, by
whom he had five fons and three daughters ; (William, Ect
ward, Thomas, John, and Charles ; which Charles was Doc-
tor in Divinity, Archdeacon of Effex, Reclor of Northholt, in
Middlesex, Treafurer of St. Paul's, and Chaplain to Dr.
Compton, Bifhop of London, and died 17 14; all thefe fons
died unmarried : Of the three daughters, Catharine, was mar-
ried to Wifeman, of Northamptonfhire;) and 4. John : Frances,
the only daughter of Thomas, married William, Lord Monfon.
Which John Alfton, of the Inner Temple, Efq; and of Pa-
yenham, in Bedfordshire, (fourth fon of Thomas, of Polfted,)
married
ALSTON, of Odell. 459
married Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Temple, of Stanton,
Bucks, Knt. by whom he had four ions and five daughters ;
I.William, who married the daughter of Brooks, and died
without iflue ; 2. Thomas ; 3. Edward ; 4. John, who mar-
ried Anne, daughter of Wallis. The daughters were; Frances,
married to Edward Reynolds ; Elizabeth, to William Crofts ;
Mary, to John Leman ; Dorothy, to Thomas Wells ; and
Sarah.
Thomas Alfton, of Odell, Efq; (fecond, but eldeft furviving
fon of Thomas, of Polfted,) had nrft the honour of Knight-
hood conferred upon him, and afterwards was advanced to the
higher dignity of a Baronet, 18 Car. I. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir Rowland St. John, Knight of the Bath, by
whom he had two fons ; Thomas, who died in his father's
life-time, unmarried ; and Sir Rowland, his fucceflbr ; alfo
two daughters; Frances, married to Sir John Pickering, of
Titmarfh, Northamptonshire ; and Elizabeth, married firft to
Stavely Stanton, of Birchmore, in Bedfordfhire, Eiq; and fe-
condly, to Montague Pickering, Efq; brother to Sir John. Sir
Thomas died anno 1678, and was fucceeded by his eldeft: fur-
viving fon,
Sir Pvowland Alfton, Bart, who married Temperance, fecond
daughter of . 1 omas, Lord Crew, of Stene ; and left three
fons, and three -> ghters ; Sir Thomas, his fuccefior ; Sir
Rowland, fuccefior to his brother; and Vere-John, Rector of
Odell, arid Minifter qf Pavenham, in Bedfordfhire, who was
twice married, and haa lftue : The daughters were, Mary, mar-
ried to the late ivlr. Serjeant Seiby ; Elizabeth, to the late Ge-
neral Stuart, an:i, after his deceafe, to Mr. Rowe ; and Anne,
to Richard Mead, Efq; M. D. Sir Rowland died 1698, and
was buried at Qdelj ; his Lady furviving him, was re-married
to Sir John Wolftenholme, of Forty-hill, in Enfield, Middle-
fex, Bart.
Sir Thomas AlfTon, Bart, his eldeft fon, fucceeded his father
in dignity and eftate ; but dying unmarried, 17 14, was fuc-
ceeded by his next brother,
Sir Rowland Alfton, Bart, who was thrice elected one of the
Knights of the Shire for the county of Bedford, and by Eliza-
beth, only daughter of Captain Reyncs, had iflue ; 1. Sir Tho-
mas, his fucceflbr ; 2. Rowland, who married Gatty, filler to
StillingfleetDurnford, of the Tower, Efq; but had no iflue : Alfo
two daughters ; Elizabeth, the eldeft, died unmarried, May 5,
1756; and Ann, now the wife of Robert Pye, Rector of Odell,
&c. Sir Rowland died Jan. 2, 1759, and was fucceeded by,
Sir Thomas Alfton, his eldeft fon and heir, who is the pre-
fent Baronet. He married, Aug. 30, 1750, a daughter of Dr.
Bovey,
460 C O R B E T T, of Leighton.
Bovey, by whom he has iflue. Sir Thomas was Knight of the
Shire for Bedford, in the tenth and eleventh Parliaments of
Great Britain.
Arms. Azure, Ten Stars, four, three, two, one, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Half Moon, Argent, charged with
a Star, as in the Arms.
Motto. Immotus.
Seat. At Odell, in Bedfordfhire.
113. Corbett, of Leighton, Montgomeryshire,
Created Baronet, June 20, 1642.
>yj OT to go higher than 1066, it may fuffice to fay, that
Corbett, a noble Norman, came over with William the
Conqueror, in whofe reign he was one of the principal perfons
entruited and employed under Roger, Earl of Shrewfbury, in
his county of Salop, together with Roger, and Robert, two of
his fons, of whom Ordoricus Vitalis, who was a contemporary
author, gives a character, ' That the faid Earl was a prudent
* and moderate man, a great lover of equity, and of difcreet
c and modefr. perfons ; and fays, he being freely affifted by the
4 wifdom and courage of the faid Corbett, and his two fons,
f Roger and Robert, (among other principal perfons,) was as
* glorious amongft the greateft Nobles, as any of them all, by
4 keeping the Welch in awe, and that whole province in peace/
The faid Robert, had a fon Robert, Lord of Alcefter, in
Warwickshire, and two daughters. Sandford calls him Sir Ro-
bert, and fays, ' That Sibyl, one of his daughters, had a fon
4 Reginald, made Baron of Caftlecomb, Earl of Cornwall, and
4 from her, by Henry Fitz-Herbert, Chamberlain to Henry I.
* are defcended the noble family of the Herberts, Earls of Pem-
* broke, and the other Peers, 6fc. of the faid family; and Phil-
* pot fays, from the fame Sibyl Corbett are defcended the noble
* family of the Finch's, Earls of Winchelfea, and the other
c Peers, bV. of the faid family. From Alice, another daughter
* of Sir Robert, who was married to William Botreaux, Lord
* Botreaux, or Bofcaftle, the noble family of the Earls of
* Huntingdon, is defcended.'
The faid Roger Corbett, brother of Robert, had iflue, Wil-
liam Corbett, of Caus-Caftle, and Wattlefborough ; and Everard.
The aforefaid William, fon of Roger Corbett, had two fons,
Sir Pvobert Corbett3 of Caus-CaiHe j and Thomas, of Wattlef-
b ©rough,
C O R B E T T, of Leighton. 461
borough, which latter travelled into foreign countries, and left
his lands to his brother in cuftody.
Sir Richard Corbett, brother of Sir Robert, is in the regifter
of thofe Noblemen and Gentlemen, who accompanied King
Richard I. to the fiege of Aeon, fince which time, and before
the year 1597, we find nineteen of this family in the rolls
amongft fuch who ferved in the feveral battles, fiegcs, and ac -
tions following, viz. at Agincourt, Grafton, facking of Cadiz,
and in the feveral wars againft the Welch, Scotch, French-, and
others, in the reigns of Hen. III. Edw. I. Edw. II. Edw. 1JI.
Hen. V. Edw. IV. Hen. VII. and Hen. VIII. In 4 Richard I.
Sir Fulk Corbett was knighted j between which time and
I Car. I. we find feventy-one Knights of this family, whereor
Roger was a Knight Banneret, 19 Edw. III. another Roger
was knighted in the field befide Tewkfbury, May 3, 1470,
Robert was the feventh Knight of the Bath, of fifty-feven,
made at the marriage of Prince Arthur, 14 Hen. VII. And
17 Hen. VII. Robert, Peter, and another Peter, are in the lifts
of Lords, Knights, and Efquires, refident in Salop, certifying
them to have eftates of the value to be made Kniehts of the
Bath ; Richard was knighted on Allhallow-Day, 15 Hen. VIII.
with Henry Somerfet, ion and heir to the Earl of Worcefter,
by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, Lieutenant-General of
the King's army in France, in the church of Roy. Miles was
knighted by the Earl of EfTex, at the facking of Cadiz, 1596,
and Richard was made Knight of the Bath, 1603, at King
James's Coronation. A fon of the before fpecified Sir Robert,
was Thomas Corbett, who taking part with the Barons, who
rebelled at the latter end of King John's reign, that King feized
his caftle of Caus, fcfr. which was reftored to him, 2 Hen. III.
on the faid Thomas Corbett's doing his homage. 16 Hen. II-
upon a complaint from Llewellin, Prince of Albeth, againft
Thomas Corbett, and others, the King returns an aniwer, da-
ted at BaldofF, Feb. 20, eodem anno, whereby he clears him
of the faid charge. The faid Thomas was one of the Barons-
Marchers, 17 Hen. III. who being of a 6 brave fpirit, (as hi-
* ftorians mention,) either put himfelf in arms, with tome of
6 the Barons, or being fufpecled he would, of him, (when the
4 Nobility and Realm grew not a little difcontented, by reafon
6 of fo many Poi£tovins, and other ftrangers, being advanced
* into places of power and truft,) thereupon it was required
c (inter alias) to give hoftages for his fidelity, till people's
c minds might be quieted ; on which occafion Roger, the fon
' of Richard Corbett, was delivered for his pledge.' To the
faid Thomas, among other Barons-Marchers, 22 Hen. III. did
the King fend his precept, dated March 8, at Tewkfbury, to
attend
462 C O R B E T T, of Leighton.
attend him at Oxford, upon Tuefday next after the o£tave of
Eafter, there to confult touching Prince Llewellin's taking
homage of the great men in Wales. 32 Hen. III. he was con-
ilituted Sheriff for the counties of Salop and Stafford, and con-^
tinued in the faid truit the 33d and half the 34th years of
Henry III. between which year and 11 Jac. I. we find the
Shrievalty of the county of Salop has been one and twenty
years, or times, in this family ; alfo four years, or times, for
the county of Stafford, twice for the county of Bucks, twice
for the county of Oxford, twice for Wilts, twice for Norfolk,
and once for Bedford.
The faid Thomas, aforementioned, 41 Hen. III. attended the
King in his expedition into Wales ; and he in July, 41 Hen. III.
had command to aifift Hamon L'Eftrange, in preventing the in-
curfions of the Welch, towards Montgomery ; aad 42 Hen. III.
he had command (among other great men) to fit himfeif with
horfe and arms, and to attend the King at Chefter, on Monday
next after the feaft of St. John Baptift, thence to march againft
the Welch, then in hoflility. The faid Thomas, 44 Hen. III.
had fummons, dated at Weftminfter, Aug. 1, to repair to the
Marches, with all the power he could raife, for the defence of
thofe parts, againfl the Welch ; and 47 Hen. III. he received
the King's precept, requiring him to be atr Hereford, on the third
day after Epiphany, well accoutered with horfe and arms, to
march againft the \Velch, who had then poffeffed themfelves of
divers lands belonging to the King's fubjects in the Marches ; and
in like manner, to be at LudJow, upon the oclave of the Purifica*
tion of the blefted Virgin. The faid Thomas, (who married Ifa-
bel, daughter of Reginald, and fifter of Roger Valletort, Baron
of Huberton, died 20 Edw. I. From him defcended Peter
Corbett, who, Dec. 12, 5 Edw. I. by a writ then iffued, di-
rected to Edmund, Earl of Lancafter, the King's brother, and
dated at Wjndfor, was fummoned along with the faid Earl, Ni-
cholas Corbett, and others, to attend the King at Worcefter, in
the odtaves of St. John Baptift, in his expedition againft the
Welch ; and befides the faid Peter, Robert Corbett, of Salop, and
Nicholas Corbett, of Northamptonshire, are in the MarfhaPs roll
of the Nobility, and perfons of Quality, 5 Edw. I. that held by
Knights fervice, that offered and acknowledged their fervice be-
fore^Hurnphrcy, Earl of Hertford, Conftable of England, and
Roger, Earl of Norfolk, Marfhal of England, to attend the
Kincr on his expedition againft Lie wail in, Prince of Wales.
Peter Corbett, 1282, 10 Edw. I. was in the expedition made
into Wales ; and June 28, 1283, the fame King iffued writs,
dated at Rotheland, and directed to the Earl of Gloucefter, and
Peter Corbett, among others, to attend him at •Shrewsbury the
morrow
C O R B E T T, of Leighton. 463
tnorrow after Michaelmas-day, to aflift in a treaty then to be
had concerning David, the Ton of Griffin, his captive ; and June
14, 1287, 15 Edw. I. the fame Peter, and alfo Nicholas Cor-
bett, were fummoned by writ, dated at Weftminfter, to attend
Edmond, Earl of Cornwall, at Glouccfter, three weeks after St.
John Baptift, with horfes, and arms, on his expedition into
Wales ; and July 16, the fame year, the King being defirous
to provide an army againft and other Welch rebels, by
writ, dated at Gloucefter, fummoned the faid Peter to attend
him at Lampadherner, with four hundred footmen; and No-
vember 14, the fame year, he was, together with Edmund Mor-
timer, and others, required to continue in the King's camp at
Emelen, to curb the malice and rebellion of the Welch : and
22 Edw. I. in June, he had fummons forthwith to attend the
King, to advife in Parliament about moll: important affairs of
the realm. The faid Peter had foon after command, dated at
Weftminfter, June 14, (as had Nicholas Corbett, June 26,) to
be at Portfmomh, Sept. 1, well fitted with horfe and arms, thence
to fail with the King into France. The faid Peter was fum-
moned by writ, dated at Canterbury, October 3, 23 Edward I.
to attend the King's brother at Plymouth, upon All-faints day,
in order for them to fail thence, to carry the wars on in France :
And the faid Peter was again, 25 Edw. I. in the wars againft
France. 26 Edw. I. Peter Corbett was one of the fifteen Barons,
to whom the Sheriffs of Stafford, and Shropfhire, were to deliver
a Letter, about the fervice of the King's army in Scotland.
27 Edw. I. he was found to be one of the next heirs of Roger
Valletort, a great Baron in the Weft. The fame Peter, Baron,
&c. died 28 Edw. I. after having been fummoned to Parliament,
23, 25, 27, 28 Edw. I. From the aforefaid Peter defcended
Peter Corbett, another Baron of the realm, (Thomas, who died
in his father's life-time, and John, born 26 Edw. I.) to whom,
30 Edw. I. the King fent a fummons to John, Earl of Surry,
and (among others) to the faid Peter Corbett, concerning his
army in Scotland. 34 Edw. I. Peter Corbett was fummoned by
a writ, dated April 5, at Weftminfter, to attend the Parliament,
Craft. Trin. or to fend his Attorney, about an aid for knighting
the King's fon. 2, 11, 18, and 28 Edw. I. we meet with feve-
ral Inquifitions taken after the death of Thomas, William, Ro-
ger, another Thomas, and Peter Corbett, (as we do of five of
this family; Edw. II. of eight; Edw. III. of fix; Rich. II. of
eight; Hen. IV. of eight; Hen. VI. &c.)
The faid Peter, Jan. 18, 1308, 1 Edw. II. by a writ then
ifTued, dated at Dover, was fummoned, along with John, Earl of
Surry, and others, to attend the King's Coronation at Weftmin-
fter, on. the Lord's day, next after Valentine's day. The faid
Peter
46 4 CORBETT, of Leightori.
f
Peter, the Baron, &c. July 30, 3 Edw. II. by a writ then iflued^
dated at Stamford, directed to Gilbert, Earl of Gloucefter, &c>
was fummoned to attend the King at Newcaftle upon Tyne,
upon Monday, Michaelmas-day next afterwards, well fitted with
men and arms, thence to march with the King againft the Scotsj
for notorious breach of treaties by them made. And Dec. 23,
13 1 3, 7 Edw. II. the faid Peter, was fummoned, by a writ
then iflued, dated at Weftminfter, and directed to Thomas,
Earl of Lancafter, for them, &c. to attend the King at Berwick
on Monday next before Barnaby-day, well fitted with horfe and
arms, thence to march with the King, and ferve under him in
the wars againft the Scots. 8 Edw. II. the aforefaid Peter
had fummons to repair to Newcaftle upon Tyne, upon the feaft
of the Aflumption of the BlefTed Virgin, well fitted with liorfe
and arms, to reftrain the incurfions of the Scots ; and April 21 ,
1321, 14 Edw. II. by a writ then alued, directed to Thomas,
Lord Berkeley, the faid Peter, the Baron, &c. of Caus, &c.
dated at Briftol, had command to preferve the peace of the realm,
againft believing of falfe news ; and Nov. 12, 1321, 15Edw.II.
by a writ then iflued, directed to Humphrey, Earl of Hereford
and Eflex, and dated at Weftminfter, he was commanded not
to be prefent at the Convention appointed by Thomas, Earl of
Lancafter, at Doncafter; and a writ having been before iflued
to fummon his fon Edward, Earl of Cheirer, the faid Peter, &c.
to attend the King, in his Majefty's fervice, at Newcaftle upon
Tyne, on the octaves of Trinity. May 11, 1322, 15 Edw* II.
a writ iflued to the faid parties, dated at York, to prorogue
their fervice to the eve of St. James. He had fummons to Par-
liament, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 3$ Edw. I. and 1, 2, 3, 4, $;
6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Edw. II. where he was one
of thofe Lords, who, 29 Edw. I. for their country's crown and
dignity, withftood Pope Boniface, in the Parliament held at Lin-
coln, anno 1301, and joined in a Letter, which he, with other
Nobles, fubferibed to the Pope, denying Scotland to be feudatory
to the Church of Rome, and difowning any jurifdiction of the
Pope in temporalties; which letter bears date Feb. 12, eodem
anno.
This Peter, Lord Corbett, married Beatrix, daughter of John,
Lord Beauchamp, of Hach, Somerfetfhire^ and died 15 Edw. II.
The laft mentioned Thomas, or Sir 7,homas, (as he is ftiled
in fome records,) had alfo iftue Roger Corbett, and four daugh-
ters, viz. Alice, Emma, Winnewine, and Venice; whereof
Alice married Robert, Baron of Stafford, (from whom defcend-
ed the noble Earl of Stafford, Earl and Duke of Buckingham ;)
Emma, married to Sir • Bryan, of Brampton, (had Walter de
Brampton, their (on and heir, and he Bryan; and he Marga-
ret
CbRBEt f, of Leigfitori; 465
ret and Elizabeth : Margaret, married to Robert Harley, Efq;
from whom the noble family of the Earls of Oxford is defcended,
and Elizabeth, her fifter, married to Edmund Cornwall: ) From
the aforefaid Emma Corbett, the family of Blunt, of Kinlet,
alfo ifllied. Concerning this family, there are there farther par-
ticulars among the records and hiftories relating thereunto, viz.
April 5, r Edw. III. writs were ifTued, dated at Ramfey, for
fummoning perfons to appear at Newcaftle upon Tyne the Mon-
day after the Afcenfion> to attend the. King's feryice in his expe-
dition into Scotland j on which occafion Roger Corbett, of Caus,
was fummoned among others. October 3, 11 Edw. III. William^
Earl of Northampton, was commifiioned to treat with Philip, King
of France, touching King Edward's right to that Crown ; on
which occafion Sir Robert Corbett, going with the fafd Earl, had
letters of protection ; which protection was afterwards renewed by
letters, dated at the Tower of London, May 23, 12 Ed v. III.
July 4, 19 Edw. III. the King fummoned fevers! to attetid hini
with horfe and arms at the feaft of St. Laurence, and (A\ along
with him into France j on which occafion a writ wii dfre&ed to
Hugh Courtney, Earl of Devon, &c. Roger Corbett* of Salop;
z Knight Banneret, &e. Dec. 5, 37 Edw. III. Walter Corbett
•had letters of fafe conduct to come into England for one year*
with two perfons to a'tend him. 3 Hen. IV. Sir Robert Corbett
was the King's Chamberlain, and one of the proxies of Lady Phi-
lippa, the King's daughter, for her rrrafrfege with Errick, King
of Denmark, the proxy dated at the Prince of Wales's Caftlej
May 14. 6 Henry IV. upon an arr.ay for refiftjrig the Frenchj
a writ was iiTued to the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the county
of Kent, to guard their ceaft, and at the fame time to Sir Robert
Corbett^ in Suffolk. Between 15 Edward II. and 2 Henry Vr.
we find fifteen Knights of the Shire for the county of Salop of
this family, two for the county of Woreefter, and two for
the county of Wilts. 10 Henry V. Roger Corbett, Conftable
of the caftte of Holt, had fome French prifoners afllgned to h'tk
cuftody, the writ dated at Weftminffer, July 4. 7 Henry VI.
Walter Corbett was returned the fourth in the lilt of the thirtecri
Gentry, for the county of Worcefter, to attend at Weftminflerj
5 Sti. Hiilar. to bear arms for the defence of the kingdom* as
was GuiJo Corbett, one of the fifteen for the county or Suffolk.
£2 Henry VI. Thomas Corbett was the ninth, and another Tho-
mas Corbett, of Moreton, the tenth, of the five and forty Gentry*
of Salop, returned by the Cdmmiffioners. 36 Henry VI. Robert
and Thomas Corbett were commifiioned to chootc archeis out
of. the county of Salop, &o. Dcfcrtjione Rcgn'^ as was Robert
Corbett for the county of Suffolk, and Thomas Corbett for the
county of Worcefter, 8 Edward IV. Elizabeth, jdict of Roger
Vei.. I. \\ h Corocct,
466 CORBETTrof Leigh ton>
Corbett, married John, Earl of Worcefter, by whom (he had
a Ton Edward. Sir Richard Corbett is in the lift of the Nobi-
lity and Knights, 15 Edward IV. retained to ferve the King in
his wars in France. May 9, 7 Henry VII. Sir Richard Corbett
was retained, along with George* Earl of Kent, for one whole
year to ferve in his wars in France. 15 Eliz. Sir Andrew
Corbett was in a fpecial commiftion* in Salop, dated at Weft-
rninfter, Oct. 15.
Queen Elizabeth made Robert Corbett her Envoy to the
King of Spain, anno regni 17. From the aforefaid Sir Robert*
of Caus-caftle, father of the next mentioned after him, Sir Ro-
bert, after feveral perfons named in the foregoing account, of
whom Thomas Corbett was married to the heireffes of Burton
and Moreton, and other honourable alliances, is the line of the
family of Corbett, feated at Longnor, defcended ; the firft of
which that was made a Baronet by King Charles I. was Sir Ed-
ward, before-mentioned, (after Sir John Corbett had been made
a Baronet, July 4, 1623, 21 Jac. I. which title is fince extinct^
and another Sir John Corbett had been created Baronet, Sept,
19, 1627, 3 Car. I. and after Sir Vincent Corbett had been
created Baronet, Jan. 29, 1641, 17 Car. I. which title became
extinct: on the death of his grandfon, who left only a daughter,
Beatrix, mother of the late Corbett Kynafton, Efq; whereby he
was heir to good part of the eftate of the branch of Sir Vin-
cent's family ;) Sir Edward, before-mentioned, was a fon of
Sir Thomas Corbett, by a daughter and coheirefs of >
Moreton.
Which Sir Edward Corbett, the firft Baronet, by Margaret,
daughter and heirefs of Waitefs, of Leighton, Montgo^
mcryfhire, Efq 5 had a fon,
Edward, who married Anne, fifter to Francis, Lord New^
port, Earl of Bradford, Comptroller and Treafurer of the
Houihold in the reign of King Charles II, King James II, King
William, and Queen Anne, and was alfo Lord Lieutenant and
Cuftos Rotulorum of the county of Salop, &c. which Edward,
by Anne Newport, aforefaid, had a fon,
Sir Richard Corbett, Bart. Chairman of the Committee of
Elections in the reign of King Charles II. who married Victo-
ria, daughter and coheirefs of Sir William Uvedale, of Wick-
ham, in the county of Southampton, Knt. (lineally defcended
from Uvedale, a Baron of Parliament, 6, 8, 9, &c. Edw. III.)
eldeft fifter to Elizabeth, Countefs of Carlifle, by whom he had
one fon, Sir Uvedale, his fuccefibr, and three daughters, of
which, Victoria, the eldeft, "rrtafried Sir Charles Lloyd, of
Garth, in Monfgomeryfhire, Bart. Sir Richard di d Aug. 1,
^683, and was buried in St. Margaret's church, Weftrninfter,
Sir
MARKHAM, of Sedgebroke. 467
Sir Uvedale Corbett, Bart, his only Ton, fucceeded him in
title and eitate, and married the Lady Mildred Cecil, daughter
of James, Earl of Salifbury, by whom he had Sir Richard, his
fuccefTor; Robert, a Colonel in the Guards, v/ho married a
daughter of the late William Kynafton, Efq; Member of Par-
liament for Shrewfnury, and one of the Matters in Chancery,
and died Jan. 23, 1750, without iiTue ; and Edwafd, v/ho died
July 30, 1764, unmarried; befidcs daughters. Sir Uvedale's
Lady furviving him, was remarried to Sir Charles Hotham, 01
Scorbrough^ in Yorkihire, Bart.
Sir Richard Corbett, his eldeft fon and fuccefTor, is the pre-
fent Baronet. He was Member in the eighth, ninth, and tenth
Parliaments fince the Union, for Shrewfbury, and is unmar-
ried.
Arms. Or, two Ravens, Proper, within a Bordure engrai-
led, Gules, bezanted.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Cornifh Chough, Proper, holding
an Olive Branch in his Bill.
Motto. Dcus pafcit Ccrvos.
Seat. At Longnor, near Shrew&ury, in Shropfhire.
114. Markham, of Sedgebroke, Nottinghamfhire.
Created Baronet, Aug. 15, 1642.
MARKHAM, a village in Nottinghamfhire, Mr. Cam-
den obferves, gave name to the Markhams, a family very
famous heretofore, both for antiquity and valour ; of which
Was Sir Alexander de Markham, Knt. Conftable of the Caftle
of Nottingham, temp. Hen. III. His fon Alexander was father
of John, who had a fon, Lord of Markham, father of John de
Markham, an eminent Lawyer, temp. Edw.II. ScEdw. III. who
by Joan, daughter to Sir Nicholas Bothomfell, Knt. was father
©f Robert de Markham, Serjeant at Law, temp. Edw. III. who
married a daughter of Sir John Caunton, of Caunton, Knt. by
whom he was father of Sir John Markham, Knt. one of the
Juftices of the Common-pleas from the 20th of Rich. IT. to
g Hen. IV. He acquired great poileflions in Lincotnfhire, b7
his firft marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John de Crcf-
fy9 Knt. fitter and coheir of Sir Hugh de Crefly, v/ho died
without iflue, temp. Hen. IV. (Catharine, the other After and
coheir, married Sir John Clifton, Knt.) by the partition ma<
at Retford, 10 Hen. IV. of Sir Hugh de Crefly 's eitate.
John had iiTue, by his firft marriage, Sir Robert Markham,
0 H H 2 Knt.
468 MARKHAM, of Sedgebroke.
Knt. who married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Nicho-
las Burdon, Knt. and was anceftor to the Markhams of Co-
tham, and Allerton, in Nottinghamihire. Sir John married
to his fecond wife, Millicent, daughter and coheir to Sir John
Bekeringe, Knt. relict of Sir Nicholas Burdon, Knt. by whom
he had Sir John Markham, Knt. anceftor to thofe we are now
treating of. * This Sir John, the father, died in 1409.
Sir John Markham, Knt. the eldeft fon, by the fecond ven-
ter, was an eminent Lawyer, and appointed Lord Chief Juf-
tice of the King's-bench, 22 Hen. VI. and had his patent re-
newed 1 Edw. IV. Of this great man we have the following
account :
* John Markham was born at Markham, in Nottingham-
* fhire, defcended of an ancient and worthy family. He em-
* ployed his youth in the ftudying of the municipal law of this
* realm, wherein he attained to fuch eminency, that King Ed-
4 Ward the fourth knighted him, and made him Lord Chief Ju-
4 ftice of the King's-bench, in the place of Sir John Fortefcue,
* that learned and upright Judge, who fled away with King
c Henry the fixth.
* Yet Fortefcue was not miiTed, bccaufe Markham fucceeded
* him : and that lofs, which otherwife could not be repaired,
* now could not be perceived. For though thefe two Judges
* did feverally lean to the fides of Lancafter and York, yet both
* fat upright in matters of judicature/
He married Margaret, daughter and coheir to Sir Simon
Leke, of Cotham, in Nottinghamshire, whofe mother, Joan,
was daughter and heir of Sir John Talbot, of Swannington,
in Leicefterfhire.
Mr. Camden ftiles this Chief Juftice 4 the greateft ornament
* of this family, who tempered his judgments with fo much
* equity (as you may read in the hiftories of England,) that
c his name will endure as long as time itfelf. After his being
* difplaced, on a very honourable account* (having refufed to
give a Charge contrary to his confcience, though by the defire
of the King) ' and having thereby defervedly obtained the
c name of the Upright Judge, he retired to Sedgebroke, where
r he built a burial place in the church, and over it a chamber,
c where he lodged, and fpent his latter days, in great piety and
c devotion.' This Sir John left iflue by Margaret, his wife,
before mentioned, Thomas, Lord of Sedgebroke, who by Ca-
tharine, daughter and coheir to William Hartfhorne, Efq; left
iflue John, who efpoufed Eleanor, daughter to Sir John Tur-
bervile, Knt. by whom he had Richard Markham, Efq; living
1562, who by Anne, daughter to George Heveningham, Efq;
had a numerous progeny.
John
MARKHAM, of Sedgebroke. 469
John Markham, Efq; eldeft fon and heir, living temp. Eliz.
married Mary, daughter to Gervafe Lee, of Southwell, in Not-
tinghamfhire, Efq; by whom he had Sir John Markham, Knt.
who took to wife a daughter of Sir Peter Warburton, of Arley,
in Chefhire, Knt. and had ifiue Sir Anthony Markham, of
Sedgebroke, Knt. who married Bridget, daughter of Sir James
Harrington, Bart, by whom he had four fqns ; I. John, who
married the daughter of Sir Thomas Tirringham, of Tirring-
ham, in Bucks, Knt. by whom he had two fons, who died
young; 2. Robert, of whom hereafter; 3. Henry ; and, 4.
Francis, who both died without ifTue.
Robert Markham, of Sedgebroke, Efq; the fecond, but eld-
eft furviving fon, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, 18
Car. I. He married two wives; 1. Rebecca, daughter of .
Eyre, of Derbyfhire, Efq; by whom he had no ifiue. His fe-
cond Lady was Rebecca, daughter of Sir Edward Hufley, of
Honington, in Lincolnfhire, Bart, by whom he had two fons,
I. Sir Robert, of whom hereafter; 2. Anthony,, a Colonel of
a company in the Guards, who married Catharine, daughter
of Sir William Whorwood, of Stourton-caftle, in Staftord-
fhire, Knt. ({he afterwards married Sir Harry Cambell, of Clay-
hall, in Eflex, Bart.) by whom he had two fons, Thomas,
and Walter, who died unmarried ; and three daughters, Mary,
who died unmarried ; Rebecca, married to Captain Rolle, of
the Guards, and left one fon ; and Anne, married to Mr. Mo-
rein, a Surgeon. Thomas, eldeft fon of Anthony, married
Frances, daughter of Andrew Convenent, Efq; M. D. and left
ifiue one fon, Sir James-John, of whom hereafter ; and a
daughter Mary, married to Mr. Dambourgez. The daughters
of Sir Robert Markham, the firft Baronet, by his fecond La-
dy, above mentioned, were feven ; 1. Rebecca, married to
Reginald Heber, of Marton, near Skipton, in Craven, in York-
shire, Efq; by whom he had Reginald Heber, Efq; who mar-
ried Efther, daughter of Sir William Cayley, Bart, who had
ifiue Reginald, and two other fons ; 2. Elizabeth, married to
Charles Bull, of Skipton, in Craven, E(q; who had ifiue Mary,
Orange, Charles, and Leonard ; 3. Frances, married to Chri-
ftopher Broughton, of Longdon, in Stafford (hi re, Efq; by
whom he had feveral children ; 4. Anne, married to Sir Wal-
ter Hawkfworth, of Hawkfworth, in Yorkfhire, Bart, father
of the late Sir Walter Hawkfworth, Bart. 5. Catharine, mar-
ried to Chriftopher Villiers, of Goftoke, in Nortinghamfhire,
Efq; by whom he had one fon, George, deceafed, and three
daughters; 6. Jane, and, 7. Diana Markham, who both aied
unmarried,
H h 3 Sir
470 THOROLD, of Marfton.
Sir Robert Markham, Bart, eldeft fon, and fucceflbr to the
title and eftate, married Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir Tho-
mas Widdrington, Knt. Serjeant at law, of Sherburne Grange^
in Northumberland, by whom he had two fons ; Sir George^
his fucceilbr ; and Robert, who died young ; alio one daughter,
Urfula, married, firft, to Altham, Lord Altham, of Ireland ;
and, fecondly, to Samuel Ogle, Efq; formerly Member of Par-
liament for Berwick, by whom he left iffue George Ogle, Efq;
married to Frances, eldeft daughter of Sir Thomas Twifden, of
Eaft-Peckham, in Kent, Bart. Robert, a Captain of a troop of
horfe, in Ireland ; Thomas ; and one daughter, unmarried.
Sir Robert Markham, Bart, before mentioned, died Aug. 1 i,
1690, and was buried at Sedgebroke ; he was fucceeded in dig-
nity and eftate, by his only Surviving fon,
Sir George Markham, Bart, who died unmarried at the Batb,
June 9, 1736, and was buried at Sedgebroke, in Lincolnshire,
with his anceflors, leaving his eftate to the Rev. Dr. Bernard
Wilfon, Prebendary of Worcefter, and Rector of Newark up-
on Trent 5 but the title went to his coufm, Sir James-John
Markham, fen of Thomas, who was the fon of Anthony,
who was fecond fon of Sir Robert Markham, the firft Baronet,
by his fecond Lady, Rebecca, daughter of Sir Edward Hufley,
Bart.
Which Sir James-John Markham, the prefent Baronet, is
In the army, and was married, Aug. 31, 17555 to the daugh-
ter of- Clive, Efq;.
Arms. Azure, on a Chief, Or, a Demi-Lion, rampant, if-?
fuing, Gules.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion of St. Mark, fejant, guard-.
ant, and refting his Fore Leg on a Shield,
115. T^orold, -of Marfton, Lincolnfhire.
Created Baronet, Aug. 24, 1642.
THIS -family is of Saxon extraction, and defcended frorc*
Thoroldus, Sheriff of Lincolnfh ire in 1052, a/id has fot
many ages been feated in that county.
Thoroldus de Buckenhuld was Sheriff of that county before
^he Conqueft ; and, during the time of his Shrievalty, gave bis
manor of Spalding for a Cell to the Abbey of Croyland, as ap-
pears by the date/of the charter. He was defcended from one
Thorold, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, in the reign of Kenelphu^
j£ Lpg of Mercia.
- '■' ' About
THOROLD, of Marfton. 471
About the time of Hen. I. this family intermarried with the
heirefs of Marfton.
JohnThorold, of Marfton, Efq; was living 2 Rich, II.
JohnThorold, 1 1 Edw. IV. married Joanna, daughter and heif
to Robert Lucas, of Howden, (Holden,) in Yorkfhire, Efq;
John Thorold, de Marfton, 7 Hen. VII. called John, of Weft*
borough, married Alice, daughter of Thomas Stanton, of Stan-
ton, in Nottinghamshire, Efq; and had ifTue William, who had
two wives ; firft, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Leake, of Hal-
lam, in Nottinghamftiire, Efq; by whom he had iiTue three fons ;
1. Sir Anthony, his fon and heir, anceftor to the branch we are
now to treat of, of whom hereafter ; 2. William, from whom
defcended Sir George Thorold, of Harmfton, in Lincolnshire,
Bart. Lord Mayor of London, 1720, which title expired with
his brother, Sir Samuel Thorold, Bart, who died unmarried, Jan.
2' *737"8 i and» 3- Richard, from whom the late Sir Nathaniel
Thorold, of Harmfton, Bart, was defcended. The faid Wil-
liam Thorold, Efq; before mentioned, had to his fecond wife,
Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert HufTey, of Linwood, in Lin-
colnshire, Knt. relict of Henry Sutton, of Wellingore, in the
fame county, Efq; by whom he had Sir Edmond Thorold, of the
Haugh, in Lincolnfhire, Knt. who married Ellen, daughter and
coheir of William Audley, of the Haugh, Efq; (by Jane, his
wife, daughter and fole heir of Alexander Haugh, of the Haugh,
Efq;) and Robert Thorold, Efq; who married Agnes, the other
daughter and coheir of William Audley, Efq; and was father of
Anthony Thorold, of Haugh, Efq; who, by Catharine, daugh»
ter of Edward Hafilwood, of Maidwell, in Northamptonshire,
Efq; had iiTue, Sir Robert Thorold, of the Haugh, created Ba-
ronet, June 14, 1644, who had two wives ; I. Anne, daughter
of Henry, and After to Sir Henry Carvil, of St. Mary's, in
Marfhland, in Norfolk, Knt. by whom he had no iflue ; but by
his fecond wife, Catharine, daughter of Chriftopher, LordTeyn-
ham, had iflue Sir Robert Thorold, Bart, who married Catha-
rine, daughter of Sir Henry Knollys, of Grove-Place, in Hamp-
shire, Knt, and had iflue Sir Robert Thorold, Bart, a Gentle-
man of a very folid judgment, which was much improved by tra-
velling, and adorned by an entire maftery of feveral languages :
In his temper, and manner of living, he was generous, compaf-
fionate, and hofpitable ; in his converfation, amicable and eafy ^
and a perfect well-bred man, without aftcclation or formality.
He died in St. James's-Place, Weftminfter, Nov. 30, k/06,
without iflue ; whereupon that title became extir*&.
But to return to the elder branch.
Sir Anthony Thorold, of Marfton, Knt. fon and heir of Wii-
pamjj before-mentioned, by the firft venter, was Sheriff of Lin-
H h 4 colisftiircji
472 THOROLD, of Marfton,
colnfhire, 13 Eliz. and married two wives ; fuft, Margaret
daughter of Henry Sutton, of Wellingore, in Lincolnfliife, Eft}}
(by Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Hufley, Knt.) and by her
iiad ifTue four fons, and two daughters ; firft, Thomas, who,
married Anne, daughter to Sir George Pierpoint, of Holme-Pier-
.point, in Nottinghamfhire, Knt. and by her left iffue two daugh-
ters, liabei and Anne, who died in their father's life-time; (his
widow married afterwards Francis Beaumont, of Gracedieu, in
Leiceilciftii.e, Efq; one of thk JufHces of the Common-pleas,
and died at Gracedieu, April 22, 1598 ;) 2. William, of whom
hereafter; 3. Arthr ny, who died without ifTue; 4. Sir John
Tlv rold, of Coringham, in Lincolnihire, and of Cawnton, in
Nottinghamfhire, Knt. who was Sheriff of Lincolnihire, 13
Jac. I. and married Alice, daughter and coheir to Thomas Cran-
inef, ofAflaclon, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; relicvr. of Thomas
Molineux, of Teverfal, Efq; and by her had ifTue, Anthony,
his fon and heir ; and Thomas ; Mary, eld eft daughter of Sir
^nthony, married John Markham, of Sedgebroke, in Lincoln-
ihire, Efq; and Martha married Sir Philip Tyrwhit, of Stain-
field, in the fame county, Knt. Sir Anthony married to his fe-
cond wife, Anne, daughter and coheir of Sir John Conftable, of
Jvinalton, in Nottinghamshire, Knt. (by Jane his wife, daugh-
ter and coheir of Henry Scthe], of Ithel, in Yorkfhire, Efq;)
and widow of George Babington, of Kinalton, Efq; by whom
he lud iiibe one only daughter, Wmifrid, married, firft, to,
George Clifton, of Clifton, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; father of
Sir Gervafe Clifton, the fitil Baronet ; fecpndly, to Henry Ker-
vile, of Wigenhale, in Norfolk, Efq; and, thirdly, to Sir Ed-
ward Gawfell, of Watlington, in Norfolk, Knt. This Sir An-
thony died June 26, 1 594.
. William Thorold, Efq; fecond fon of Sir Anthony, married,
as before mentioned, Frances, daughter to Sir Robert Tyrwhitt,
of Ketleby, in Lincolnshire, Knt. and died before his father,
leaving ifTue, Sir Ant bony, and Sir William ; and four daugh-
ters ; Anne, wife of Chriftopher Colby, of Grantham, Efq;
Elizabeth, and Mary, who died without ifTue ; and Martha,
married to Joihua Whichcote, of Haverholmc, in Lincolnihirc-,
Efq;
Sir Anthony Thorold, of Marfton and Blankney, Knt. eldeft
fon of William, and heir to his grandfather, married Elizabeth,
daughter of T nomas Molineux, of Houghton, in Nottingham-
fhire, Efq; but left only two daughters ; whereof Mary, the eld-
eft, in 1629, married William, Lord Widdrington, who was
killed on the King's part, at Wi<ran, in Lancafhirea 1651. The
yther daughter died unmarried,
Sir
THOROLD, of Marfton. 473
Sir William, his next brother, was alfo knighted by King
James I. when but fixteen years old, and was afterwards created
a, Baronet by King Charles I. He married Anne, daughter of
John Blythe, of Stroxton, near Grantham, in Lincolnfhire, Efq;
He was Member in Parliament for Grantham many years, and
High Sheriff of Lincolnfhire in 1630. He had feveral fons;
I.William; 2. Anthony ; 3. John, of whom hereafter ; 4. Ro-
bert, who died 1659; and, 5. Thomas, who died Feb. 15,
1665-6, both without iflue ; and feven daughters; 1. Eliza-
beth, married to Sir Richard Wingfield, of Tickencote, in Rut-
landshire, Knt. 2. Margaret, married to William Beresford, of
Ledenham, in Lincolnfhire, Efq; 3. Anne, married, firft, to
Robert Bateman, of London ; and, fecondly, to Cutts ;
4. Catharine, who died unmarried ; 5. Frances, married to Sir
Francis Leeke, of Newark and Sandiacre, in Nottinghamfhire,
Knt. and Bart. 6. Mary, married to Thomas Pechill, of Nor-
manton, in Lincolnfhire ; and, 7. Penelope, wife of George Lu-
cas, of Fenton, in the fame county, Efqrs.
William, the eldcfr. fon, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Robert Car, of Afwarby, in the county of Lincoln, Bart, but
died without iflue, before his father. His widow afterwards
married Sir William Trollope, of Cafwick, in the fame county,
Bart.
Anthony Thorold, Efq; fecond fon, married Grifilla, daugh-
ter of Sir John Wray, of Glentworth, in Lincolnfhire, Bart,
and dying alfo before his father, left iflue fix fons ; Sir Wil-
liam, Sir Anthony, and Sir John, fucceffively Baronets ; Tho-
mas, Robert, and Bethel : and feven daughters ; 1. Elizabeth,
who died young; 2. Anne, married to Sir Thomas Hodgfon,
of Bremewith, in Yorkfhire, Knt. 3. Mary ; 4. Frances ; 5. E-
lizabeth ; 6. Theodofia; 7. Catharine; moft of whom, if not
sail, died unmarried.
Sir William, the eldeft fon, fucceflbr to his grandfather, mar-
ried Mrs. Garret, of London.
Sir Anthony, the fecond fon, married the only daughter of
Thomas Harrington, of Boothby, near Grantham, Lincolnfhire,
Efq;
Sir John, the third fon, married Margaret, relict of the hon.
Francis Coventry, Efq; fecond fon of the Lord-keeper Coven-
try, and ferved many years in Parliament for the county of Lin-
coln, and for Grantham : but all three brothers died ifTuelefs.
He was one of the mod accomplished Gentlemen of his time,
had travelled much, and feen moft of the cities in Europe, and
was remarkable for his courage and bravery. He died in Jan.
3716, aged fifty- four,
Thomas,
474 THOROLD, of Marfton.
Thomas, Robert, and Bethel, the three youngeft fons of Art*
thony, died unmarried.
Whereupon tha title came to the heirs male of John, third
fon of Sir William, the firft Baronet, before mentioned. Which
John married, firft, the daughter of Sir Robert Tredway,
Knt. by whom he had hTue one fon, Sir William ; his fe-
cond wife was the relict of Thomas Saunderfon, M. D. (eld-
eft fon of Bifhop Saunderfon,) by whom he had another fon,
Sir John.
Sir William, (the fon by the firft venter) fucceeded his coufin,
Sir John, in the title, in 17 16, and had iftue, his fon,
Sir Anthony, who fucceeded his father, but died in his
1 2th year, at fchool, in 1721. Whereupon the title and
cftate fell to his uncle, Sir John, (fon of John, by the fecond
venter. )
Which Sir John Thorold was High SherifT of the county of
Lincoln in 1723, and married, firft, Alice, the only daughter
and heir of Mr. William Sampfon, of Gainfburgh, by whom
he had ifTue two fons ; 1. Sir John Thorold, the prefent Baror
net ; 2. William Thorold, Efq; and one daughter, Elizabeth.
Sir John's fecond wife, who is living, is the daughter of Mr.
William Langley, by whom he had iftue one fon, Charles. Sir
John died Jan. 1748, and was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir John Thorold, the prefent Baronet, who married Eli-
zabeth, daughter, and one of the coheirefTes of Samuel Ayton,
of Weft Herrington, in the county of Devon, Efq; deceafed,
by whom he has had feveral children, of whom the following
are living ; Ifabella, married to Thomas-Middleton Trollope,
Efq; eldeft fan of Sir Thomas TroDope, of Cafewick, in the
county of Lincoln, Bart, and Elizabeth, married to Willough-
by Wood, Efq; only fon of Charles Wood, of Thorefby, in
the faid county, Efq; Sir John has alfo three fons, John, George,
and Samuel, all unmarried.
Arms. Sable, three Goats faliant, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Roebuck paflam, Argent, attired^
r.
Seat. At Cranwell, near Sleaford, in Lincolnshire^
11&. WrqT'
W R O T T E S L E Y, of Wrottcfley . 475
116. Wrotteslev, of Wrottefley, Staffordshire,
Created Baronet, Auguft 30, 1642.
*TP HE name of this family is local, being taken from this
■V place of their habitation, which they are fuppofed to have
been poflefled of ever fince, if not before, the Norman Conqueft ;
whereof — ? — de Wrottefley, (fo his name is written as a wit-
nefs to two deeds in the Monafticon,) lived temp. Henry II.
Sir Hugh de Wrottefley was feated here, temp. Hen. HI. as
was alfo Sir William de Wrottefley, 9 Edw. II.
Sir Hugh de Wrottefley, fon and heir of Sir William, in
21 Edw. III. had licence to make a park at Wrottefley ; and in
23. of that King, had the cuftody of the lands of William Pil-
latenhallj deceafed ; in which year he was made one of the
Knights Companions of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter,
at the foundation of that Order. He married two wives ;
%. Ifabel, daughter of John Arderne, of Aldford, by her he had
no iflue ; but by his fecond wife, Mabil, daughter of Rice
Rees, he left iflue, John, and died 4 Rich. II.
John, his fon and heir, had iflue, Hugh, who lived 12 Hen.
VI. and 1 Edw. IV. and married Thomafine, daughter of Sir
John Greifley, Knt. and was by her father of Sir Walter
Wrottefley, Knt. who was Lord of Perton, 9 Edw. IV. and
was buried in the Grey-friars church, now Chrift-church, in
London, 1473. He married Jane, daughter and heir of Hugh
Barry, of Berks, Efq; and left iflue, Richard, and Henry, who
died Fellow of a College in Oxford, i486 ; and three daugh-
ters ; Thomafine, wife to William, Lord Stourton ; Alice,
wife to Thomas, Lord Scrope, of Upfale ; and Anne, married
{o Richard, Lord St. Almand, (or St. Arnand.) Richard, the
eldeft fon, married Dorothy, daughter of Edmund Sutton, Efq;
fon of John, Lord Dudley, Knight of the Moft Noble Order
of the Garter, and relict of Sir John Mufgrave, Knt. by whom
he had a fon named Walter. This couple were each of them
buried at Tetnal ; and, as their epitaph is in old Englifh verfc,
made by a country Poet, we fhall for once deviate from our
plan to oblige the lovers of antiquity.
Here lies clofed in Cley,
The Body of Richard Wrott'flcy,
And alfo Dorothy his Wif,
Which lyved togedir all their lif.
The Year MCCCCCVIII. of our Lord,
Dorothy departed out of this Word * ;
"'"* :. c. World j the power fort of people, in this country, proaounce this vioii
(? (q this ity.
476 W R O T T E S L E Y, of Wrottefley.
And after within fhort fpace,
Richard was lay'd in this Place,
Here now our Bodys do ly ;
On their Souls Jefus haf Mercy,
We defire now every Chriitian Mon,
To pray .for our Souls that be gon.
Walter Wrottefley, Efq; fon and heir, by Ifabel, his wife,
daughter of Sir Thomas Harcourt, Knt. had iflue, John, who
died 1578, and was buried at Tetnal, leaving iflue, by Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas Aftley, of Patefhull, Efq; Walter,
Thomas, Edward, and John ; and two daughters ; Frances,
married to — Brooke, of Blackland, in Staffordshire ; and
Dorothy, to Richard White, of Sheppy, in Leicefterfliire,
Efqrs.
Walter Wrottefley, Efq; eldeil fon and heir, married, firft,
Mary, daughter and heir of Hugh Lee, of Woodford, in Staf-
fordihire, Efq; by whom he left iflue, Sir Hugh. His fecond
strife was the daughter of Sir Edward Leighton, of Wattlefbo-
rough, in Salop, Knt. by whom he left two daughters 5 and
died Dec. 10, 1630.
Sir Hugh Wrottefley, Knt. eldeft fon and heir, married
Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Devereux, Knt. a younger fon
of Walter, Lord Vifcount Hereford, by whom he had iflue
two fons, and five daughters; 1. Walter, of whom hereafter;
2. William, who married Anne, daughter of Chamber-
layne, Efq; Of the daughters ; 1. Mary, married, firft, John
Lengher, of Perton, in StafFordfhire ; and, fecondly, to Edward
Williams, of Dudley, in Worcefterfhire ; 2. Penelope ; 3. Eli-
zabeth, married to Walter Hopton, of Canon Frome, in Here-
fordfhire ; 4. Margaret, wife to Jonathan Langley, of Shrop-
fhire ; and, 5. Howard, married to John Wingfield, of the
fame county, Efqrs.
Sir Walter Wrottefley, the eldefl: fon and heir, was the firft
Baronet of this family, advanced to that dignity, 18 Car. I. He
married Mary, daughter of John Grey, of Envil, in Stafford*
fhire, Efq; by whom he had iflue ; 1. Sir Walter, his fucceflbr;
2. Edward, who married Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas
Hewit, of Shire Oakes, in Nottinghamfhire, Knt. and 3. John,
a Merchant in Portugal ; 4. and 5. Hugh, and Richard, who
-.led without iflue : Alfo five daughters ; Elizabeth, married to
Sir Francis Wool rich, of Dudmafton, in Salop, Bart. Mary,
to Sir Edward Littleton, of Pillaton-Hall, in Staffordshire, Bart.
Dorothy ; Anne ; and Jane, wife to Mr. Adams.
Sir Walter Wrottefley, Bart, eldeft fon and fucceflbr to his
father, married Elizabtth, daughter of Sir Thomas Woolrich,
of
WROTTESLEY, of Wrottefley. 477
of Dudmafton, Bart, and had iflue, Sir Walter, Urfula, and
Anne.
Sir Walter Wrottefley, Bart, his Ton and heir, married, firft,
Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Archer, of Coop: dale, in They-
don-Garnon, in EfTex, Knt. one of the Juftices of the Coiu-
mon-Pleas, by whom he had three fons, and four daughters ;
Walter, who died unmarried; Sir John, his fucceflbr; and
Hugh, who was of Lincoln's-lnn, and died unmarried, 1725:
The daughters were, Eleanor, Henrietta, Elizabeth, and Mary,
who all died unmarried, except Elizabeth, who married An-
thony Collins, of Baddow, in Etfex, Efq; Sir Walter's frconi
Lady was Anne, daughter of Burton, Efq; by whom he
had one fon, and two daughters, viz. Walter, (who married
the daughter of Craig, by whom he had one fon, Thomas,
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Wrottefley, Bart.)
Margaret ; and Anne, married to Hutchinfon, of Not-
tinghammire, Efq;
Sir John Wrottefley, Bart, eldeft furviving fon and fucceflor
to his father, married Frances, daughter of the Hon. John Grey,
of Envil, Efq; third fon of the Right Hon. Henry, Earl off
Stamford, (by Catharine, his fecond wife, daughter of Edward,
Lord Dudley and Ward,) by whom he had five fons ; John,
who died in Nov. 1723, and Charles, in 1724, both in their
minority; Sir Hugh, Sir Walter, and Sir Richard, who were
fuccefiively Baronets ; and five daughters ; Frances, married to
Heigham Bendifh, of Eaft-Ham, in EiTex, Efq; Elizabeth, to
Thomas Wrottefley, late of Wolverhampton, Efq; deceafed,
(who was only grandfon of Sir Walter Wrottefley, Bart, by
Anne Burton, his fecond wife ;) Henrietta, to Theodore Wil-
liam Inge, of Thorp Conftantine, in Siaffordihire, Efq; Doro-
thy, and Mary, who are unmarried. Sir John was a Gentle-
man of ftrievt. honour and ju Mice, was highly valued by the county
where he lived, for which he was cholen a Reprefentative in
1708, and dying in G6t. 1726, was buried at Tetnal. He was
fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his eldeft furviving fon,
Sir Hugh Wrottefley, Bart, who dying in his minority, Nov.
1729, was fucceeded by his next brother,
Sir Walter Wrottefley, Bart, who dying alfo in his minority,
Feb. 1 73 1, was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by his only
brother,
Sir Richard Wrottefley, Bart, who was born, 1711. He
married Mary, fecond daugntcr of the Pvight Hon. John,
Lord Gower, (by Lady Evelyn Pierpoint, youngeft daughter
of Evelyn, Duke of Kingiton, his firft La:'y,) by whom he
had iflue one fon, Sir John, the prefent Baronet, and four
daughters j 1. Mary, born in Nov. 1740, Maid of Honour to
the
478 T H R 6 C K M O RT 0 N, of Coughtori.
the Queen, arid died in 1769 y 2. Elizabeth, married, in 1769$
to his Grace the Duke of Grafton, then Firft Lord of the Trea-
sury ; 3. — — , married to — Pigott, Efq; brother to^Lord
Figott ; 4. Frances, unmarried. Sir Richard was elecled Mem-
ber for Taviftock in 1747, appointed one of the Principal Clerks
of the Board of Green-cloth in June 1749, and re-elecled for
Taviftock. He afterwards went into Holy Orders, was appoin-
ted one of hi* Majefty's Chaplains in December, 1763, and pro-
moted to the Deanry of Worcefter, in April, 1765. He died
July 29, 1769, and was fucceeded by
Sir John Wrottefley, hh only fon, who is the prefent Baronet.
He was Mafter of the Horfe to his late Royal Highnefs the Duke
of York, is one of the Knights of the Shire for the county of
Stafford, an Officer in the Army, and unmarried.
Arms. Or, three Piles, Sable, and a Canton, Ermine.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Coronet, a Boar's Head* Ermine*
fometimes Azure, crined and tuflced* Or.
Supporters. As granted to Sir Hugh, Knight of the Gar-
ter, two Unicorns.
Seat. At Wrottefley, near Wolverhampton* in StafForduYire*
117. Throckmorton* of Coughton, War-*
wickfhire.
Created Baronet, Sept. 1, 1642.
Hrockemertona, Throckmorton, or the Rockmopr-
town, from whence this family is denominated, is fituated
in the Vale of Evefharn, in the parifh of Fladbury, anciently
written Flandenburgh, in Perfhore hundred, in Worceftermire*
a manor containing two hamlets, Hull alias Hill, and Moor.
. The rife of this family is recorded by no antiquary ; in a pe-
digree made by Sir William Dugdale, the firft mentioned is John
de Throckmorton, who was Lord of the manor of Throckmor-
ton, in the Vale of Evefharn, about fixty years after the Nor*
man Conqueft, 1 130 ; which leaves no room to doubt, but that
this family pofTelTed it at the entrance of the Normans, or long
before, the etymology of the name being either Britifh, or, as
more probable, Saxon.
From this John defcended Henry de Throckemerton, who
made a grant of a yard of land in Hal la, temp. Hen. III. 1220.
Robert de Throckemerton, (his fon, I prefume,) had ifllie
Simon de Throckmorton, who, by Ifafeel his wife, had ifTue two
fons,
THROCKMORTON, of Coughton, 47$
ions, John and Giles, which laft had an annual revenue out of
the manor of Throckmorton, A. D. 1330.
John, the eldeft, was poflefTed of Throckmorton, 13 Edw.
III. 1339* and had in marriage Agnes, or Anne, daughter and
heir of Sir Richard Abberbury, of Adderbury, in Oxfordfhirc>
and was fuccceded in the Lordfhip of Throckmorton, &c. by
Thomas, his fon and heir, who was of the retinue of Thomas
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in 20 Ricrn II. as alfo Efchea-
tor for the county of Worcefter, in 3 Hen. IV. (in thofe days
an office of great account and truft ;) he was Conftable of Elm-
ley-caftle, in 6 Hen. IV. and by Agnes his wife, daughter and
and heir of Besford, was father of John Throckmorton*
Who was employed in the ferviceof Earl Richard, (fon of Tho-
mas, Earl of Warwick,) at Caen, in Normandy, in 5 Hen. V.
and being brought up to the ftudy of the Laws, was afterwards
of his counfcl. He died April 12, 23 Hen, VI. leaving Elea-
nor, his wife, furviving, who was daughter and ceheir of Sir
Guy de la Spine, or de Spineto (by the heir of Wyke) Lord of
Coughton, in Warwickshire. John Throckmorton left iflue by
Eleanor, aforefaid, two fons, and fix daughters ; 1. Thomas,
anceftor to the branch we are treating of; and, 2. John, who
married Ifabel, daughter of Edward Bruges, of Lone, in Glou>
cefterfhire, Efq; (from whom defcended Sir William Throck-
morton, of Tortworth, in Gloucefterfhire, created Baronet
9 Jac. I. which title is extinct.) Of the fix daughters, Elea-
nor married to Richard Knightley, of Fawfley, in Northamp-
tonfhire, Efq; Maud, to Sir Thomas Green, of Green's Nor-
ton, in the fame county, Knt. Margaret, to John Rous ; Ag-
nes, to John Window ; Elizabeth, to Robert RuiTel ; and, ac-
cording to fome pedigrees, another Elizabeth, married to Robert
GifFord ; and by others, married to Seymour.
Till the time of Thomas Throckmorton, eldeft fon and heir,
it feems that this family was not wholly poiTefTed of Coughton ;
but then did John Tracy, fon and heir of Alice, the other
daughter and coheir or Sir Guy Spine, by his deed, bearing date
May 29, 27 Hen. VI. grr.nt unto him the faid Thomas, and his
heirs, that moiety thereof by inheritance belonging to him. Of
which Thomas, all that I have fecn farther memorable, is, that
in 5 Edw. IV. he underwent the Oftice of Sheriff of the counties
of Warwick and I.eicefrer, and that he departed this life in 12
Edw. IV. leaving bv Margaret, daughter and coheir of Sir Ro-
bert Olney, of Wefton, in Bucks, Knt. (and Goditha his wife,
daughter and coheir of Willinm Bofom, or Bofun,) four fohs t
I, Robert, of whom hereafter; 2. John, whs married lane,
daughter and coheir of Henry BaynarJ, of Spellhull, in Suffolk^
and was an*eftar to the Throckrr»rr.->ns cf Claxton, and J m-
elman*
480 THROCKMORTON, of Coughton.
elman, &c. in Norfolk and Suffolk; 3. Richard, anceftor to
thofe of Great Stoughton, in Huntingdonfhire ; and, 4. Wil-
liam, LL. D. Alfo four daughters ; Goditha, married to Ed-
ward Peyto, of Chefterton, in Warwickfhire ; Mary, wife of
Thomas Middlemore, of Edgbafton, in the fame county ; Mar-
faret, to William Tracy, of Tuddington, in Glouceiterfhire,
)fqrs; and Elizabeth, the laft Abbefs of Denny, who died Jan.
13, 1547, and lies buried at Coughton.
Robert Throckmorton, Efq; fon and heir, twenty-one years
old at his father's death, I find a Juflice of the Peace for War-
wickfhire, from 2 R. III. till towards his death. In 1 Hen.VIL
he was made of that King's Privy Council ; and in 2 Hen.VIL
this Robert made the Park at Coughton, inclofing therewith a
certain common ground called Wikewood, whereunto he after-
wards added Samburneheath, and Spiney's Leys, lying within
the faid Lordfhip of Samburne ; and the fame year was a Com-
mander in the King's army at the battle of Stoke. In 10 Hen,
VII. he received fummons, with divers other perfons of quality,
to appear before the King in perfon upon the feaft day of All
Saints the fame year, to receive the order of Knighthood, upon
the advancement of Henry, the King's fecond fon, to the Duke-
dom of York, and created him Knight of the Bath, in honour
whereof thefe were to be made Knights of that order ; yet do
not I find, by any commifiion, that he had the title of Knight
attributed to him till 17 Hen.VIL That he was a man of lin-
gular piety, the fundry bequefts, contained in his teftament, do
fufficiently manifeft ; and of no lefs devotion, as may feem by
his pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which in 10 Hen. VIII. (hav-
ing fettled his eftate) he undertook; but died beyond fea in that
journey. He left hTue by his flrft wife, Elizabeth, daughter of
m Baynham, only one daughter, Urfula, married to Sir Tho-
mas Gifford, of Chillington, in StafFordfhire, Knt. and by his
fecond, Catharine, daughter of Sir William Marrow, Knt. Al-
derman of London, he had four fons, and feven daughters ;
I. Sir George, hereafter mentioned; 2. Anthony, killed in the
battle of Pavia, in Italy ; 3. Michael, who was of the retinue
to Cardinal Pole, and died 1 Nov. 5 & 6 Phil, and Mary, and
lies buried at Mantua, father to Francis Throckmorton, Efq;
famous for his hofpitality to the Englifh travellers at Mantua?
where he lived, notwithstanding his burial at Ullen-hall, 1617 ;
4. Richard, of Higham Ferrers, in Northamptonfhire, who mar-
ried Jane, daughter of Humphry Beaufoe, of Edmonfcot, in
Warwickfhire, and was anceitor to Sir George Throckmorton,
Serjeant of the hawks to Queen Elizabeth, and to thole of
Brampton and Ellington, in Huntingdonfhire. Of the feven
daughters of Sir Robert, Mary was wife oi" Tho« Burdet, of
Bramcot6j>
t THROCKMORTON, of Coughtori. 481
B;amc.)t', in Warwickfhire ; alfo of Richard Middlemore, of
Ldg- it m, in rhe fame county, Efqrs; Elizabeth, married to
Sir /h mas iingiefeild, Knt. Catharine, wife of Bough-
ton, of LawK.ru, in Warwickshire, Efq; Grfula, Bridget, and
Alice, died unmarried; and Margaret, a nun.
Sir George, his fon and heir, fucceeded, who being a Knight
in 17 Hen. VIII. was one of thofe that attended in Court at
that folemn Coronation of Queen Anne, in 25 Hen. VIII. and
in 18 and 35 Hen, VIII. executed the office of Sheriff for the
counties of Warwick and Leiceiler. He built that itately
caftle-like Gate-houfe of freeflone at Coughton, intending (as
it fhould fecm) to have made the reft of his houfe fuhable
thereto ; but the Lord Cromwell, Vicar-gencial to the King,
being Lord of the manor of Overfley, in Warwickfhire, and
beholding thence, with a rapacious eye, this eilate, lying in
the vale below, had him imprifoncd in the Tower for refuting
the Oath of Supremacy, wnere he was preparing to lay down
his life for the fame principles as Bifhop Fiiher,_ and Sir Tho-
mas More, profefTed. But Queen Catharine Parr, niece to Sir
George's Lady, begged the life of her uncle, and was fo great
a friend to him, as to procure court preferments for three of
his fons, Clement, JNichoIas, and George ; and when the
Lord Cromwell fell into race, the King was pleafed to ad-
vife with Sir George, among:! others, in what manner to pro-
ceed with that unfortunate ftacefrnan ; who complained thereof
in a doleful letter to the King. He married Catharine, daugh-
ter of Nicholas, Lord Vaux, of Harrowden, by whom he had
nine fons, and ten daughter:. ; 1. Sir Robert, ancedor to the
prefent Baronet, of whom hereafter ; 2. Deodatus ; 3. Cle-
ment, of Hafeley, in Warwickshire, Sewer to the Queen,.
temD. Hen. VIII. and afterwards a Commander at the fiege of
Bullogne. He married Catharine, • er of Sir Edward Ne-
Vil, Knt. fecond fon to the Lord Abergavenny, and from him
defcended thofe of Haieiey, and Anfiey, in Warwickshire. His
eldcft fon and heir, K;b, was a conticlcrable man, and the fup-
pofed author of Sir Martin Mar Prelate ; and father of Sir CI
ment Throckmorton, Knt. who was a Gentleman not a little
eminent for his learning and eloquence, having ferved in feve-
ral Parliaments in the reigns of Llizabeth, James I. and Cha. I.
as one of the Knights of the (hire for the county of Warwick,
and undergone divers other public employments. Clement, his
fon, was Lord of the manor of Hafeley, 164.U, and had three
fons, and five daughters; Sir Clement, hi-> cMett, knighted by
King Charles If. and fat in Paiiiur, I the burgefles
for Warwick, 1 6 1 * j . He died ai .\* Eon, before his
Vol, I. i i lather,
482 THROCKMORTON, ofCoughton.
father, without iflue ; whereupon his brother Francis, firft (on
by his father's fourth wife, became heir to the eftate, and en-
joyed it about two years ; and he dying alfo without iflue, his
brother Robert fucceeded, who married into the Mordaunt fa-
mily, and poflefling it not much above two years, died, leav-
ing his wife with child of a fon, which was named Clement,
who lived to be married to Lucy, daughter of Captain Thomas
Lucy, of Cherlecote, and Catharine, his wife, daughter of Ro-
bert Wheatley, of Bracknel, in Berks, Efq; (who after his
death married the Duke of Northumberland,) but dying fome
little time after, left his wife alfo breeding of Mrs. Lucy
Throckmorton, who married, firft, William Bromley, of Bag-
ginton, in Warwickfhire, Efq; eldeft fon of the Hon. William
Bromley, Efq; Secretary of State to Queen Anne ; and,fecondly,
— — Chefter, Efq. The fourth fon of Sir George, before
mentioned, was Sir Nicholas, Sewer to King Hen. VIII. and
a Commander at Bullogne; who in the reign of Edward VI.
commanded at Muftelburgh-fieid, and brought the news of the
victory ; whereupon he was knighted, and was in the higheft
favour and efteem with that King. In the reign of Queen
Mary he was tried about Wyat's confpiracy, and made a moil
notable defence, as may be feen in the State Trials, and by
the juftnefs and integrity of the Jury, was acquitted ; and af-
terwards was received by the Queen with great marks of ef-
teem ; and was at the battle of St. Quintin's. In i Eliz. he
was Chief Butler of England, and Chamberlain of the Exche-
quer, and that year employed as EmbarTador to Francis II.
King of France, and Mary, Queen of Scots, his confort, to
expoftulate the matter with them for afiuming the Arms of
England, in their quarterings. Much more might be faid of
his actions and negotiations, for he was a valiant foldier and
commander, and a confummate ftatefman. He left his own
life in verfe, written, as is fuppofed, in his imprifonment, (and
is now in the library at Wefton.) He died Feb. 12, 1570, aged
fifty- feven, and Fuller fays, ' at fupper, eating of fallad, not
c without fufpicion of poifon, the rather becaufe happening in
* the houfe of one no mean artift in that faculty, R. Earl of
* Leicefter,' and lies buried on the fouth fide of the chancel of
St. Catharine Cree Church. He married, (as before men-
tioned,) Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Carew, of Bedding-
ton, in Surry, Knight of the Garter, (fifter and heir to Sir
Francis Carew ;) from this match by his eldeft fon, Sir Ar-
thur, proceeded the Throckmortons, of Paulers Perry, in
Northamptonfhire ; from Sir Nicholas, a younger fon, who
hzd his mother's eftate, and took the name of Carew, was the
THROCKMORTON, of Coughton. 483
late Sir Nicholas-Hacket Carew, of Beddington, in Surry,
Bart, descended. The fifth fon of Sir George, was Kenelme.
6. Thorriasj who died without iffue. 7. Sir John, knighted
by Queen Elizabeth, in the firft year of her reign, at Kenil-
worth, and was Mafter of the Requefts, and Juftice of Chefter.
He married Margery Puttenham, daughter of Robert Putten-
ham, Eiq; by whom he had five fons, and four daughters. He
died May 22, 1580, and lies buried at Coughton.
Sir John Throckmorton, of Fekenham, above mentioned,
had iflue Francis, attainted in 26 Eliz. for treafon laid to his
:charge, as having confpired in behalf of the Queen of Scots.
The eighth fon of Sir George, before mentioned, was George,
who married Mary, daughter of John Bruges, the firft Baron
Chandos : And, 9. Anthony, of Caftleton, Oxfordfhire, who
married Catharine, daughter and coheir of William Willing-
ton, of Barchefton, in Warwickfhire, Elq; relict of William
Catefbyj of Aihby Legers, in Northamptonfhire, Efq; and was
anceftor to the Throckmortons of Hertfordshire and Eflbx.
Of the daughters of Sir George, Mary died without iflue ;
Anne, married John Digby, of Colefhill, in Warwickfhire,
Efq; Elizabeth, firft married to Robert Winter, of Hoding-
ton, in Worcefterfhire ; and, fecondly, to Thomas Smith, of
Camden, in Gfoucefterfhire, Efqrs. Margaret, firft the wife
of Catefby, and afterwards of Brian Cave, Efqrs. Eli-
zabeth, firft married to John Gifford, of Chillington, in Staf-
fordshire ; fecondly, to William Ligon ; and, thirdly, to
George Peyto, of Chefterton, in Warwickfhire, Efqrs. Mary,
to S^'r John Huband, of Ipfley, in W~arwickihire, Knt. Eli-
zabeth, Meriel, and Elizabeth, who died young, or unmar-
ried. Sir George, the father of thefe fons, lived to a very
great age, and died 1 Queen Mary. He had a more numerous
pofterity than perhaps any in England at that time, having an
hundred and twelve grand-children cxifting. He died in the
year 1500.
Sir Robert Throckmorton, Knt. eldeft fon and heir of Sir
George, before mentioned, was Sheriff of the counties of War-
wick and Leicefter, 1 Queen Mary. He had two wives j
firft, Meriel, daughter to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, by whom
he had three fons, but only one fon, Thomas, furVived ; and
four daughters ; Elizabeth, wife to Sir John Goodwin, of
Winchingdon, in Bucks, Knt. Catharine, married to Henry
Norwood ; Anne, to Ralph Sheldon ; and Mary, to Edward
Arden, of Parkhall, in the county of Warwick, Efqrs; his
fecond Lady was Elizabeth, daughter of John, Lord Hufley,
relief of John, Lord Hungerford, by whom he had two fons,
I i 2 who
484 THROCKMORTON, of Coughton.
who died unmarried ; and five daughters ; of which MerieJ$
married Sir Thomas Trefbam, of Ruihton, in Northamp-
tonfhire ; Anne married Sir William Catefoy, of Afhby Le-
gers, in the fame county ; Elizabeth was wife to Sir An-
thony Tyringham, of Tyringham, in Bucks ; and Temper-
ance was wife to Sir Randal Brereton, of Chefhire, Knights.
Sir Robert died 12 Eliz. and lies buried with his ancestors at
Coughton.
Thomas Throckmorton, of Coughton, Efq; Only furviving
fon of Sir Robert, fucceeded him. His life was a continued
trouble on account of his religion, his eftate being frequently
under fequeftration, and his perfon often imprifoned ; but the
fevereft hardfhip was the lofs of the manor of Ravenfton,
which he held by leafe from the Crown, paying 63 1. 13s.
yearly, at Lady-day and Michaelmas, or within forty days
after, by equal portions : But upon an advantage, taken many
years after, for default of payment of the rent, at the exacl:
time, (occafioned by a fervant's lofmg part of the money at
gaming, which he was then lent to pay,) he loft the fame j
and tho' the Queen's Receiver had afterwards received it, and
given an acquittance as if paid at the proper time, yet, after
great expences in law, he never could recover it ; and having
paid feveral funis on account of reculancy, which, together
with his great hofpitality, and noble generous fpirit, obliged
him to contract feveral debts, yet he took great care that none
of his creditors mould fuffer by him, and therefore fold the
ample eflate brought by his Lady, as well as fome others^ He
married Margaret, daughter and coheir to William Whor-
wood, Efq; Attorney-general to King Henry VIII. (the other
filler being married to Ambrofe Dudley, Earl of Warwick,)
by whom he had one fon, John, and five daughters ; Mar-
garet, wife to Sir Rice Griffin (or Griffith) of Brome Courts
in Warwick/hire ; Elizabeth, married to Sir Henry Griffith,
of Wichnore, in Staffordihire, Knts ; Eleanor, to Sir Henry
Jernegan, of Coffey Hall, in Norfolk, Bart. Meriel, wife.
of Henry Berkley, Efq; fon and heir of Sir Henry Berkleys
of Gloucefterfhire, Kntt and Mary, who died unmarried. This
Thomas Throckmorton, Efq; died March 13, 2614* agecf
eighty-one, and lies buried at Weitcn, in Bucks.
John Throckmorton, of Coughton, Efq; his only fon, died
in his father's life time ; he married Agnes, daughter of Tho-
mas Wilford, Efq; fon of Sir James Wilford, of Newman-hall^
in Quendon, in Efiex, Knt. by whom he had four forts ?
I. Robert, of whom hereafter; 2. Ambrofe, 3. Thomas, who
wef 2 be& Colonels in the army of King Charles I. and died
tmmar-
THROCKMORTON, of Coughton. 485
unmarried ; and, 4. George, who died in Italv, unmarried :
alfo five daughters ; 1. Eleanor, wife of Sir Edward Goldin ,
of Colfton Baffet, in Nottinghamfhire, Bart. 2. Winifrid, mar-
ried to John Powell* of Sandford, in Oxfordshire, Efqi 3. Mar-
gery, Priorefs of the Englifh nunnery at Louvain ; 4. Marga-
ret ; and, 5. Mary.
Robert Throckmorton, of Coughton, Efq; the eldeft fon,
and heir to his grandfather, was advanced to the dignity of a
Baronet, 19 Car. I. He refided very little at Coughton, but
kept a bountiful houfe at Wefton, for many years, till the
breaking out of the civil wars, when he had his eftate feque-
ftred, and his houfe at Coughton plundered, and miferably de-
faced, and made a garrilon of, by the Parliament forces ;
whereupon he was forced to fecurc himiclf at Worcefter, leav-
ing his Lady at Welton ; and dying 1650, was buried at
Coughton.
This Sir R.obert had two wives ; firft, Dorothy, daughter of
Sir John Fortefcuc, of Salden, in Bucks, Knight of the Bath,
by whom he had no iflue ; {he died Nov. 4, 161 7, and lies bu-
ried at Coughton ; fecondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Francis
Smith, of Afliby Folvile, in Leicefterfhire, Knt. filler to Sir
Charles, the firft Baron Carington, (of Wotton, in Warwick*
fhire,) and to Sir John Smith, who with his own hands re-
deemed, in the battle of Edge-hill, the banner royal of King
Charles I. for which fignal valour he then received in the field
the honour of Knight Banneret. By her Sir Robert had four
fons, whereof only Sir Francis furvived him ; and one daugh-
ter, Anne, married to Edward Guldeford, of Hempfted-place,
in Kent, Efq; father of Sir Robert Guldeford, Bart.
Sir Francis Throckmorton, Bart, his only furviving fon,
and fuccellor in dignity and eftate, rebuilt the manfion houfe
at Coughton, and lived in great hofpitalitv (luring the peace
and plenty that enfued after the Reftoration. He married
Anne, daughter and iole heir of John Monfon, of Kinneiiley,
in Surry, Efq; fon of Sir William Monfon, Knt. Vice-Ad-
miral of England temp. Jac. I. and had iflue four fons, and
three daughters ; 1. Francis, who died Sept. 10, 1676, aged
fixteen, at Bruges, in Flanders ; 2. Sir Robert, his fucci !ior;
3. John, who died at four years old ; 4. George, who made
iuch improvements bv his travels into France and Italv, as to
be efteemed one of the completed- gentlemen of his tune ; he
ied a life, for fome years before he died, with fuch devotion
towards God, humility and charity towards his neighbours,
and rigorous mortification towards himfejf, that his life was
thought proper to be printed, in 1706 ; he dtf-d Ap. 16, 1705,
aged thirty-four years. The daughters w«€ .Anne, a nun, of
I i 3 the.
486 THROCKMORTON, of Coughton.
the order of St. Auguftine, at Paris ; Mary, wife of Martin
Wollafcot, of Wollafcot, in Shropihire, Efq; and Elizabeth.
Sir Francis died Nov. 7, 1680, and lies buried at Wefton.
Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart, eldeft furviving fon of Sir
Francis, fucceeded to the Lordfhip of Coughton, in Warwick-
shire, and Wefton, alias Wefton Bofun, near Olney, in Bucks,
and to the other eftates of his anceftors, being the heir general
ofAbberbury, Besford, Spiney, and Wefton, heir of Bofum,
or Bofun. He was born at Moorhall, in Warwickfhire, Jan.
10, 1662. He refided chiefly at Wefton ; and having married
Mary, fecond daughter of Sir Charles Yates, of Auckland, in
Berks, Bart, (fole furviving fifter and heir of Sir Joftn Yates,
of the fame place, Bart.) had ilTue three fons ; Robert," who
died an infant, Jan. 14, 1688, aged but fifteen days ; George,
born at Wefton, Dec. 7, 1690, who died during his father's
life time 5 and Sir Robert, his fuccefibr : Alfo eight daugh-
ters ; Anne, Mary, Elizabeth, Catharine, Frances ; Char-
lotte, married to Sir Thomas- Windfor Hunloke, of Winger-
worth, in Derbyfhire, Bart. Apollonia, married to Sir Edward
Blount, of Sodington, in Worcefterfhire, Bart, and Frances.
Sir Robert dying 1720, (and his Lady, July, 1728,) the dig-
nity and eftate devolved on his only fon,-
Sir Robert Throckmorton, the prefent Baronet, the eigh-
teenth heir male of this family, who hath had three wives ;
firft, Lady Terefa, fifth daughter of the Right Hon. William,
Marquis of Powis, by whom he had two fons, and one daugh-
ter ; Robert, who died young ; and George, who died Aug.
39, 1767, leaving ten children ; alfo one daughter, Mary,
married to Fitzherbert, Efq. His fecond Lady was the
daughter of George Collingwood, of Northumberland, Efq; by
whom he had a daughter, married to — Gifford, Efq. His
third Lady is the daughter of James Heywood, of Morrifton,
in Devon, Efq. ** ■' '
Arms. Gules, on a Chevron, Argent, three Bars, Gemels,
Sable.' t"^-n '
Crest. On a Wreath, a Falcon, volant, proper, armed
With Bells jelTant, Or. The ancient Creft being, on a Wreath,
an Elephant's Head. ■ < -
Motto. Virtus fola Nohllitas ; or, Moribus antiquis.
Seats. At Coughton, in Warwickfhire, and Wefton, in
Puckinghamfhire. *;
118. Hal-
H A L T O N, of Samford. 487
118. Halton, of Samford, EiTex.
Created Baronet, Sept. 10, 1642.
JOHN HALTON, of Swanzey, a Gentleman of Cam-
bridgeihire, was living 12 Hen. VI. 1433.
His defcendant (as is fuppofed) was Robert Halton, Efq;
Serjeant at Law, who married Jane, daughter and heir of
Drayner, by whom he had three fons ; 1. Roger ; 2. Sir Wil-
liam Halton, of the Middle-Temple, and of Great Abington,
in Cambridgefhire, Knt. who died unmarried, and lies buried
in Great Abington church.
The third fon of the Serjeant, was Robert, of Sabridge-
worth, in Hertfordfhire, who married, 1, Efther, daughter of
William Booth, of Lincolnfhire, by whom he had five fons,
Roger, Thomas, William, Robert, and John. His fecond wife
was the relict of Mr. Shute, by whom he had no iffue.
William Halton, Efq; third fon, executor and heir to his
uncle, purchafed the eftate of Little Samford-hall, in ElTex, of
Sir Edward Green, Bart, and paid his ingrefs fine 16 Cha. I.
He had two wives ; 1 . Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Altham,
of Marks-hall, in Latton, in ElTex, Knt. by whom he had
Sir William, his fucceflbr ; and Mary, who died unmarried.
This Lady died Dec. 29, 1644, aged twenty- fix, and lies bu-
ried in the chancel of Little Samford church.
Sir William married, fecondly, Urfula, daughter of Sir Tho-
mas Fifher, of Iflington, in Middlefex, Bart, by whom he had
two fons ; Sir Thomas, of whom hereafter ; and Richard, who
married Mary, daughter of George Johnfon, Gent, by whom
he had a fon George ; and two daughters, Urfula and Sufan ;
and dying Sept. 14, 1703, was buried at St. Andrew's, Hol-
bourn. George, his fon and heir, married Hannah, eldeft
daughter of Mr." Fenwick Lambert, of London 5 and dying
May 7, 1729, was buried at St. Andrew's, Holbourn, leaving
four fons, who all died unmarried, except Thomas^ the eldeft,
of whom we fhall have occafion to make mention hereafter.
Sir William died about 1662, and was buried in the chancel
of the church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in Middlefex. His
Lady furviving him, was remarried to Matthew Meriton, of
London, Merchant.
Sir William Halton, Bart, (eldeft fon of Sir William, by
the firft venter,) fucceeded him in title and eftate; and dy-
ing unmarried, March 4, 1675, was buried at Latton, in
pfTex 5 whereupon the dignity and eftate came to his half-
brother,
I i 4 Sir
488 B L O U N T, of Sodington.
Sir Thomas Halton, Bart, who married Elizabeth, daughter
of John CrefTener, of London, Efq; She died Aug. 26, 1716,
and was buried at Iflington, in Middlefex. By her he had
feveral children, all of which died unmarried, except Sir Wil-
liam, his FuccefTors and Mary, wife of James Nicoll, of the
Court Lodge in Munfield, near Roberts-bridge, in Suflex, Efq;
She died May 29, 1739, and was buried at Munfield ; Sir Tho-
mas died Sept. 6, 1726, was buried at Iflington, and fucceeded
in dignity and eftate, by his eldeft fon,
Sir William Halton, who married Frances, daughter of Sir
George Dalfton, Knt. eldeir. fon and heir of Sir George Bal-
fton, of Heath-hall, in the county cf York, Bart, widow of
John Jermy, of Sturton-hal], in Suffolk, Efq. Sir William
died Feb. 12, 1754, without iiTue.
Thomas, the eldei" ion @f George, (by Mrs. Fen wick,) fon
of Richard, who was the youngeft fon of the tirft Sir William
Halton, Bart, if living, is the prefent Baronet, as heir to the
laft Sir William ; but he went abroad about ine years ago,
and has not been heard of fmce. He left one fon, William,
who is now about twenty years of age, and is married to Mary,
daughter of Michael Garner, of King Ripton, in Hunting-1
donfhire, Efq; and is fuppofed to be the prefent Baronet, by
reafon of his father's leaving England as before mentioned.
Arms. Party per pale, Azure and Gules, a Lion rampant,
Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion fejant, Argent, holding a
broken Lance, Proper.
119. Blount, of Sodington, Worcefterfhire.
Created Baronet, Oct. 5, 1642.
THIS ancient family is faid to take its rife from the Blond i5
or Biondi, in Italy, whofe hiftorians derive them from
tjhe Roman Flavii.
Blound, Lord of Guifhes, in France, had three fons, who
came into England with William the Conqueror. One re^
turned into France ; the other two, Sir Robert and Sir Wil-
liam Blound, remained in England, and gave a beginning to
all the Blourits in this kingdom. Sir Robert, created by the
Conqueror, Baron of Ickfworth, in Suffolk, married Gundred,
daughter to the Earl Ferrers. He was Dux Manuum Milita-
rium, Baron of tckfworth, Lord of Orford-caftle, Walfham,
Stepworth, Afrmeld, and Laningham; in Suffolk,
" ■ - Gilbert.
B L O U N T, of Sodington. 489
Gilbert, his fori, married Alicia de Colekirk, and left ifliie
WiJliam, Baron of Iokfworth, who married Sarah, daughter of
Monchampes, orMonchenfy* Lord ofEIwalilon, in Derbymire,
and had iffue Gilbert, by others called Hubert, Baron of Ickf-
worth. He married Agnes de Infaia, or Lifie, and had iffue
two fons, William and Stephen.
Sir William, the eldefr, married Cecilia de Vere, and had
jflue his (on. Sir William; who, taking part with Mountford,
Earl of Leiccfte?, was /lain at :e of Lewes, in Sufiex,
and attainted in Parliament temp. Hen. 111. and here ended the
Blounts, Barons of Ickfworth. But
Sir Stephen, fecond fon of Gilbert, or Hubert, married Ma-
ria, fole daughter and heirefs of Sir William le Blound, of Sax-
Jingham, in Suffolk, the fourth in a right line from Sir William
Blound, brother to the firft Sir Robert, and General of Foot to
the Conqueror. From the families thus united, all the Blounts*
in England, are defcenued.
Sir John Blount, their fon and heir, married one of the fitters
and coheirs of Richard de Wrotham, and had iffue Peter, who
died iffuelefs ; and Sir William, who married Ifabel, fole daugh-
ter and heir to the Lord Beauchamp, of Hache, in Somerfet-
fhire, and relict of the Lord Lovet. He had by her three fons,
Sir Walter; Sir Thomas, from whom defcend the Blounts of
Maple- Durham, Tittenhanger, and others ; of the third fon
there is no record.
Sir Walter, of the Rock, fon and heir, married Joan, daugh-
ter, and fole heir to Sir William de Sodington, whereby they pof-
feffed that eftate, which has been the continued feat of the fa-
mily to this day. He had iffue Sir William Blount, who mar-
ried Margaret, daughter and coheir of the Lord Verdun ; but
dying without iffue, left many of his lands to his brother, temp*
Edw. III.
Sir John, his brother, married Ifolda, daughter and heir to
Thomas, Lord Montjoye, and grand-daughter and heir to the
Lord Ralph Montjoye ; whence that title was afterwards af-
fumed, as a Baron v, in this family : Richard, their eldell fon*
died without iiTue ; Sir John, fecond fon, by his firft wife,
daughter to — ■ — , was father of John. By his fecond wife,
Ifabella, daughter and heir of Sir Bryan Cornwall, of Kin-
let, defcend the Blounts of Kinlet, Eye, Kidderminfter, Orl-
ton, &c.
Sir John Blount, Knt. elded fon, married Ifabel, daughter of
Sir John Foulhurft ; but dying before his father, left his foil,
Sir John, who fucceeded his grandfather j and married Catha-
rine, daughter and heir of Thomas Corbet, of Stanford, by
whom he had divers children. His elded iurviving fon,
Peter
490 BLOUNT, of Sodington.
Peter Blount, Efq; of Sodington, by Anne, daughter of Ed-
ward Cornwall, Baron of Burford, had iffue Thomas Blount, of
Sodington, Efq; who married two wives, firfl, Catharine, daugh-
ter of Thomas Stanford, of Rowly, in StafFordmire, Efq; by
whom he had two fons, i. Walter Blount, Efq; who married
two wives ; firft, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Talbot, of
Grafton, in Worcefterfhire, Knt. and, fecondly, Catharine,
daughter of Thomas Grey, of Enville, in StafFordmire, Efq;
but had no iflue by either of them ; 2. Henry, who died with-
out iffue ; but the faid Thomas, by his fecond wife, Jocofa,
daughter and heir of Thomas Shirley, of Stockton, in Here-
fordshire, Efq; had two fons, Sir George ; and Peter, who died
without iffue. Sir George Blount, Knt. eldeft fon by the fe-
cond venter, and heir to his half-brother, married Eleanor,
daughter of William Norwood, of Leckhampton, in Gloucef-
terfhire, Efq; and left iffue four fons, and three daughters, viz.
Elizabeth, married to William Wallh, of Aberley ; Eleanor, to
Henry Ingram, Efqrs; and Margaret, who died young. The
younger fons ferved King Charles I. in England, Ireland, and
Germany.
Sir Walter Blount, the eldeft fon, was advanced to the dig-
nity of a Baronet, 18 Car. I. and married, very young, to Eli-
zabeth, daughter of George Wyld, of Droitwich, in Worcef-
terfhire, Efq; Serjeant at Law. This Sir Walter was a great
fufferer for King Charles I. for whom he was long imprifoned,
firft at Oxford, then in the Tower of London ; himfelf, his
brothers, and four fons, were all in the fame fervice. His fe«*
cond fon, Colonel John Blount, was Lieutenant-colonel in K.
Charles II. *s own reeiment, when Prince of Wales. His third
fon, William, was Major in the Queen's regiment. Peter, fourth
fon, was a Captain at Worcefter fight, and married Frances,
daughter of Sir John Perfhall, of Horfley, in StafFordmire, Bart.
reli§ of John Stanford, of Salford, Efq; Walter, Thomas, and
Edward died young, or unmarried. His daughters were, Elea-
nor, married, firft, to Robert Knightly, of Offchurch, in War-
wickfhire, Efq; fecondly, to the hon. Walter Afton, afterwards
Lord Afton, of the kingdom of Scotland ; Anne, married James
Anderton, of Birchley, in Lancashire, Efq; (who left only one
daughter ; by whofe intermarriage, that eftate fell to Sir Wil-
liam Gerrard, of Garfwood, in that county, Bart.) Elizabeth,
married Henry Englefield, of Englefield, in Berks, Efq; Frances,
married Andrew Windfor, Efq; fon of Sir Thomas Windfor.
Of the younger fons, none left iiTue but Colonel John Blount,
(who, by his fecond wife, a daughter of Burgh, in Ire-
land, left a fon George, who married a daughter of Mr.
Bowyer's, of Luntlow3 in the county of Hereford,) and had
many
B L O U N T, of Sodington. 491
many children.) He was fucceeded, in dignity and eftate, by
his eldeft fon,
Sir George Blount, Bart, who married Mary, fole daughter
and heir to Richard Kirkharn, of Blagdon, in Devonfhire, Efq;
fon and heir to Sir William Kirkham, of Blagdon, Knt. (by his
fecond wife, daughter of Sir Henry Tychburne, of , in
Hampfhire,) by whom he had feveral children, who all died
young. His eldeft fon and fuccefibr was
Sir Walter-Kirkham Blount, Bart, who married, firft, Alicia,
daughter of Sir Thomas Strickland, of Thornton-brigg, inYork-
fhire, Knt. by her he had two fons, who both died infants. His
fecond wife was Mary, daughter to Sir Caefar Cranmer, of Aft-
wood-bury, in Bucks, Knt. He died without ifiiie, at Gaunt,
in Flanders, May 12, 1717.
George Blount, Efq; his fecond brother, married, firft, Mary,
daughter of the Earl of Thomond (relict of the Lord Vifcounc
Cullen.) His fecond wife was Conftantia, daughter of Sir George
Cary, of Tor- Abbey, in Devonfhire, Knt. by whom he had Sir
Edward Blount, and two other fons, who died young ; and five
daughters ; Conftantia, married to Sir John Smythe, of AcSton-
Burnell, in Salop, Bart. Mary, married to Edward Dickenfon,
of Wrightington, in Lancafhire, Efq; Anne, who is ftill living ;
Elizabeth, and Catharine, who died young.
William, Sir George's third fon, as alfo John, Charles, John,
and Richard, died young.
Edward Blcunt, of Blagdon, Efq; younger fon of Sir George,
died 1726, having married Anne, eldeft daughter of Sir John
Guife, of Rendcombe, in Gloucefterfhire, Bart, by whom he had
four daughters, Elizabeth, married to the Right Hon. the Lord
Clifford, Baron of Chudleigh ; Mary, married to his Grace,
Edward, Duke of Norfolk ; Anne, unmarried ; and Henrietta,
widow of the Hon. Philip Howard, of Norfolk, Efq;
Sir George Blount, Bart, had alfo five daughters ; Mary, mar-
ried to Henry Howard, of Clun, in Salop, Efq; (and died May 5,
1732, aged about eighty.) Anne, married to Sir Francis Jer-
negan, of Cofley-hall, in Norfolk, Bart. Elizabeth, married
to Beaumont Tafburgh, of Bodney, in Norfolk, Efq; Catha-
rine, married to Richard Minfhull, of Bourton, in Bucks, Efq;
(fhe died March 1, 1739-40, aged about eighty-three;) and
Lucy, who died young.
Sir Edward Blount, of Sodington, Bart, fucceeded his uncle
jn dignity and eftate. He married Apollonia, daughter of Sir
Robert Throckmorton, of Coughton, in Warwickshire, Bart,
and had iffue four fons ; Sir Edward, his fuccefibr, and Sir Wal-
ter, fucceflively Baronets; Robert, and George, who both died
infants.
492 CHAMBERLAYNE, ofWickham.
infants. Alfo three daughters ; Apollonia, Louifa, and Mary,
who all died unmarried. He was fucceeded by his eldeft fon,
Sir Edward Blount, Bart, who married Frances, daughter and
fole heir of William Molyneux, of Mofsborougb, in Lanca-
fhire, Efq*, by whom he had one fon, Edward, who died young;
and Sir Edward dying in 1765, without ifTue living, the title
and eftate defcended to his brother,
Sir Walter Blount, the prefent Baronet, who is the twenty-
firft in fucceulon from the Conqueft. He married, in 1766, the
Hon. Mary Afton, eldeft daughter, and coheir, of the late Right
Hon. James, Lord Afton, and Baron of Forfar, in Scotland ;
by whom he had a fon born Sept. 30, 1 767, who died the 4th
or" October following ; and another fon, Walter, born Sept. 3#
1768.
Arms. Barry, Nebule of Six, Or and Sable.
Crest. An armed Foot in the Sun.
Motto. Lux tua, Via mea.
. Seats. At Sodington, in Worcefterfhire, and Mawly, in
£hrop{hire.
120. Chamberlayne, of Wickham* Oxr
fordfhire.
Created Baronet, Feb. 4, 1642.
THIS ancient family is defcended from William, Count
Tankerville, of Tankerville-Caftle, in Normandy, who
came into England with William the Conqueror, but returned
again into Normandy.
John de Tankerville was a younger fon of the former Earl*
and was Lord Chamberlain to King Hen. I. Richard, his fon,
was Lord Chamberlain to King Stephen, and thereupon aflumed
the firname of Chamberlain. William, his fon, Lord of North
Rifton, was Lord Chamberlain to King Hen. II. and married
the daughter of Clifton. He had taken prifoner Robert
de Bellemont, Earl of Millain in Normandy, and Earl of Lei-
ctfter in England, commonly called Blancbmaines, who had
taken part with young King Henry, againft his father.
Robert Chamberlayne, his fon, was father of Sir Richard*
who married Jane, daughter and heir of John Gatefden, by
whom he had ifTue Sir Robert, whofe wife was a daughter of
- — - Griffith, of Northamptonfliire.
'Sir
C H AMBER LAV NE, of Wickham. 493
Sir John Chamberlayne, Knt. his fon, took to wife Jane
daughter and heir of John Mortein, fon and heir of Sir John
Mortein, (of an ancient knightly family,) by the heir of Ekney,
and had ifTue Sir Richard, who by Jane, daughter of Sir John
Reyns, of Clifton Reyns, Knt. was father of Sir Richard, John,
of whom hereafter, and leveral other children ; whereof Sir Ri-
chard fettled at Sherborne, in Oxfordfhire, where his poftcrity
continued till the reign of King James I. when John Chamber-
layne, Efq; the laft of that branch, died, leaving two daughters,
his coheirs. The eldeft married, firft, Sir Thomas Gage, of
Firle, in Suflex, Bart, fecondiy, Sir William Goring, of Bur-
ton, in the fame county, Bart. The youngeft daughter mar-
ried the Lord Abergavenny.
Francis Chamberlayne, Efq; late Member of Parliament for
New Shoreham, and Richard Chamberlayne, Efq; of Prince -
thcrpe, in Warwickshire* were defcended from this branch of
the Chambeflaynes.
Which Rich. Chamberlayne. Efq; was late High-Sheriff of the
county of Eflex ; and married Sarah, daughter and heir of Jef-
fery Stanes, Efq; of Rves, in EiTex, by whom he has only one
fon, Stanes Chamberlayne.
John Chamberlayne, ofHopton, in Derbyshire, Efq; (fecond
fon of Sir Richard, before mentioned,) continued the line. He
married Alice, the daughter of Benfted, and had iffue Thorn;
whofe wife was the daughter of Knifton. John, his fon,
by the daughter of Elton, was father of John, who efpoufed
Agnes, daughter of Keynes, and was father of William,
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Fleming, of Dart-
mouth ; by whom he had ifTue
Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, of Prefbury, who married three
wives; firft, Anne Vandcr-Zenney, of the houfe of Naffau, irt
the Low Countries. His fecond wife was Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir John Ludington, (and relicl of Machine,) from
whom the Chamberlaynes, of Maugerfbury, are defcended. His
third wife was Anne, daughter of Kirkeet, half fitter to
Sir _ Monk, of Devonshire, grandfather to the Duke of Al-
bemarle ; from whom defcended the Chamberlaynes, of Od-
dington ; v/hich faid family is lately extinct.
This Sir Thomas Chamberlayne was eminent for his publick
iervices : He was AmbaiTador in the reigns of King Henry VIII,
King Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth.
A younger brother to this Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, was
William Chamberlayne, Efq; who fettled in Ireland, and left
one fon, Thomas ; who applying himfelf to the ftudy of the
Laws cf England, and being eminent id his profeifion, was firft
knighted
494 CHAMBERLAYNE, of Wickham.
knighted by King James I. and foon after advanced by him to
be Chief Juftice of Chefter : After which, viz. anno 1618, he
was promoted to be one of the Juftices of his Majefty's Court bf
King's Bench ; but being willing to retire from bufinefs, got
leave to refign his office in 1622, and, by his Majefty's favour,
reafTumed his place of Chief Juftice of Chefter, in which office
he died. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Fer-
mor, of Eafton Nefton, in Northamptonfhire, Knt. reli£t. of
Sir William Stafford, of Blatherwick, in the fame countyi Knt.
by whom he had Thomas, his fon and heir, and George Cham-
berlayne, of Wardington, in Oxfordlhire, Efq; who married
Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Saltinftall, of South Okingdori,
in Eflex, Knt. and left iffue.
Thomas Chamberlayne, Efq; eldeft fon and heir of the Judge,
in confideration of his diftinguifhed loyalty to his Majefty, in the
time of the great rebellion, and of his ancient defcent, was by
him created a Baronet, in the 18th year of his reign. He mar-
ried a daughter of the knightly family of the Aclands, in the
county of Devon, by whom he had two fons, Sir Thomas, and
Sir James, both fucceflively Baronets.
Sir Thomas, the eldeft fon, and fucceftbr to his father, mar-
ried Margaret, daughter of Edmund Prideaux, of the Inner-
Temple, Efq; by whom he had only two daughters, his coheirs.
Catharine, the eldeft daughter, was married, firft, to Richard, Vif-
count Wenman, of the kingdom of Ireland, (by whom fhe had
one fon, Thomas, Lord Vifcount Wenman ; and two daugh-
ters ; one married, firft, to Capt. Bertie, of the Abingdon fa-
mily, deceafed ; and, fecondly, Sir William Ofbaldefton, of Ne-
thercot, Oxon, Bart, the other married John Wickfted, Efq;)
The faid Catharine was afterwards fecond wife of James, Earl
of Abingdon, who died in 1699, by whom fhe had no ifTue£
and fince married to her third hufband, Francis Wroughton, of
Hefkett, in the county of Wilts, Efq; Penelope, the fecond
daughter of Sir Thomas, was married to Sir Robert Dafhwood
of Northbrooke, in the county of Oxford, Bart, by whom
fhe had a numerous ifTue. Sir Thomas, leaving no male ifluej
was fucceeded in the dignity, but not the eftate, by his bro-
ther,
Sir James Chamberlayne, Bart, a Gentleman of great learn-
ing, who married Margaret, daughter of Goodwin, ofBo-
dicote, Oxon. Gent, and died Oct. 1699, leaving three fons,
and one daughter ; 1. Sir James, his fucceftbr j 2. Henry; 3.
Thomas, and the daughter, who both died unmarried.
Which Sir James Chamberlayne, Bart, in June, 1745, was
appointed Major of the Royal Regiment of Horfe Guards Blue*
and
CHAMBERLAYNE, of Wickham. 495
and promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel of the (aid Regiment,
Dec. 1750. He married a daughter of Walker, Efq; for-
merly Clerk to the Houfe of Commons, and had fcveral chil-
dren. He died in December, 1767, and was fucceeded by
Sir James Chamberlayne, his eldeft fon, who is the prefent
Baronet.
P. S. Sir John Chamberlayne, of this family, was a great fol-
dier, and eminent in the court of Edw. III. It appears by a
record now in the Tower, that the King did grant to him, Dy
the name of Count Chamberlain, Earl of Tankerville, Vifcount
de Miliaine, and High Conftable of Normandy, a warrant to
receive 10,000 marks, which he had lent to the King's fon, in
the wars with France.
Of this family alfo was Sir Roger Chamberlayne, who, by the
intrigues of the traiterous Duke of Suffolk, M. de la Poole,
was condemned, and in part executed as a traitor, for his fide-
lity to his patron, Humphry, Duke of Gloucefter, Regent of
England, during the minority of K. Henry VI. con-monly
called the Good Duke Humphry -, but by great providence was
preferved.
As was alfo Sir William Chamberlayne, of Gedding, in Suf-
folk, a great favourite and companion of Edw. IV. by whom
he was made Knight of the Garter, in the firft year of his reign.
He was a man of great renown, an able governor, and expert
foldier ; for during his being Governor of Craill upon Oife, in
France, which in 1436 was befieged by the French, immediately
after they had taken Paris, he behaved fo bravely, that with two
hundred Englifhmen only, he iflued out of the town, difcomfited
his enemies, flew two hundred of them, and took a great many
prifoners. His wife was Anne, daughter and fole heirefs of Sir
Robert deHetlin^, Knt. who furviving him, married, fecondly,
Sir Robert Wingfield, Knt. Comptroller of the Houfhold to K.
Edw. IV. and to her third hufband, in 1492, John, Lord Scrope,
of Bolton.
Arms. Gules, an Inefcutcheon, Argent, between eight Mul-
lets in Orle, Or. Quartering : Gules, a Chevron between
three Efcallops, Or.
Crest. Out of a Ducal Coronet, Or, an Afs's Head, Proper.
Motto. Virtuti nihil invium.
SfiATc Duns-Tew, in Oxford/hire.
121. Uu$-
496 HUNLOKE, of WingerwortK:
121. Hunloke, of Wingerworth, E>erby£hire;
Created Baronet, Feb. 28, 1642.
THAT this Bafconet is defcended from an ancient family*
plainly appears* from a certificate given to Sir Henry Hun-
loke, Dec. 14, 1674, by James, Earl of Suffolk, Deputy to the
Right Hon. Henry, Earl of Norwich, Earl-Marfhal of England,
wherein he affirms, that his anceftors, for many defcents, have
borne and ufed for their arms, Three Tigers Heads, &c. as ap-
peareth by old records remaining in the College of Arms, which
leaves no room to doubt of iheir ancient extractions
And it is evident, from the deeds and writings of this family,
that Nicholas Hunloke did, in the reign of King Henry VIII,
pofFefs a very confiderable eft-ate, not only at Hadley* in Middle-
sex, but likewife near Bramcot, and Stapleford, in Nottingham-
fhire. He died at London, leaving iflue two fons, Nicholas,
and Thomas, by his v/ife Alice, daughter of —» — Bryche, of
Brychc-hall, in Lancafhire ; who remarried to Allen Sutton, of
Upper- Haddon, in Derbyshire.
Nicholas, the eldeft Jon and heir, married Elizabeth, daughter
0f —Barlow, of Barlow, in the county of Derby* and had
iiTue, Nicholas, • Henry, Joan, Margaret, and Chriftopher. He
did not only enjoy the paternal eftate, but alfo the manor of
Wingerworth, in Derbymire, which he purchnfed from Richard
Curfon, Efq; and there the family lias ever flnce refided, except-
ing a (hort fpace, during the time of Oliver Cromwell, who
banifhed them (as known loyalifts to their Sovereign) from their
hoitfe, which being a large ftone building, he converted it into
a garrifon. But Lady Hunloke, relict of the firft Baronet* here-
after mentioned, remarrying with Col. William Michell, one of
Cromwell's officers, the Colonel proved a good friend to the fa-
mily, and a happy inftrument of preferving both the manfion
and eftate from any further damage or wafte. She had one
daughter by the Colonel, who married Sir James Phelyppes, of
Stoke Charity, in Hampmire, Knt. but died without iiTue. This
Nicholas died at Wingerworth, anno 1552, 5 Edw. VI. and
lies buried in that parifli church.
His eldeft fon Nicholas, who married a Craihaw, dying without
iiTue, his fecond fon, Henry, fucceeded to the eftate ; who had by
Margaret, his wife, (who was daughter of Nicholas Walker, Efq;')
Henry his only fon and heir. He afterwards married Edith, daugh-
ter of William Rerefby, of Thifburgh, in Yorkshire, Efq; widow
of George Markham, of Idlefton, alias Eaton, in the fame coun-
ty, Efqj He was interred at Winger worth, Q£r, 20, 1612.
This
HUNLOKE, of Wingerworth. 497
This Henry Hunloke, Efq; took to wife Anne, daughter of
Henry Needham, of Kirtlington, in Nottinghamfhire, and re-
lict of Lawrence Blundefton, of Hexgrave Park, in the fame
county, by whom he had no iflue •, and to his fecond wife, Anne,
daughter and heir of Richard Alvey, of Corber, in Derbyfhire,
Gent, of the family of Alvey, in Nottinghammtre, by whom he
had iflue one Con, Henry, and a daughter, Anne, married to Henry
Powtrell,of Weft-Halldm, in the Grid county, Efq; After which,
the aforefdid Henry Hunloke, being a Gentleman of great eitcem
and authority in his country, and Sheriff for Dtrbyihire, anno
162.4, to (hew his affcclion to his Prince, did, in a very ad-
vanced age, take a journey to meet King James I. and attending
■him in his progrefs, with a fatigue above his ftrength, fell down
dead in the prefence of his Majefty, at Ukefton, in Derbyfhire,
on the 17th of Auguft, in the fame year, acquiring as much re-
nown by dying in his duty to his Sovereign, as if he had lived
to receive the honour Gf Knighthood, which the King defigned
to confer upon him.
He was fucceeded by his only fon, Henry, not only in efta-tr,
hut alfo in loyalty, which he fufficiently teitiiaed, by readily lend-
ing to King Charles I. a conhderable ilirn of money in his moir.
prefling neceffitv, even at a t-ime when there was little probabi-
lity of ever being repaid. This he did at the requsfl of his iYla-
jesfty, who honoured him with a Letter on this occafion, doled
Sept. 14, 1642.
But his free concurrence to the maintaining the Royal Caufe
flopped not here ; for he foon after (at his own expencc) levied
and accoutred a compleat troop of horfe in the regiment of Col.
John Frechevile, of Stavely, in Derbyfhire, Efq; (afterwards
Lord Frechevile,) whereof he himfelf was Lieutenant-Colonel.
And, to the perpetual honour of his name and family, this young
hero, not yet twenty-two years of age, like a true patriot of hi;
country, at the memorable battle of Edge-hill, in Warwick-
shire, by an uncommon valour, conduct, and courage, fo ligna-
liced himfelf, that King Charles, to pubiifh the honour h- hat
merited that dav, knighted him in the field of battle, and loon
after created him a Baronet.
Not long after, making a bold attempt upon the enemy near
Befkwood-Park, in Nottingham (hire, in a iiiirmiih with unic
of the adverfe parry that lay in ambufh, be receiv-cd a cut v.
a fword in his elbow, which fo di fabled hi-s right hand, that it
h-ung afeiefs in a fcarf to his dying <;...;. an/J u-r hii loyalty to
his Sovereign, he was fined 145SI. by the i jucltrators.
He married Marina, daughter of Dr< ian, of K • •■',
in the pariih of Richmond, in Surry, Efq; -tii his wife,
daughter of Hearty Lord Windfor , in whole right the B?
Vo L. L ■ hi L
498 H U N L O K E, of Wingerworth.
of Windfor, with the eftate, defcended to her brother Thomas,
late Lord Windfor, afterwards created Earl of Plymouth.) He
left iflue Henry, his fon and heir, who fucceeded him ; and a
daughter, called Marina, who became a Benedictine nun at Bruf-
fels ; and a pofthurnous fon, called Thomas Windfor, who died
at Treves, in Germany, Nov. 1672, being a volunteer in the
French army againft the Imperialifts. This Sir Henry Hunloke
died Jan. 13, 1648, and was buried at Wingerworth.
Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart, (fon of Sir Henry Hunloke, Knt.
and Bart, aforeiaid,) married Catharine, only daughter and heir
to Francis Tyrwhit, of Kettleby, in Lincolnfhire, Efq; (fon
and heir of William Tyrwhit, Efq; who married Catharine,
daughter to Anthony Brown, Lord Vifcount Montague ; which
William, was fon and heir of Robert Tyrwhit, of Kettleby,
Efq; by the Lady Bridget Manners, his wife, eldeft daughter
of John, the fourth Earl of Rutland, lineally defcended from
Anne, Duchefs of Exeter, and fifter to K. Edward IV.) by
whom he had (evtn fons, and fix daughters ; 1. Henry, who died
at Paris, in his travels through France; 2. Francis, who died
young ; 3. Sir Thomas-Windfor, his fucceflbr ; 4. Robert,
5. Nicholas, who both died infants ; 6. another Robert, deceafed,
who married Anne, danghter of Marmaduke Carver, of Chefter-
fleld, Gent, but had no iflue. She afterwards married John
Salt, of Betley, in Stafford (hire, Efq; but died without iflue ;
7. Francis, who died at Amfterdam, in Holland. Of his daugh-
ters, Elizabeth married George Heneage, of Hainton, in Lin-
colnfhire, Efq; by whom he had fix fons, and two daughters \
Catharine, Anne, and Terefa died unmarried ; Marina, died a
child ; and another Marina, late Lady Abbefs of the Englifh
Benedictine Nuns, at Pontoife, in France. It is remarkable,
that Sir Henry Hunloke, above mentioned, enjoyed the title and
eftate for the fpace of fixty-feven years, in which time he very
much improved it, having beautified his feat with a pleafant
park, &c. He lived and died in the univerfal efteem of his
country, and was interred at Wingerworth, Jan. 6, 17 15.
Sir Thomas-Windfor Hunloke, the third fon, fucceeded his
father in title and eftate, and refided at Wingerworth, the feat
of his family. This Baronet took to wife Charlotte, the fixth
daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton, ofCoughton, in War-
wickshire, Bart, by whom he had iflue four fons, and feven
daughters; 1. Henry, the prefent Baronet ; 2. Thomas-Wind-
for, 3. Robert, and, 4. James, all living in 1 770 ; Catharine,
Charlotte, Anne, Mary, Marina, Barbara, and Henrietta, all of
whom, except Charlotte and Mary, are now deceafed.
The faid Sir Thomas-Windfor Hunloke, in the year 1726,
taking down the old feat, erected a ftately free-ftone building,
on
D'ANVERS, of Culworth. 499
©n a pleafant hill, adjoining to his Park, rcfiding, while the
manfion was erecting, at Strutton, in the county of Stafford,
whence he returned, with his family, to Wingcrworth, in 1730.
Charlotte, Lady Hunloke, died at Wingcrworth, Dec. 31, 1738,
as did Sir Thomas Windfor, Jan. 30, 1752, and was fucceeded
by his eldeft fon,
Sir Henry Hunloke, the prefent Baronet, who, Dec. 21, 1769,
married Margaret, eldeft daughter of Wenman Coke, of Long-
ford, in Derbymire, Efq; (eldeft fon of Col. Philip Roberts, of
Bexford, in Hertfordmire, Efq; by his wife Anne, youngeft daugh-
ter of Edward Coke, of Holkham, in Norfolk, Efq; and youngeft
ftfter of Thomas Coke, Lord Lovell, and Earl of Leicefter ; and
on the death of the faid Earl, and his fon, Lord Coke, he changed
his name to Coke,) by his wife, Elizabeth Denton, fole heirefs
of George Chamberlayne, of Wardington, in Bucks, Efq; who
took the name of Denton, as nephew and heir of the late Mr.
Juftice Denton.
Arms. Azure> a Fefs, between three Tigers Heads, erafed,Or.
Crest. OnaChapeau, Azure, turned up, Ermine, a Cock-
atrice, with Wings expanded, Proper, Comb> Beak, and Wat-
tles, Or.
Seat. At Wingerworth, in Derbyfhire.
122. D'Anvers, of Culworth, Northamptonfliire.
Created Baronet, March 21, 1642.
♦TPHIS family, denominated from the town of Anvers, in
* France, and anciently written de Anverfo, or D'Anvers*
defcend from Roland D'Anverfo, who entered England with
William the Conqueror; and though we find not any lands he held
by gift of that Prince, who very liberally rewarded his follow-
ers, efpecially thofe who took up their abode here, vet Ranulph
D'Anvers, his fon, received of Crifpin, Lord of Wallingford,
(whofe Knight he was,) the manors of Marlow, Dorney, and
Huckham, to hold of his Honour of Wallingford.
Roland (fon of Ranulph,) wasDapifer to the Baron of Wa!-
lingford ; and his defcendant, Sir Ranulph D'Anvers, married
the°daughter and heir to William de la Riviere, by which match
he greatly increafed his eftate ; to which a fircher addition was
made by William, his fon and heir, who married with the fitter
and coheir of Robert de Colefhall. He was living 17 Edw. III.
and one of the witnefTes to a charter of that King, dated Nov. 9,
*343i whereby Nicholas de Cantilupe becamp the founder of the
Kk2 Car-
5oo D ' A N V E R S, of Culworth.
Carthufian monaftery of Beavall, in Nottinghamfhire, and be-
ing denominated of Wappenham, had iflue Robert, who died
37 Edw. III. having had iflue by Alice, his wife, fifter and co-
heir to Robert de la Beech, of Aldworth, in Berks, (whofe fa-
mily had been Barons of Parliament, and of ancient extraction,)
two fons, Edmund and Richard.
Edmund was aged twenty-two in 38 Edw. III. and had iflue
William, who was Under-Treafurer of England temp. Hen. IV",
and left pofterity ; one of which, probably f was Thomas, who
married Joan, the daughter of William Bruly, of Waterftoke,
in Oxfordihire. From which marriage defcended Sir William
D'Anvers, Knt. conitituted a Juflice of the Common Pleas
3 Hen. VIII, whofe fon, John D'Anvers, left three daughters ;
from whom have defcended the Hufbands of Ipfley, the Caves
of Stanford, and the Digbies of Cclefhill.
Richard, younger brother toEdmund, married the daughter and
heir of John de Braceftre, of Oxfordfhire, and by her was the fa-
ther of John, who, in 1399, efpoufed Alice, daughter of Wil-
liam Verney, of Byfield, and had iiTue by her three fons, Ro-
bert ; John, a clergyman ; and Richard.
Robert, who was bred to the Law, in 17 Hen. VI. purchafed
the manor of Culworth. In the 29th of that reign he was made
a Juftice of the Common Pleas, was knighted by K. Edw. IV.
at the Coronation of his Queen, and died in the 7th year of the
reign of that King, leaving by Agnes his wife, daughter of Ri-
chard Quatremains, of Ricot, Oxon. three daughters, who in-
herited his eftate.
Richard, his youngeft brother, was Comptroller of the Cuf-
toms under K. Edw. IV. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
John Langfton, of Caversfield, in Bucks, by whom he had two
fons, Richard and John. Having acquired great wealth, he pur-
chafed of the daughters and coheirs of his brother, Sir Robert
D'Anvers, Knt. the eftates which were left them by their fa-
ther ; out of which (being very confiderable) he fettled the ma-
nor of Culworth on John, his younger fon, upon the faid John's
marriage with Anne Stradling, fifter, and, afterwards heir, to
Sir Edward Stradling, of Dantfey, in Wilts ; by which match
h-e became poflefted of that eftate alfo ; and v/as knighted by K.
Henry VII. at the marriage of Prince Arthur.
Sir John D'Anvers, Knt. had feveral children by the faid Anne
Stradling, of which the eldeft fon, Thomas, fettled himfelf at
Dantfey, and married a daughter of Sir William Courtney, of
Powderham-caftle, in Devon. His fon Sylvefter fucceeded him
there, and by his wife, who was daughter of John, Lord Mar-
daunt, had a fon called John ; which John was knighted by
Queen Elizabeth 3 and marrying Elizabeth, daughter and coheir
of
D'ANVERS, of Culvvorth. 501
of John Nevil, Lord Latimer, by her was the father of Sir
Henry D'Anvers, Knt. who was created Baron D'Anvers, of
Dantfey, I Jac. I. and in i Car. I. Earl of Danby, afterwards a
Knight of the Garter. He had many employments, as well
civil as military, and died at his feat at Cornbury, Oxon. in
1643, memorable for being the Founder of the Phyfic Garden
at Oxford.
William D'Anvers was the fecond fon of Sir John D'Anvers,
Knt. by the faid Anne Stradling ; by whofe procurement, after
Sir John's death, the paternal eftate at Culworth was fettled on
the faid William, by Thomas, his elder brother. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard, and filter of Edward Fiennes ;
from the marriage of which Edward with Margaret D'Anvers,
(filler of the faid William,) is defcended the family of Vifcount
Say and Sele. By the faid Elizabeth Fiennes, William D'An-
vers had an only fon,
John, who married Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Rains-
ford, of Great Tew, Oxon. and had two fons by her, Samuel,
and Daniel ; and three daughters, Temperance, Juftice, and
Prudence.
Samuel, the eldeft fon, married Anne, daughter and heir of
Leonard Pigott, of Little Harwood, in Bucks, by whom he had
feveral children. Samuel, the eldeft fon, fucceeded him j and
dying unmarried, left his eftate to John, his next brother, who
was High Sheriff I Car. I. and was knighted.
Sir John D'Anvers, Knt. married Dorothy, fifter of Sir John
Poultney, Knt. of Mifterton, in Leicefterfhire ; and had by her
Sir Samuel D'Anvers, who was advanced to the dignity of a
Baronet 1 8 Car. I. He was High Sheriff of the county the fame
year that King fuffered, and on that mournful occafion cloathed
his men in black. He married Anne, daughter of Sir William
Pope, Knt. who was one of the fons of William, Earl of Downe,
in the kingdom of Ireland, and had iftue by her,
Sir Pope D'Anvers, Baronet, his fuccefTor, who married Ann ,
the daughter and coheir of William Barker, Efq; of Sunning, in
Berks, by whom he had two fons, John, and Daniel ; and fe-
veral daughters.
Daniel, his youngeft fon, married Martha, daughter of the
Rev. Dr. Hodges, of Warwick, by whom he had two fons, and
two daughters. The two fons died unmarried, as did one of
the daughters ; the other daughter married to Daniel Rich, of
Sunning, fon of Sir Robert Rich, Bart, by whom (he, dying in
1753, left one fon, and two daughters.
Sir John D'Anvers, Bart, the eldeft fon, and fucceflbr of Sir
Pope D'Anvers, married, firft, Meriel, daughter of Sir Rob ,
and fifter of Sir Francis Leicefter, of Nether Tabley, in C
K k 3 fhirc,
502 HAGGERSTON, of Haggerfton-Caftle.
-(hire, Bart. She died in childbed of her only fori, Samuel, who
died about the age of twenty-one, unmarried. Sir John mar-
ried afterwards, Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Hutchins,
Rector of Eydon, by whom he left two fons, and two daugh-
ters ; of which daughters, one only is nqw living.
His eldeft fon by that marriage, Sir Henry D'Anvers, Bart.
died foon after he came of age ; and left his eftate and title to
his brother,
Sir Michael D'Anvers, the prefent Baronet, who was High
Sheriff of the county in 1763.
Arms. Gules, a Chevron between three Mullets of fix Poinis,
pierced, Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Water Wyverne, Or.
Motto. Fort en Loyalty (ufed by the Earl of Danby. }
Seat. At Culworth, in Northamptonfhire.
123. Haggerston, of Haggerfton - Caftle,
Northumberland.
Created Baronet, Aug. 15, 1643.
HT HE name of Haggerfton is of great antiquity, in Scotland,
■* and local, from Halkerfton. William and Richard Hag-
gerftons are witnefles to a donation anno 1190. John de Hag-
gerfton was one of the Scots Barons who fwore fealty to K. Edw.
anno 1296. Robert de Haggerfton is a witnefs in a donation to
the Abbey of Cultre, anno 1468. Sir Thomas Haggerfton is
made travelling Governor to Alexander Stuart, fon to K. James
IV, anno 1506.
Mr. LeNeve, Norroy, begins the pedigree with Thomas de
Haggerfton, who married Agnes, fifter and coheir to Sir Gilbert
Umfrevile, Knt. and had iftue, Thomas Haggerfton, of Hag-
gerfton-Caftle, in Northumberland, who married Mary, daugh-
ter of Alexander Selby, ofBidlefton, in the fame county, and
was father of William, who by Catharine, daughter of Miles
Stapylton, of Wighill, in Yorkshire, had iftue Robert, who took
to wife Julian, daughter of Sir Umfreville, Knt. and had
iiTue Henry, whofe wife was Margaret, daughter and heir of
Hefilrigge, of Hefilrigge, in Northumberland. John Hag-
gerfton, his fon and heir, married Ifabel, daughter of George
Collingwood, of Ellington, In Northumberland, and had iftue
William Haggerfton, Efq; (lain at Panyerheugh, in Scotland,
temp. Hen. VHf. who by Margaret, daughter of Sir George
RatclifFe, of Dilfton3 Knt. fifter" to Sir George Ratcliffe, Knt»
Warden
HAGGERSTON, of Haggerfton-Caftie. 503
Warden of the Eaft Marches, had a fon Henry, born after his
father's deceafe, who married Anne, daughter of Robert Bcad-
nell, ofLemington, in Northumberland, and had iflue William
Haggerfton, of Haggerfton, Efq; who married Margaret, daugh-
ter of Henry Butler, ofRawclifFe, in Lancafhire, Etq; ar.J was
father of
Thomas Haggerfton, Efq; created Baronet by KingCharlr; 1.
He was Colonel of a regiment of horfe and foot, in the ..>ice
of that King, and married Alice, daughter and foleheir of Henry
Banafter, of Bank, in Lancafhire, Efq; and his wife, daugh-
ter and heir of Kuerdon, of Kuerdon, in the fame county, (but
her eftate was all loft or fpent, in the civil wars,) by whom he
had three fons, and four daughters ; i. John, flain at Ormfkirk
fight, in Lancafhire, in the civil wars, Oct. 1644; 2. Sir Tho-
mas, fucceftbr to his father ; 3. Henry, killed by a fall from his
horfe, at Lambtongates, in Durham, 1684. He married at
Liege, in Elanders, and left a daughter, married abroad. The
daughters were, Ellen, married to William Selby, ofBidlefton,
in Northumberland ; Anne, to William Blundel, of Crofby, in
Lancaftiire ; Margaret, to William Hodfhon, of Hebbarnc, in
Durham, Efqrs; and Alice, who died unmarried. Sir Thomas
died at a great age, and was fucceeded, in dignity and eftate, by
his eldeft furviving fon,
Sir Thomas Haggerfton, Bart, who had two wives ; 1. Mar-
garet, daughter of Sir Francis Howard, of Corby-Caflle, Knt.
and had iflue nine fons, and a daughter. This Lady died in
childbed of a daughter, who died almoft as foon as born. Of
the fons, Thomas, the eldeft, was killed in Ireland, in the fer-
vice of King James II, unmarried ; 2. William, of whom here-
after; 3. Henry ; 4. John ; 5, Francis, who all embraced reli-
gious lives ; 6. Edward, who married, firft, Mary, daughter of
Gerard Salvin, of Croxdale, in Durham, Efq; and fecondlv, to
Mrs* Fitzherbe ; the other fons (I take it) died unmarried. Sir
Thomas married to his fecond wife, Jane, daughter and fole
heir of Sir William Carnaby, of Farnham, in Northumberland,
Knt. by whom he had no ifTue. This Sir Thomas was Go-
vernor of Berwick-Caftle, and his houfe there was burned down,
Feb. 19, 1687, when he loft moft of his writings, and fuftain-
ed above 6oco 1. damage, himfelf, wife, and family, narrowly
efcaping.
William Haggerfton, Efq; his eldeft fon, mar Anne,
daughter of Sir Philip Conftable, of Everingham, in Yorkfhirc,
Bart, and died before his father, leaving ifiiie three daughters ;
one married to Salvin, of Croxdaic, in Durham, Efq; alfo
his fon and fucceftbr,
K k 4 Sir
504 ONEILL
SirCarnaby Haggerfton, Bart, who fucceeded his grandfather m
title and eftate. He married Elizabeth Middleton, of Stockhill,
in Yorkfnire, (who died at York, in Dec. 1769,) by whom he
bad three fons ; 1. Sir Thomas, his fucceflbr j 2. William-Con-
ftable, of Everingham, in Yorkftiire ; 3. Edward, of Elingham,
in Northumberland ; Alfo three daughters ; one married toTbo-
, tnas Clifton, of Lytham, in Lancafhite, Efq; the other two are
unmarried. Sir Carttaby died in 1756, and was fucceeded by
his eldeft fon,
Sir Thomas Haggerfton, the prefent Baronet, who married
Mary, daughter of George Silvertop, of Minfter-acry, in Nor-
thumberland, Efq; by whom he has had ifTue three tons, Car-
naby, Thomas, and Edward ; and two daughters, Mary, and
Bridget.
Arms. Azure, on a Bend, cottized, Argent, three Billets,
Sable.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Lion paiTant, Argent,
Seat. At Haggerflon, in Northumberland.
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124. O Neill, of — — , Dublin.
Created Baronet, Nov, 13$ 1643.
/TT HIS family is defcended from Hugh Meyth, who was,
■*- King of Ulfter, in the year 1122, when King Henry II.
landed in Ireland. His grandfon, Hugh Boy O Neill, (from
whom the territories, called the Clanaboys, in the counties of
Down and Antrim received their names,) recovered thofe coun-
tries from the Englifh, (who conquered them frcm the Irifh,]
temp. Hen. II. and enjoyed the fame till the reign of King
James I. One of the family ftill enjoys a confiderable parr
thereof; the refr being partly recovered by force of arms, anc
partly purchafed frcm them in King James the fnft's reign,
who firft inftituted the creation of Baronets, in order to raife
money (the fee of each Baronet being fettled at ioco 01
1200I.) for fubduing the O Neills in UHler; and as a further
reward and encouragement for that fervice, the Ulfter Hand,
being part of the O Neills arms, was given as an augmenta-
tion to the Arms of each Baronet.
The prefent Sir Randal O Neill is the fourteenth, in a lineal
defcent, from the faid Hugh, the laft King of Ulfter.
Sir Bryan O Neill, his great grandfather, in confideratiqn
of his loyalty, bravery, and conduit, at the battle of Edge- hill,
was
HICKMAN, of Galnfborough. 505
was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, 19 Car. I. He
married the Hon. Jane Finch, of the Earl of Nottingham's
family, and died in the year 1680, leaving iiTue,
Sir Bryan O Neill, his fucceflbr, who was one of the Judges
of the King's Bench in Ireland, in King James II. 's reign.
He married Mary Plimket, daughter of Edward, Lord Dun-
fany, (by the Lady Catharine McDonnell, fifter to Randall,
late Marquis of Antrim.) He died 1694, and was fucceeded
by his eldeft fon,
Sir Henry O Neill, who married Mary, daughter of Mark
Bagot, of Mountarran, in Catherlough, Efq; by whom he had
jflue one fon, Randall, his fucceflbr. His fecond Lady was
Rofe, daughter to Capt. James Brabazon, fon of Sir Anthony
Brabazon, of the Earl of Meath's family, by whom he had
three fons, of whom only Francis is living. Sir Henry dying,
was fucceeded by his fon, by the firft venter,
Sir Randall O Neill, the prefent Baronet, who married Mrs.
Margaret Thompkins, a Lady of Englifh extraction, by whom
he has one fon, William, born about the year 1754 5 and one
daughter, Rachael.
Arms. Argent, two Lions rampant, combatant, Gules, and
fupporting a Sinifter Hand, coup'd at the Wrift, Gules ; in
Chief, three Mullets of the Second ; and in Bafc, a Salmon,
naiant, Proper.
Crest. On aWreath, a Dexter Arm, embowed, in Antique
Mail, and with a Gauntlet, holding a Sword, all Proper.
Seat. At the Upper Clanaboys, in the county of Down,
in the Kingdom of Ireland.
125. Hickman, ofGainfborough, Lincolnfhire,
Created Baronet, Nov. 16, 1643.
THE firft I meet with of this family, was Robert Fitz-
Hickman, Lord of the manors of Bloxham, and Wick-
ham, in Oxon, 56 Hen. Ill, 1272, who had two fons, John,
and William. John, the eldeft, was knighted ; and, accord-
ing to the cuftom of thofe times, w<is furnamed de Bloxham,
from his pofTeflions, and ferved in Parliament as one of the
Knights for Oxfordlhire, in 12 and 15 Edw. II. but dying
without iffue,
William Hickman, his brother, was heir to the eftatc ; which
William is mentioned in deeds, in 2 Edw. Ill, 1327, and was
father to Sir Roger, and John, both furnamed de Bloxham,
The
5o6 HICKMAN, of Gainfborough.
The flrft was a principal Commander under King Edw. III. in
his wars againft the French ; but dying without°iflue, his bro-
ther John became heir to the eftate, and is mentioned in deeds
in 51 Edw. Ill, 1376, and was living 1 R. II, 1377.
Henry Hickman was his Ton and heir, living in n Hen. IV,
1409 ; and left ifTue,
William, his fon and heir, Lord of the manor of Woodford-
Hall, in EfTex, where he refided in 8 Hen. V, 1420, and was
fucceeded by William, his fon and heir, in 37 Hen. VI, 14.58,
-who had two fons, William, who died without iffue, and Wal-
ter, who racceeded as heir in 3 Hen. VII, 1487, and had ifTue
three fons, William, Walter, and Henry. William, the eldeft,
dying without iffue, and Henry, the youngeft, who was Pre-
bendary of LlandafF, died 28 April, 29 Hen. VIII, 1537,
whereupon the eftate defcended to
Walter Hickman, of Woodford, fecond fon, who made his
Will, 29 Oct. 1540,
His fon, Anthony, took to wife Rofe, daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Lock, Knt. and coheir to her mother, Catharine, daugh-
ter of Sir Thomas Cook, of Wiltfhire, Knt. They had iffue
fix fons, and one daughter. From William, the eldeft fon,
the prefent Sir Nevile-George Hickman, Bart, is lineally def-
cended ; Henry, the fecond fon, was Doctor of the Civil Law,
and married Anne Wallop, and had iffue one fon, and two
daughters ; Elizabeth, the eldeft, was married to Sir Henry
Fienes, fon of Henry, Earl of Lincoln j Anne, the younger,
married Richard Dukefon, D. D.
Walter, the third fon, was anceftor to the Earl of Ply-
mouth, and the Lord Vifcount Windfor, in Ireland, and Lord
Montjoy, in England.
Anthony Hickman, fourth fon, was Doctor of the Civil Law,
and died unmarried, 13 Dec. 1597, and lies buried in the
church of St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf. Matthew, and Elea-
,zar, were the two younger fons ; and the daughter was Mary,
married to Robert Phelips, of the county of Middlefex.
The aforefaid Anthony Hickman, their father, was much in
favour with King Henry VIII. and Edward VI. but in the
reign of Queen Mary, was under perfecution for the particular
kindnefs he (hewed to Bifhop Hooper, and many other good,
but diftreffed men, preachers of the Gofpel, whom he fheltered
in his houfe, and afterwards got conveyed beyond fea. His
wife's father, Sir William Lock, in the 25th of Hen. VIII*
1534, when the Pope fent forth his Bull againft that King
and his realm, and pofted it up at Dunkirk, went over, and
took it down ; for which act, the King gave him 100 1. per
annum land of inheritance, made him one of the Gentlenten
of
'
HICKMAN, of Gainfborough. 507
of his Privy-chamber, did him other honours, and knighted
him. He was particularly employed by Queen Anne Bul-
len, privately to gather the Epiftles, Gofpels, and Pfalms,
from beyond Tea, in which he ran great hazard ; i'omc
having been fecretly made away, for attempting the fame
thina;.
I now return to William, (the cldeft fon of Anthony, above
named,) who was knighted by K. James I. at Belvoir-Caftle ;
by his firft wife, Agnes, daughter of Sir Chriftopher Draper,
(relicl: of Sir Wolftan Dixy,) he had no iflue j but by his fe-
cond, Elizabeth, daughter of William Willoughby, Efq; (eld-
eft fon of Charles, Lord Willoughby, of Parham,) and Eli-
zabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Chriftopher Hildy-
ard, ofWinftead, inYorklhire, Knt. he had two fons, and
two daughters, of which Frances married Sir William Roke-
bv, of Skiers, in Yorkfhire, Bart.
Sir Willoughby, his elutft fon, was, for his great loyaltv to
King Charles I. created a Baronet ; and married Bridget, eldeft
daughter to Sir John Thornhagh, of Fenton, in Nottingham-
fhire, Knt. (by his wife, a daughter of Francis Rodcs, Efq;
one of the Juftices of the Ccmmon Pleas;) Sir Willoughby
died 1649.
Sir William Hickman, Bart, his only fon, fuccceded him in
dignity and eftate. He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of John Nevile, of Matterfey, in Nottinghamfhire, Efq; by
whom he had four fons ; William, who died aged twenty-
three, a gentleman of great hopes ; Nevil ; Sir Willoughby,
his fucceiTor ; and Francis, M. A. of Chrift-Church, Oxford,
1668, (he joined with Bifhop Atterbury in the Latin tranfla-
tion of Dryden's Abfalom and Achiiophel.) They all died
unmarried, except Sir Willoughby ; and five daughters ;
whereof Anne married to John Rayner, of Drayton, in Not-
tinghamfhire ; and Mildred, to Robert Williamfon, of tbf
fame county, Efqrs. Sir William died 1681-2.
Sir Willoughby Hickman, Bart, third fon of Sir William,
(the reft dying without ilTue,) fucceeded his father in the title
and eftate. He was Knight of the Shire for the county of Lin-
coln, 1713, and had in marriage Anne, only daughter of Sir
Stephen Anderfon, of Eyworth, in Bedfordfhire, Bart, (by his
firft wife, Mary, daughter of Sir William Glynne, of Biccfter,
jnOxon. Bart.) He died Oct. 28, 1720, having had feveral
iTons and daughters, of which, William, his fecond Ion, was
Member of Parliament for Eaft Retford, in Nottinghamfhire,
17 10, and died without iiTue. Sir Willoughby was fucceeded
by his fifth, but cldeft furviving fon,
Sir
5o8 B A T H U R S T, of Leachlade.
Sir Nevil Hickman, Bart, who married Frances, daughter of
Edward Kill, Efq; (defcended from the Halls of Gretfold, in
Lincolnshire,) and had iflue by her two daughters, who are
both dead ; and two ions y Willoughby, who died young, and
SirNevile-George, his fucceflbr. He died in June, 1733 » anc*
liis Lady afterwards, in Feb. 1 7 37, married Sir Francis Which-
cote, or' Afwarby, in Lincolnihire, Bart.
Which Sir Nevile-George Hickman, only furviving foil,
and fucceiibr to his father, in honour and eftate, is the prefent
Baronet, who married, Sept. 13, 1746, a daughter of — — .
Towers, Efq;
Arms. Party per Pale, indented, Argent and Azure.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Talbot couchant, with a Collar
and Chain, or String, Or.
Motto. Toujours fiddle.
Seats. At Gainfborough, twelve miles from Lincoln ; and
at Thonock, two miles from Gainfborough, in Lincolnfhire.
226. Bathurst, of Leachlade, Glouceiterfhire.
Created Baronet, Dec. 15, 1643.
HP H E family of Bathurft was anciently feated in Suflex,
and from thence removed into the county of Kent, where
ihev were poflefled of a confiderable eftate ; they have fpread
themfelves into divers other counties, and flouriihed with great
reputation.
Laurence Bathurft we find living temp. Hen. VI. and pof-
iefted of lands at Cranbrook, in Kent, and in the city of Can-
terbury ; in which he was fucceeded by Laurence, his fon and
beir, who alio poffcfled lands in Staplehurft, in that county*
and had iflue three fons ; 1. Edward, anceftor to the Lord
Bathurft j 2. Robert, anceftor to the prefent Baronet ; and,
3. John, who had lands in Staplehurft, by gift of his father -9
and by Elizabeth his wife, left iflue Edward Bathurft, of Ock-
ham, in Hampfhire, Efq; who married Mary, daughter of
George Holland, of Angmering, in Suflex, by whom he had
three fons ; 1. Edward ; 2. John, an Alderman of London,
167 3 ; and, 3. Anthony. From this branch the Bathurfts of
Ockham are defcended.
Robert Bathurft, fecond fon, was of Horfmunden, in Kent,
and married the daughter of William Saunders, Efq; and had
tjFue three fons 3 John, anceftor to the branch we are to treat
of
BATHURST, of Leach lade. 5o9
thereafter; S.Paul; and, 3. Stephen. Paul, the (Venn J
fon, married Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Ed ward Kor-
don, of Hordon, and Finchcocks, in Kent, Efq; one of the
Greencloth to Edw. VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elisabeth,
and had two fons, Edward, and Richard, who was the Kit
Avener, 1620. This Robert left four ions ; 1. Thomas J
thurft, of Finchcocks, Efq; anccftor to Edward Bathurft,
Finchcocks, Efq; 2. Edward, Gentleman-harbinger to King
Charles I. 3. William, a Merchant of London ; and, 4. Ri-
chard, who all married, and left iffue.
Robert Bathurft, of Horfmunden, before mentioned, had a
fecond wife, by whom he had three fons, Robert, Timothy,
and John ; which John was of Goudhurft, in Kent, and by
Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Edward Maplefden, of Marf-
den, Efq; had two fons ; 1. Edward, aged feventy-feven, ia
1673, who died without iffue ; and 2. John Bathurft, of Rich-
mond, in Yorkfhire, and of London, M. D. who died 1659,
leaving by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Bryan William^
of Clint, in Yorkfhire, eight fons; 1. Chriftopher, M. D.
2. John ; 3. Philip ; 4. John, (wiio, it is prefumed, all died
without iffue :) 5. Theodore, of whom hereafter ; 6. Charles ;
7, Francis ; and, 8. Edward, (which three laft, it i* fuppofed,
died alfo without iffue ;) and three daughters ; Dorothy, mar-
ried to Mofes Bathurfr, Efq; brother to Ralph Bathurft, M.D.
Dean of Wells, and uncle to Lord Bathurft ; 2. Elizabeth,
married to Sir Richard Blake, of Clcrkenwell, in Middidex,
Knt. who left two daughters, his coheirs ; Elizabeth, mar-
ried, firft, to Robert Berkley, Efq; and, fecondly, to Dr. Gilbert
Burnet, Biihop of Sarum ; and Alary, married to Robert Dor-
mer, Efq; one of the Judges of the Ccmmorf Pleas ; 3. Marv
Bathurft. Theodore Bathurft, of Leeds and Shutterihelf, in
Yorkfhire, Efq; the fifth, but eldeft furvivinj fon and heir of
John, married Lettice, daughter of Sir John Repington, Knt.
and had iffue Charles Bathurft, Efq; who married Fran,
daughter and heir of Tho. Potter, of Leeds, Merchant, 1
had iffue Charles Bathurft, of Richmondlinre, in the cou
of York, Efq; Mary, jane, and Frances.
But to return to John, fon and heir of Robert, of Horfmun-
den, in Kent, by his firft wife, the daughter of William Saun-
ders, Efq; which John Bathurft, Efq; married Mary, daughter
of Edwaid Dodge, of Wrotham, in Kent, Efq; and fo be-
came feized of the manor of Leachlade, and died in the life-
time of his father, leaving a fon Robert, heir to }ii> grand-
father ; Mary, his wife, furviving him, was remarried to
Francis Champneys, Efq; which Robert Bathurft, Efq; was
High
|io B A Til U R S T> of Leachlade.
High Sheriff of the county of Gloucefter, 1611. He married
two wives ', firft, Benetta, daughter of Roger Twifden, of Roy-
don-hall, in Kent, Efq*, by whom he had no iffue ; fecondlyj
Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Ralph Waller, Efq; relict of
Sir John Laurence, Knt. Lord Mayor of London. He left
ifTue, by Elizabeth, his fecond wife, two fons ; Robert, who
died under age, feized of the manor of Leachlade, 3 Gar. L
and Edward, heir to his brother, thirteen years old at his
death ; the two daughters of Robert, were Mary, and Eliza-
beth, v/ho both died unmarried.
Sir Edward Bathurit, eldeft furviving fottj was knighted
1643, and the fame year advanced to the dignity of a Baronet,
for his known loyalty and fignai fervice to King Charles I.
He had three wives ; 1. Anne, daughter of Thomas Morris*
of Great Coxwell, in Berks, Efq; by whom he had three fons,
and three daughters ; 1. Laurence ; 2. Sir Edward* of whom
hereafter ; 3. Robert, v/ho died without iffue. The daughters
were, Mary, married to John Cook, of London, Merchant ;
Elizabeth, married to Edward Gibbs, of Gloucefterfhire, Efqj
Deputy-governor of Chepftow-caftle ; and Anne, who died
without iffue. Sir Edward's fecond Lady was Sufan, daughter
of Thomas Rich, of North-Cerney, in Gioucefterfhire, Efq;
relic! of Thomas Cook, of Stanton, in Wcrcefterfhire, Efq;
by whom he had four fons, and four daughters ; 1. Robert,
of Leachlade, who married Mary, daughter of Robert Oat-
rid^e, of Leachlade, Gent, and had feveral children, who all
died young, or unmarried, except Robert, the eldeft, (who
married, and left two fons, Robert and Edward, of Leach-
lade,) Edmund, and John, deceafed.
The fecond fon of Sir Edward, (by his fecond wife,) was
Lancelot, who went to Virginia, and his defcendants are fet-
tled in Jamaica ; 3. Edward, Fellow of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, who died unmarried ; 4. Charles, of London, Draper,
who died without ifTue. The daughters of Sir Edward, by his
fecond Lady, were four ; viz. I. Sufan, married, firft, to Ro-
bert Jordan, of Leachlade ; 2dly, to the Rev. Mr. Orchard ;
and 3dly, to Richard Parfons, LL. D. Chancellor of Glou-
cefter : 2. Annabella, married, firft, to William Goodenough,
of Broughton-Poggs, in Oxfordfhire ; and, fecondly, to the
Rev. Mr. Tho. Kingfton, Vicar of Burfcote, in Berks ; 3. E-
lizabeth, wife of Henry Willet, of Leachlade -, and, 4. Ma-
ria, who died unmarried.
Sir Edward had to his third Lady, Mrs. Dorothy Nam*
of Worcefterfhire, by whom he had no ifTue, and died Aug*
l674' T
Laurence
BATHURST, of Leaclilade. 51 1
Laurence Bathurft, Efq; eldeft Ton of Sir Edward, married
Sufan, daughter of Thomas Cook, of Stanton, in Worccflcr-
{hire, Efq; by whom he had ifiiie one fon, Sir Edward, fuc-
ceflbr to his grandfather j and three daughters; i.Sufanni,
who died unmarried ; 2. Anne, wife of Mr. John Greening,
who died without iifue ; and, 3. Mary, married to George
Coxeter, of the Middle-Temple, and of Kennington, in Berks,
Efq-, and had iilue two fons, (and three daughters,) viz.
George, who died a minor, and Thomas. This Laurence
died in the life-time of his father, 1670, and his relict was af-
terwards married, firft, to Sir John Fettiplacc, of Swinbrokc,
in Oxon, Bart, and, 2dly, to Sir John Cutler, Knt. a Captain
in the Duke of York's regiment, fecond fon of Sir Gervafc
Cutler, of Stainbrough, in Yorkfhire, Bart.
Sir Edward Bathuril, Bart, (only fon and heir of Laurence,)
fucceeded his grandfather, in title and eftate, and died aged
about twelve, March 21, 1677 ; whereupon the manor of
Leachlade went to his two furviving fillers, his coheirs ; but
the title to his uncle,
Sir Edward Bathurft, Bart, who married Mary, daughter of
Francis Peacock, of Chawley, in Oxon, Efq; by whom he
had five fons ; 1. Sir Edward, his fucceflbr ; 2. Walter, who
died without ifTue ; 3. Sir Francis, fucceflbr to his brother ;
4. Robert, 5. Charles, which two laft died without illuc male -3
and a daughter, Mary, who died unmarried.
Sir Edward Bathurft, Bart, his eldeft fon, fucceeded him ;
but dying unmarried, the title went to his brother,
Sir Francis Bathuril, Bart, who married Frances, daughter
of the Rev. Mr. Peacock, and had ifTue two fons, Sir Lau-
rence, his fucceffor, and Robert ; and three daughters. Sir
Francis, and his Lady, with p2rt of his family, embarqued
with General Oglethorpe, to encourage the new fettlement at
Georgia, where his Lady died in Jan. 1736-7. Soon after
which, Sir Francis died there, and his fon Robert was killed
in an engagement with the Indians, whereupon the dignity
came to his eldeft fon,
Sir Laurence Bathurft, the prefent Baronet, who continues
to refide in Georgia.
Arms. Azure, two Bars, and in Chief, three CrofTcs, for-
me, Or.
Crest, On a Wreath, a Bay Horfe ftandir.g on a Mount,
Vert.
J27. ACTOtf,
512 A C T O N, of Aldenham.
127. Acton, of Aldenham, Shropfhire.
Created Baronet, Jan. 17, 1643.
*Tp HIS ancient family is defcended from William, de Acton
A Burnell, living 14 Edw. Ill, 1340, who had two Tons,
John, and Edward ; John gave to his brother Edward all
his lands in Acton Burnell, and Acton Pigot, anno 16 Edw.
Ill, 1342.
Edward Acton, de Aldenham, in the parifh of Morville,
living 10 Rich. II, 1387, married Eleanor, daughter and co-
heir of Sir Fulk L'Eftrange, Knt. and had iflue, ^Walter Ac-
ton, of Longnor, in Salop, who, by the daughter of Staple-
ton, had a fon, William Acton, of Longnor, who married a
daughter and coheir of Sir Fulk Sprenchofe, Knt, and had iflue
Thomas, living 36 Hen. VI, 1458, who by Joan, daughter
and coheir of Thomas Downton, had two fons, John, and
Thomas, of Longnor.
John Acton, of Aldenham, Efq; fon and heir, married Benet,
daughter of Roger Knight, of Shrewfbury, Efq; and had iflue
Thomas, who made his Will, Feb. 26, 5 Hen. VIII, 1513,
and had Jfiue by Elizabeth, daughter of Dryland, two fons 5
I. Griffith Acton, of Longnor, who died in his fathers life-
time, without iflue ; 2. William Acton, Efq; fon and heir,
who married Cecilia, daughter of Richard Creflett, of Upton
CreiTett, in Salop, Efq; and had feveral children ; 1. Robert,
of whom hereafter ; 2. Richard Acton, of London, who, by
the daughter of Cock, had iflue Sir William Acton, Knt. ad-
vanced to the dignity of a Baronet, May 30, 1629, 5 Car. I.
He was Sheriff of London 1628, Alderman of AJderfgate-ward,
and Lord Mayor of the faid city 1641, but discharged from his
office by the Houfe of Commons, on account of his loyalty.
He left iflfue one daughter, Elizabeth, his fole heir, married to
Sir Thomas Whitmore, of Apley, in Shropfhire, Bart. By
this match, a very coniiderable eftate went to the Whitmore
family ; and the title of Baronet, in this branch, became
extinct. The third fon of William, by the daughter of Cref-
fett, was Thomas, Vicar of Helmares ; 4. Roland ; 5. John ;
6. Francis, who married Bridget, daughter of Powis. Of the
daughters of William, Mary was married to Etton, of Thorn-
ton ; Elizabeth, to Adam Doddington, of Detton ; Jane, to
Thomas Wofeley ; Dorothy, to John Joanes ; Anne, to John.
Stringer; and Frances, to John Biliingfley.
Robert Acton, of Aldenham, Efq; fon and heir of Wil-
Ham, married Bridget5 daughter of Robert Doddington, of
Doddin°;>-
ACTON, of Aldenham. 5t3
Doddington, in Shropfhire, and had iflue three Tons, i. Wal-
ter, of whom hereafter; 2. Richard, of Dunvall, in Shrop-
shire, living 1623, who married Margaret, daughter of Mi-
chael Lifter, of Rowton, in Salop, Efqj and had two fons,
• and five daughters ; Walter, Edward, Bridget, Elizabeth,
Mary, Sarah, and Martha ; 3. Francis A&on, who died with*
but iiTue.
^ Walter Acton, of Aldenham, Efq; fon and heir, married
Frances, daughter and fole heir of Edward Acton, of A&on
Scott, in Salop, (by Catharine his wife, daughter of Thomas
Powell, Efq; one of the Council in the Marches of Wales,)
defcended from the A&ons, of A&on Scott, who had been re-
fident at that place, before 39 Hen. Ill, 1255, by whom he
had iflue,
Edward A&on, Efq; who, on account of his great loyalty to
King Charles I. was advanced to the dignity or a Baronet, 17
Jan. 19 Car. I, 1643. He died 1659, aged fifty-nine, having
married Sarah, daughter of Richard Mitton, of Halfton, in Sa-
lop, Efq; by whom he had ilTue five fons ; 1. Sir Walter, his
fuccelTor in title and eflate, of whom hereafter ; 2. Thomas
Acton, of Gatacre Park, in Salop, Efq; who died 1677, aged
fifty-fix, (having iflue by Mabell, daughter of Mr. Clement
Stoner, of Bow-church-yard, London, Mercer, three fons ;
I.Edward, who died youns; ; 2. Thomas, of Gatacre-Park,
aged twenty-two, 1687 ; 3. Clement, aged eighteen ; alfo two
daughters ; Sarah, married to John Whitmore, of Lutfon, in
Salop, Efq; and Rachel, aged fixteen, 1687.) 3. William
A&on, who died about 1657, (but by Mary, daughter of Ar-
thur Weaver, of Morvild, in Salop, had a daughter, Jane,
married to Walter Mofeley, of Mere, in Stafford ilii re, Efq;)
4. Robert, who died unmarried ; 5. Richard, a Captain of one
of his Majefty's (hips, who died at Bridgenorth, in Salop, about
3675, aged forty-four, (leaving ifTue by Lydia, daughter of
Mr. Peirfon, of St. Clements Danes, in Mi'ddlefex, only one
daughter, Lydia, married to John Darling, cf Covent-garden.)
Sir Edward had only two slaughters* who both died young.
Sir Walter A&on, Bart, cldeft fon and fucceflbr to his father,
in title and efbte, married Catharine, daughter of Richard
CreiTett, of Upton CrefTett, and Cound, in Salop, Efq; by
whom he had feven fons, and three daughters ; 1. Sir Edward,
his fucceflbr, of whom hereafter; 2. Walter A&on, Citizen,
and Goldfmith of London, by trade a Mercer, for forty years,
at the Cow's- face, in King's-ftreet, by Guildhall; he was
one of the Governors of Bridewell and Bethlehem Hofpitah,
London, Common-council-man in Cheap Ward, and one of the
Commiffioners of the Lieutenancy, London, and at his death,
Vol. L L 1 Steward
5 14 A C T O N, of Aldenham.
Steward of Bridewell, in which office he was fucceeded by his
fon Oliver. He died March n, 1717-18, aged fixty-feven,
having married Catharine, daughter of the Rev. Oliver Pock-
lington, M. D. Rector of Brinton, in Huntingdonfhire, (who
died Nov. 18, 1727, aged feventy-two,) by whom he had ten
fons, and fix daughters ; ( 1 ) Edward Acton, Citizen and Gold-
fmith, Banker, in Birchin-lane, London, who died May 3, 1728,
having married Catharine, daughter of John Steventon, (of the
family of Steventon, of Dodhill, in Salop,) had iflue, (Edward ;
John, Captain of the {hip Fort St. George, in the fervice of
the Eaft-India Company; and Philip, who died 171 1 ; and a
daughter, Catharine.) (2) Walter, who died 1685, without
iflue. (3) John, late of the Cuftom-houfe, London, was De-
puty Collector outwards to his Grace, the firft Duke of Man-
chefter : he died June 3, 1721, having married Young, daugh-
ter of Steventon, (filler to his brother Edward's wife,) and
had iflue, John Ac~r.cn, M. A. of Clapham, in Surry ; Wal-
ter ; Charles ; and a daughter, named Young, who died young,
and unmarried. (4) Another Walter, who died an infant.
(5) Thomas, who died aged fix. (6) William, who died an
infant. (7) Richard, who, anno 1714, went factor to Bom-
bay, in the Eaft India Company's fervice, and after his return
from thence to England, went out again anno 1721, a free
Merchant thither, and traded in that country till about Sept.
1734, in which time he had acquired a conliderable fortune ;
and having embarqued with it on board the fhip that was fet
on fire, and burnt there, upon a voyage, was unfortunately
loft, with about two hundred and eighty fouls, and not above
eighty of the fhip's company faved in the long-boat. (8) Oli-
ver Acton, of the Inner-Temple, Gent, and Steward of the
Hofpital of Bridewell, London. (9) Nicholas, (10) Charles,
both died infants. The daughters of Walter, fecond fon of
Sir Walter Acton, Bart, were, (1) Catharine, (2) Mary, who
died infants ; (3) Margaret ; (4) Elizabeth, who died at three
weeks old -, (5) Anne, married to John Hopwood, of St. Paul's,
Covent-garden, and died October 19, 1740, without iflue ;
(6) Frances, married to Thomas Goddard, Citizen and Apo-
thecary of London, who left her a widow ; (he had four chil-
dren. The third fon of Sir Walter, before mentioned, was
Richard Acton, Citizen and Vintner of London, (by trade a
Linen-draper, in Leadenhall-ftreet,) who had two wives ; firft,
Anne, daughter of - Llewellin, of Briftol, Merchant, by
whom he had two fons, Walter, who died young ; and Ri-
chard, who died without iflue ; and two daughters, Catharine,
married to Edward Gibbon, of Putney, in Surry, Efq; deceafed ;
and Anne, wife of Mr. Parrot, of Leadenhall-ftreet, Linen-
draper j
A C T O N, of Aldenham. 5T;
draper; and both left iffue. Richard Act. ! to his fecond
wife, the daughter of Gibbon, Efiqj by whom he had no
iilue. The fourth Ion of Sir \\ alter, wai V. illi tra, who died
without iffue. 5. Robert, of Stepney, in Middlefex, who mar-
ried Hefter, daughter of Francis Coleman, of Stepney, (by
whom he had two fons, Francis, who died young ; and i
bert, who, by the daughter of Wood, left illuc Charles ; Ca-
tharine Acton, only daughter of Robert, married Capt. Raj
Carter, Capt. of the Dartmouth, in the Eaft India Company's
Service, and left iilue.) 6. Thomas Acton, of London, Haber-
dafher, who married Anne, daughter of Witherington, of
Morpeth, in Northumberland, (and had only one fon, Edward,
who died at Marfeilles, in France, 1720, when the Plague raged
there.) 7. Francis Acton, who died unmarried at Putney, Aug.
24, 1733, aged feventy-five. Of the daughters of Sir Walter,
1. Sarah, married to Thomas Gatacre, of Gatacre, in Salop,
Efq; 2. Elizabeth, who had twohufbands, firft, JohnBetkin,
of Southwark ; and 2uly, Peter Crouch, of London, Apothe-
cary : 3. Catharine, who alfo married twice ; firft, Capt. Ro-
bert Thomas, (fon of Sir Robert Thomas, Bart.) killed at the
tattle of Aghrim ; 2dly, Thomas Evans, of London, Draper.
Sir Walter ferved in Parliament for Brid^enorth, at the Reito-
ration, and died in 1665, aged forty-four.
Sir Edward Acton, Bart, eldeft fon, and heir of Sir Walter,
married Mary, daughter and heir of Walter, in Somei -
fetfhire, Efq; by whom he had three fons ; 1. Sir Whitmore,
his (ucceflbr; 2. Edward, feated at Acton Scott, otherwife Ac-
ton on the Hill, near Shrewsbury, the ancient feat of the family
of Acton, of Acton Scott, before mentioned ; he married the
widow of Bird j 3. John, LL.D. Vicar ofClun, in Sa-
lop, who married Beatrix, filter to Richard Fleming, of Sib'-
don, near Ludlow, and of Shadwell, near Uilhops-Caftle, in
Salop, by whom he had a fon Edward. Sir Edward had alio
five daughters -, 1. Sarah, married, firft, to Child, of Kin-
let, in Salop, Efq; 2dly, to Robert Philips, D. D. deccafed j
2. Elizabeth, married to Richard Fleming, of Shadwell, a fore -
faid ; 3. Frances, wife of Timothy Collins, A.M. ofShro
(hire, deceafed; {he died in childbed, O&. 29, 17 18, of two
boys, who died foon after ; 4. Catharine, married to Phi-
lips, of Meole, and Salop, Gent, and, 5. Mary, twin with
Whitmore. Sir Edward ferved in feveral Parliaments, in the
reign of King William, for Bridgenorth ; and di<
I7l6, a?ed fixty-fix, and was buried by his Lady, in their pa-
rifli church of Morville.
Sir Whitmore Acton, Bart, eldeft fon, and fucceflfor t
father in dignity and eftate, fcrved as Reprefeniative in P
L 1 2
Si6 WEB B, of Odftock.
ment for Bridgenorth, in his father's life-time ; and married
Elizabeth, daughter of Gibbon, Efq; fitter to the faid
Edward Gibbon, of Putney, in Surry, Efq; deceased. Sir
Whitmore was High Sheriff of the county of Salop, i Geo. II,
died Jan. 8, 1731-2, aged fifty-fix, and was buried at Mor-
ville ; leaving one fon, Sir Richard, his fjcccflor, born Jan. i$
1711-12; and three daughters, Elizabeth, married to Mr.
Robert Bamfton, Wine-merchant ; Jane, and Mary ; befides
feveral other children, who died young ;
Which Sir Richard Aclon, only fon and fuccefTor, is the
prefent Baronet. He ferved High Sheriff for the county of Sa-
lop in 1 75 1 ; and married, Sept. 21, 1744, Lady Anne Grey,
daughter of the Right Hon. the Earl of Stamford.
Arms. Gules, two Lions pailant, Argent, between nine.
Crofs Crofslets, fitche, Or.
Crest. In a Wreath, on a Torfe, an human Leg and
Thigh, in Armour^ couped, and dropping Blood, all Proper,
embellifhed, Or.
Seat. At Aldenham, and Round Acton, otherwife A£t-on
Round, near Aldenham, in the county of Salop.
128. Webb, of Odftock, Wiltshire.
Created Baronet, April 2, 1644.
*TpHE nrft we find of this family, is William Webb, of Sa-
'*■ lifbury, Merchant, who lived temp. Hen, VIII. He mar-
ried Catharine, daughter and heir of John Barrow, Efq; by whom
he had JohnWcbbe and William Webbe, of Painfplace, Dorfet-
fhire, Efq; which William, the fecond fon, had iiTue, Sir Wil-
liam Webbe, Knt. who had iiTue only one daughter and heir.
John Webbe, of Odilcck, Wilts, Efq; eldefl' fon and heir*
left iffue two fons, Sir John Webbe, Knt. and John Webbe,
of London ; whofe iffue male are yet in that place.
Sir John Webbe, of Canford, Dorfetfhire, was knighted
1 Jac. I. (with his coufm-german, Sir William Webbe.) He
married two wives ; firit, a daughter and coheir of Faul-
coner, of Oxfordfhire, by whom he had no iffue. His fecond
wife was Catharine, daughter to SirThomasTrefham, of Ruffi-
den, Nortbamptonfhire, Knt. by whom he had iffue three fons^
viz. Sir John Webbe, Bart. Thomas, who died unmarried;
and, 3. Major-general William Webbe, under King Charles I.
in the civil war, who died a bachelor.
Sir John Webbe, eldeft fon and heir, was advanced to the
dignity of a Baronet, 20 Car. I. as a reward of his family's hav-
ing
WEBB, of Odftock. 517
ing both fhed their blood in the King's caufe, and contribute,
<ji< jv^nxi, x iiuums, w uiiaiii, aiiu 1 eier ; ine rnrec iait uku D
chelors. Sir John died in 1680, and was buried at Cuftoc
_ Sir John Webbe, of Odftock, eldeft Ton and heir, fucceeded
him ; and married Mary, fole heirefs tohei brothers, John and
William Blomer, Efqrs; and only daught r of John Bl , of
Hathrcp, in Gloucefterfhire, Elqj (by Frances, daughter to
Anthony Browne, Vifcount Montague,) and had only one ion,
John. He died anno 1700, and is buried at Odftock.
Sir John Webb, Bart, his only fon, fucceeded his father in
dignity and eftate ; and married Barbara, one of the daughters
and coheireffes of John, Lord Belafyfe, Baron of Worlaby, (fe-
cond fon of Thomas Belafyfe, Lord Vifcount Fauconberg,) by
his third wife, the Lady Anne, daughter to John Powlet, Mar-
quis of Winchefter, and fitter to Charles, late Duke of Bolton ;
(Lady Webb died March 28, 1740 ;) by whom he had iffue
two fons, and five daughters ; 1. John Webb, Efq; who died
in his father's life time, and had two wives ; 1. Mabella,
the youngeft daughter of Sir Henry- Jofeph Tichborne, Bart,
by whom he had two daughters, Mary and Barbara : his flrft
Lady dying, Sept. 1727, he married, 2d!y, Ann- , daughter of
Henry, Lord Teynham, by whom he had no ifliie : And 2. Sir
Thomas, his fuccefibr. The five daughters of Sir John were,
I. Anna-Maria, who married James Radcliffe, late Karl of Der-
wentwater ; 2. Mary, married to James, Earl Waldegrave,
(both which daughters are deceafed ;) and, 3. Barbara, mar-
ried to Anthony Browne, Lord Vifcount Mountague, of Cow-
dry, in SuiTex ; alfo, 4. Winifred, married to the prefent Sir
Edward Hales, of St. Stephen's, in Kent, Bart, and, 5. Bridget,
who died unmarried. Sir John died at Aix la Chapelle, in 0(51.
1745, and was fucceeded by his only furviving ion,
Sir Thomas Webb, Bart, who married Anne, daughter and
coheir of Thomas Gybfon, ofWellford, in Hampfhire, !
by whom he had two fons, Sir John, his fuccefibr, and j
Sir Thomas died June 29, 1763, when the title and eftate dci'~
cended to his eldeft fon,
Sir John Webb, the prefent Baronet, who is married, and
has iffue.
Arms. Gules, a Crofs, between four Falcons, Or.
Crest. A Demi Eagle difplayed, i Ailing cut of a Ducal
Coronet, Or.
Seats. At Odftock, in Wiltfhirc, and at Hathorp, in
Gloucefterfliire*
L 1 3 129. Wil-
5x8 WILLIAMS, of Guernevet.
129. Williams, of Guernevet, Brecon.
Created Baronet, May 4, 1644.
THE firft we meet with of this family* is Sir David Wil-
liams, of Guernevet, Knt. who was one of the Judges of
the Court of King's Bench, and married the daughter and heir
of Sir David Gam, of Aberbraen, in Brecon, Knt. by whom
he had four fons ; 1. Sir Henry, of whom hereafter ; 2. Tho-
mas, of Cornden* in Gloucefteriliirej and Cockthorp, in Ox-
fordfhire, who died about 1636, aged fifty-four, leaving by
Heller, daughter of James Hawkins, of Wamburne, in Wor-
cefterfhire, Efq; feveral children -, 3. Roger, of the Gare, in
Brecon, who had iffue ; and, 4. Robert, of Cabalva, in Rad-
nor, whofe line terminated in a daughter and heir, Elizabeth,
married to Sir Philip Boteler, of Teflon, in Kent, Bart, by
whom he hath no (flue living.
Sir Henry Williams, the eldeft fon and heir, having received
the honour of Knighthood, was farther advanced to the dignity
of a Baronet by King Charles I. He married Eleanor, daugh-
ter of Whitney, of Whitney, in Herefordfhire, Efq; and
had a numerous iffue, of which Sir Henry, his eldeft fon, was
his fuccelTor ; 2. * ; 3. David Williams, of Cornden, in
Gloucefterfnire, Efq* From the other children there are no
iffue remaining.
Sir Henry Williams, Bart* eldeft fon, and fuccelTor to the
title and eftate, married , and left Sir Henry, his fuccef-
for, and Sir Walter* fuccelTor to his brother.
Sir Henry Williams, Bart, eldeft fon and heir, married *,
and left only daughters his coheirs, of which, Elizabeth mar-
ried Sir Edward Williams, Knt. fecond fon of Sir Thomas
Williams, of Eltham, in Kent, Bart. Phyfician to K. Cha. II,
who thereby became poffeffed of Guernevet. Sir Henry dying
without iffue male, the title went to his brother,
Sir Walter Williams, Bart, who dying alfo without iffue, the
title went to the defendants of David, third fon of Sir Henry
Williams, the firft Baronet, before mentioned.
Which David Williams, Efq; was of Cornden, in the parifh
of Winchcomb, in Gloucefterfhire, and married a daughter of
Sir Matthew Carew, Knt. by whom he had iffue five fons, and
four daughters ; 1. Thomas, who died in the life-time of his
father, 1669, unmarried; 2. David, who married the relict of
Dr. Wright, a Phyfician, of Shrewsbury, by whom he had no
xffue y 3. Carew, married to a daughter of Dr. Lawrence, a
phyfician, of Lower-Grating, in Gloucefterfhire, by whom be
A C L A N D, of Columb-John. 519
had no ifTue ; 4. Henry, who died unmarried ; and, 5. Mat-
thew, of whom hereafter. Of the daughters, i.Mary, mar-
ried Mr. Carter, of Gloucefterfhire; 2. Hcfter, married the
Rev. Mr. Thorne, Vicar of Winchcomb, and died without
ifTue; 3. Elizabeth; 4, Frances; and, 5. Eleanor, who all
died unmarried. This David died Jan. 18, 1698, aged lixty-
five, and lies buried at Winchcomb.
Matthew Williams, Efq; youngefr. fon of David, and grand-
fon of Sir Henry, the fir ft Baronet, married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Mr. Thomas Gilbert, of London, Mercer, and had illue
two fons, and three daughters ; Sir Gilbert, of whom here-
after ; and Matthew, who died at Jamaica, unmarried ; Eli-
zabeth, married to the Rev. Mr. Cholmly, of Hereford ; Elea-
nor ; and Frances, married to Mr. John Cattle, of London.
Which Sir Gilbert Williams, fucceffor to his coufin, Sir
Walter, was Vicar of Iflington, in Middlefex, and Sarrat, in
Hertfordfhire ; and married Dorothy, daughter of William
Wankford, of Rickmanfworth, in Hertfordfhire, Efq; by whom
he had four fons, David, his fucceflbr, Matthew, Gilbert, and
William. Sir Gilbert died in 1768, and was fucceeded by
Sir David Williams, his eldeft fon, who is the prefent Ba-
ronet.
Arms. Argent, a Chevron, between three Cocks, Gules ;
on a Chief, Sable, three Spears Heads, Argent, fanguinated.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Cock, as in the Arms.
Motto. Deus hac Otia fecit.
Seats. At Goldingtons, in Hertfordfhire ; and Clifford-
Court, in Herefordfhire.
130. Acland, of Columb-John, Devonfhire.
Created Baronet, June 24, 1644.
(Exemplified to Hugh, January 21, 1677. )
THIS family derives its name from the fituation of its an-
cient feat, in the parifh of Lankey, near Barnftaple, which,
beino- in the midft of large groves of oaks, (in Saxon, fignificd
by Ak, or Ac,) from thence obtained the name of Ac, or Oak-
land, alluding thereto. They appear, in early times, to have
borne on their feals, three Oak Leaves, on a Bend, between
two Lions rampant ; and it is evident, from a deed in Sir
T.Pole's fol.MS. of Deeds and Charters, p. 82. that they were
fettled in this place as early as the reign of Henry II.
L 1 4 Tha
5 20 A C L A N D, of Columb-John.
The prefent Sir Thomas is the twenty-flrft, in a lineal defr
cent, from this Hugh de Accalen, feated at Accalen, 1 155.
Hugh was fucceeded, about the year 1191, by his fon,
Baldwyn de Accalen, who left a fbn of his name,
Baldwyn de Accalen, living in the time of Henry III. This
laft had iflue,
William de Accalen, who, temp. Edw. I. married Sarah,
daughter of John de la Pile, and was father of another
Baldwyn de Accalen, living 9 Edw. II. He had i i ill e two,
fons, John, and Richard, who died 21 Edw. III. without iflue.
John de Accalen, his fuccefibr, married Agnes, daughter
and heir of Richard de Leigh, of Leigh, in the parifh of Lox-
bear, and was fucceeded, 39 Edw. Ill, by his only fon and heir,
John de Akelane, of Akelane, who, by Sir J. Pole, in his
hiltorical account of famous foldiers, is recorded to have gained
great credit in the wars of France, during the reigns of Ed. III.
and Rich. II. By a decdy dated 9 Rich. II. this John impow-
ers Thomas AfFeron, John Staiford, and Joh. Colyn, to raife
money for his redemption, in cafe he fhould be taken prifoner,
without fale of his lands in Akelane, Riverton, Gratten, Barn-
flaple, Hawkeridge, Little Bray, Southmoulton, and other pla-
ces. He left, by Alice his wife, daughter and heir of William
Hawkeridge, of Hawkeridge, in the parifh of Chiddlehampton5
John, who died without iflue 4 Ken. IV. and
Baldwyn Akelane, whos having married Joan, daughter and
heir of William Riverton, was, in 11 Hen. IV, fucceeded by
his only fon and heir,
Robert Akelane, married to Cecily, daughter and coheir of
R. Hakeworthy, by Margaret his wife, daughter of Adam Co-
pleftone. He died 23 Hen. VI, leaving another,
Baldwyn Akelane, who married Joan, daughter of William
Prideaux, of Adiftone, by Alice, heirefs of Stephen Giffard,
of Thewborough, and was fucceeded, 4 Hen, VII. by his
only fon,
John Akelane, who, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of
John Fortefcue, of Spridleftone, had another
John Akelane, of Akelane •, and one daughter, married to
John St. Albin, of Alfoxton, in the county of Somerfet. John
died before his father, leaving by Elizabeth his wife, daughter
of Thomas Hexte, of Ham, in the aforefaid county, two fons,
John, and Anthony, the laft of whom was of Goodly- Priors,
and had iflue Baldwyn, who died 12 Eliz. leaving another
Anthony, fettled at Hawkeridge, in the parifh of Chiddle-
hampton, married to Anne, daughter of Courtenay, of Mol-
land, from whom the Acklands of Fremington are defcended.
John
A C L A N D, of Columb-John. 521
_ John Acklande, of Acklande, eldeft Ton and heir of John,
died 31 Hen. VIH, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of
John Uruwyfe, of Cruwyfe Merchard, John 5 and one daughter,
married to Robert Chichefter, of Hall ; which
John Acklande, his only fon, and fucceffor, married Marga-
ret, daughter and coheir of Hugh Radcliffe, of Stepney, in the
county of Middlefex, (a younger branch of the Earl, of Suficx,)
by whom he had Hugh, and Sir John.
The younger fon, Sir John, inherited his mother's cftates, i:i
the county of Middlefex, and was very eminent in his genera-
tion ; for having acquired a compleat education, and know
of the world abroad, he long fcrved his country in Parliament,
and the Commiffion of the Peace at home. He was knighted
on the acceilion of King James, and ferved the office of Sheriff
for the county of Devon in 1608. That he was religioufly and
charitably difpofed, appears from his building and endowing a
chapel, at his feat at Columb-John, near Exeter, for the ofe r"
his family and tenants ; and alio fettling on the Mayor and Cham-
ber of the city of Exeter, in truft, for ever, the tythes of Church-
Itow and Kingsbridge, adjoining parishes, in the county of De-
von, the produce of which, he directed, fhould be diftrrbuted
in bread, weekly, to the poor of feveral parimes in Exeter, and
the county of Devon. As a patron of learning, he was likewife
a confiderable benefactor to Exeter college, in the Univerfity of
Oxford, by building the College Hall, and fettling Exhibitions
towards the maintenance of two fcholars. He married two
wives; firft, Elizabeth, daughter of George Rolle, of Steven*
flone, in the county of Devon ; and, 2cl!v, Margaret, daughter
of Sir William Portman, of Orchard Portman, in the county of
Somerfet ; and dying 1613, was buried in the church of Broad
Clift, where a monument, with the effigies of himfelf, and his
two wives, is erected to his memory. Sir John, dying without
children, left a confiderable eftate to the illue of his elder bro^
ther,
Hugh Acklande, of Acklande, fon of John, who married,
1585, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Monke, ofPowderid ,
in Devon, aunt to the famous General of that name, by whom
he had one only fon and heir,
Sir Arthur Acklande, of Acklande and Columb-John, knight-
ed 1606, and married to Elizabeth, fole daughter and heir of
Robert Malet, of Wooley, in the county of Devon, whofc fa-
mily, even from the Conqueft, held great pofieffions in the
county of Somerfet. In the time ofHcn.VHJ. Baldwyn, fe-
cond fon of Tho. Malet, of Enmore, in that county, and SoU
licitor-general to the faid King, marrying the beirefi of Hacche,
his
522 ACLAND, of Columb-John.
his descendants fettled at Wooley, in Devonfhire, the feat of
that ancient family. She furviving Sir Arthur, became the fe-
cond wife of Sir Francis Vincent, of Stoke d'Abernon, in the
county of Surry, Bart. Sir Arthur died in 1614, and was bu-
ried with his anceftors in the church of Lankey, under a hand-
fome monument erected by his widow; by whom he had i/Tus
John, and one daughter, Elizabeth, married to Anthony Vin-
cent, eideft fon of Sir Francis.
John Aclande, ofAclande and Columb- John, his only fon,
engaging very zealoufly in the fervice of his Prince, King
Charles the flrft, greatly impaired his fortune, not only by raif-
Ing, but fupporting at his own charge, a party with which he
garrifoned his houfe at Columb-John ; which, at one time, as
Lord Clarendon takes notice, was the only force the King had
in the county of Devon, to controul the power of the Earl of
Stamford, then at Exeter. Upon the decline of the King's af-
fairs, his houfe was plundered, and himfelf feverely fined for
his delinquency, by the Commiflioners at Goldfmiths-hall. He
ferved the office of Sheriff for the county of Devon, 1641 ; and
was, in confideration of his faithful fervices, advanced to the
degree of a Baronet, in the twentieth year of Charles the firft ;
but amidft the confufion of thefe times, the Letters Patents
were deftroyed, and new Letters not being granted till after
the Reftoration, 1677, by reafon of a long minority in the fa-
mily, there was in them inferted a fpecial clau.fe of Precedency,
from the date of the fir ft, June 24, 1644. Sir John married
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Vincent, of Stoke d'Aber-
non, Bart, by whom he had three fons, Sir Francis, Sir John,
and Sir Hugh ; alfo two. daughters ; Eleanor, married to Sir
John Davie, of Creedy, Bart, and S.ufanna, married, firft, to
Ed. Halfall, Efq; Equerry to Queen Catharine ; and, fecondly,
to John Carleton, Efq; fon of Tho. Carleton, Efq; Equerry to
JCing Charles the firft and fecond. Sir John died Aug. 24, 1647,
and lies buried at Stoke d'Abernon.
Sir Francis Acland, his eldeft fon, and fuccefTor, died un-
married, in 1649.
Sir John Acland, fecond fon, and fuccefTor to his brother,
married Margaret, daughter and coheir of Dennis Rolle, of
Stevenftone, by whom he had iflue Sir Arthur, and one daugh-
ter, Margaret, married to John, Lord Arundel, of Trerice,
Sir John died in 1655, before he was of age.
Sir Arthur Acland, his only fon, died likewife in his mi-
nority, in 1672 ; whereupon the title and eftate came to his
uncle.
Sip
M
A C L A N D, of Columb-John. 523
Sir Hugh Acland, third ion of Sir John, the firft Baronet,
Vho ferved in Parliament for the boroughs of Barnftaple and
Tiverton, and married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Da-
niel, of Befwick-Hall, in the county of York, by whom he
had fix fons, and one daughter ; I. John ; 2. Hugh ; 3. Tho-
mas, Re&or of South-Brent, who left iflue bv a daughter
of Wilcocks; 4. Charles ; 5. Arthur ; 6. Francis j and
Elizabeth>
John Acland, his elded fon, fettled at Wooley, and died in
1/02, before his father, at the age of twenty - eight, being
then one of the Representatives for the borough of Caliington,
in the county of Cornwall, and leaving iflue by Elizabeth,
daughter of Richard Ackland, of Fremington, four fons, and
one daughter; 1. Hugh; 2. Richard, of London, Merchant,
who, by a daughter of Peter Burrel, Efq; left a fon, and one
daughter, now the wife of Richard Hoare, of Barnes, in thj
county of Surry, Efq; 3. John, Reclor of Broad Gift, who,
by a daughter of Rawlin Mallack, of Cockington, in the coun-
ty of Devon, Efq; left an only ion, the prefent Reclor of
that parifh, married to a daughter of the late Dr. Oliver, of
Bath. Arthur, the fourth fon, died without iflue ; and Anne,
the only daughter, was married to the late Sir John Davie, Ba-
ronet.
Sir Hugh Acland, elded: fon of John, and fucceflbr to his
grand-father, Sir Hugh, in 171 3, reprefented the borough of
Barnftaple in Parliament, and died at the age of thirty-one.
He married Cecily, eldeft daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas
Wrothe, of Petherton Park, Bart, lineally defcended from Sir
Hugh de Placetis, brother of John, Earl of Warwick, temp.
Hen. III. who, by the favour of that King, having married
the heirefs of John de Wrotham, of Wrotham, in Kent, She-
riff of that county and Devon, temp. Job. alfo Warden of
the Stannaries, and Lord of the manor of Newton Forefter,
&c. held the latter in her right by Grand Serjeancy, and the
fervice of keeping the Park of North Petherton, and the other
Royal Forefts, within the county of Somerfct. The defend-
ants of the fecond fon of this marriage, took the name of
Wrothe, and were of the firft rank in the county of Middle-
dlefex, till the time of King James the firft, when Robert
Wrothe, who married Mary, c)dcft daughter of Rcbcrt, Earl
ofLeicefter, and reprefented that county in Parliament, difti-
pated the greateft part of the poflefiions of his ancestors. The
Somerfetfhii-e eftate, including the ancient manor of Newton,
and Petherton Park, was, however, enjoyed by the late Sic
Thomas
524 A C L A N D, of Columb-John.
Thomas Wrothe, (who worthily ferved his country in the two
laft Parliaments of King William, and all the Parliaments of
Queen Anne, for the city of Wells, and county of Somerfet,)
and on his death, in 1721, defcended to his eldeft daughter,
Lady Acland ; his other, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Palmer,
of Fairfield, Efq; dying without iflue. She was alfo heirefs
to the families of Ofbaldefton and Morley ; her mother beino-
Mary, only child of Francis Ofbaldefton, of Alderfbrooke, in
the county of EfTex, Efq; by Cecily, daughter of Sir John
Morley, of Halnaker, in the county of SufTex, aunt of Marv,
wife of James, late Earl of Derby, who left no ifTue.
The children of this marriage were, the prefent Sir Tho-
mas ; 2. John, who died in his childhood ; 3. Arthur Acland,
now fettled at Fairfield, in the county of Somerfet, having, on
the death of Peregrine Palmer, the late worthy Reprefentative
for the Univerfity of Oxford, fucceeded to the eftate of that
ancient family, being, by his mother, defcended from Eliza-
beth, the daughter of Col. Palmer, and aunt of the above-
mentioned Peregrine. He married Elizabeth, only daughter of
William Oxenham, of Oxenham, in the county of Devon,
Efq; and has ifTue Hugh, John, Peregrine, and feveral daugh-
ters. Hugh, the fourth fon of Sir Hugh, born after his fa-
ther's death ; and an only daughter, Anne, are unmarried.
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the prefent Baronet, married Eli-
zabeth, only daughter, and heir of Thomas Dyke, of Tet-
ton, Efq; heir alfo to her uncle, Edward Dyke, of Pixton,
in the county of Somerfet, Efq. She died in 1753, leaving
bim two fons, John Dyke Acland, of Pixton, Efq; and Tho-
mas, now at Eton fchool.
Arms. Quarterly. Firft and fourth, Cheeky, Argent and
Sable, a Fefs, Gules. Second and third, Argent, on a Bend,
Sable, three Lions Heads, erafed, Argent, crowned Or.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Man's Hand, couped at the
Wriit, with a Glove on 5 and a Falcon perched thereon, Pro-
per.
Motto. Inehranlable.
Seats. At Columb-John, and Acland, both in Devon-
Thlre.
131. Vy*
VYVYAN, of Trelowarren. 525
131. Vyvyan, of Trelowarren, Cornwall.
Created Baronet, Feb. 12, 1644.
HP HE ancient family of Vyvyan was originally fented at
-■" Telkudrin, or Trivudrin, now called Treviddicn, in the
parilh of Buryan, in Cornwall, which eflate dill continues in
the family.
The firft, who is entered in the Vifitation Books of the He-
ralds Office, is Sir Vyel Vyvyan, Knt. This perfon is laid to
have married Margaret, daughter of Chriftopher, Earl, or Lord
of Kildare, in Ireland, and had iftue a daughter, Joan, married
to Sir Bartholomew Granvile, of Kilkhampton; and alfo Sir
Ralph Vyvyan, Knt. his fon and heir, who, by Catharine,
daughter of Reginald Ferrers, of Bofwithy, or Bofwith- Greet,
in Cornwall, had iffue Richard Vyvyan, who, by rcafon of
neighbourhood to the Collegiate Church of Buryan, had, in con-
junction with John de Maunte, Dean of that place, a contro-
verfy with Richard de Beaupre, the pretended Prebendary of
Trethin.
This Richard married Conftance, daughter of Sir Hueh Pe-
verell, Knt. by whom he had ifTue, William, his fon and heir ;
Hugh, Nicholas, and three daughters, married into the fami-
lies of Heme, Erify, and Aleih. He died Nov. 16, 1331, and
his wife Oc~t. 25, 1308.
William, his fon and heir, married Claricia, daughter of
Henry le Fort, or le Force, of Pengerikk, (by Engrine, daugh-
ter of Edward Godolphin,) and died Dec. 13, 1345, and hjs
wife Nov. 18, 1346, having iflue a daughter, Joan, married to
Alan Treuronek, of St. Sancred ; alfo his fon and fuccefibr,
Ralph Vyvyan, Efq; who married Alice, daughter of Peter Kem-
ple, of Cornwall, Efq; and was father of Ralph, who married
Ifabella, daughter of John Anthony, or Anthoroe.
It is moil probable that thefe were two peribne, father and
fon, called Ralph Vyvyan : The father married Alice, the
daughter of Peter Kemple ; and the fon Ifabella, daughter of
John Anthony, as before obferved ; and in this we follow the
Heralds office, and feveral manufcripts in the Trelowarren fa-
mily. Indeed, there is one that fuppofes, that there was but
one Ralph, who had to wife both the Ladies above mentioned ,
but we think this account eafy to be refuted.
John, fon and heir of Ralph, (who, if Leland's account may
be depended upon, in his Itinerary,) had once much impaired his
eflate ; but the fame was repaired and increafed by the man
of Honor, daughter and heir of Richard Ferrers, of Trelowai-
526 V Y V Y A N, of Trelowarren.
ren, Efq; by whom hs had that Lordmip^ the continued feat of
the family.
By the faid Honor, he had ifiue Richard, whom Lelaild calls
a gallant Courtier, fet forth by Somerfet, Lord Herbert. This
Richard was Sheriff of Cornwall, in the 8th, as alfo in the 20th
of Hen. VII. and having married Florence, daughter of Richard
Arundel, of Trerice, in Cornwall had by her Michael, and
Robert, bred a Lawyer.
Michael was Sheriff of Cornwall in the 22d of Hen. VII,
and married Thomafine, one of the daughters of John Glyn, of
Murvayle. By her he had a fon called John ; alfo a daughter,
Florence, married to John Fortefcue. This Michael died about
4 Eliz.
John, his fon, married Elizabeth, the eldeft daughter and co-
heir of Thomas Tethurfe, Efq; (fon and heir of John Tethurfe,
by Elizabeth, his wife, who was the eldeft daughter of Sir Hugh
Courtney, and one of the coheirs of Edward Courtney, Earl of
Devon.)
John, his fon and heir, who was Member of Parliament for
Helfton, 14 Eliz. married Anne, daughter of Baldwin Mallet,
and had iffue Anne, married to John Keftel, of Keftel ; Chri-
ftian, Barbara, and Catharine.
Alfo Hannibal, his fon and heir, who was Member of Parlia-
ment 28 and 43 Eliz. for Hellion, 31 Eliz. for Truro, and
3 Car. I. for St. Maws, as alfo Sheriff of Cornwall. He mar-
ried Philippa, daughter of Roger Tremaine, of Cullacomb, in
Devon, Efq; and had ifTue,
Sir Francis Vyvyan, Knt. who was Sheriff of Cornwall, 15
Jac. I. and was in great efteem and reputation. He married
Loveday, daughter of John Connock, of Treworgy, in Corn-
wall, Efq; and had iffue,
Sir Richard Vyvyan, Knt. his fon and heir, who was Mem-
ber of Parliament for Penryn, 15 Car. I. 2nd a Burgefs for Tre-
gony, in this county, to ferve in that Parliament which began
1640; but leaving it in 1642, retired to Oxford, and fate in
the Parliament there 1643, and was Matter of the Mint at
Exeter during the time of the rebellion. He was, by King
Charles I. in reward for his loyalty, and the great loffes he fuf-
tained by imprifonment, and fequeftration of his eftate, advanced
to the honour and dignity of a Baronet, the 20th of his reign.
He married Mary, daughter of James Bulteel, of Barnttaple, in
Devon, Efq; and had iffue, Sir Vyell, and Charles, and feveral
daughters.
Sir Vyell Vyvyan, Bart, fucceffor to his father, married Tho-
mafine, eldeft daughter and coheir of James Robyns, of Glaf-
ney, in Cornwall, Efq; and died without iffue, Feb. 24, 1696,
He
V Y V Y A N, of Trelowarren. 527
He was Member of Parliament for He 1 (Ion, 31 Car. II. and
Sheriff of Cornwall.
Charles, his brother, married Mary, the eldeft daughter and
coheir of Richard Erifye, of Trevanna, in Cornwall, Efq; and
had ifTue three fons ; Sir Richard ; Charles, a Captain in the
Army, who married Margaret, daughter of Am, Efqj of
the kingdom of Ireland ; and John, formerly Fellow of Exeter-
College, in Oxford ; and two daughters, Loveday and Anne ;
but dying before his brother, the honour and eftate, upon the
death of Sir Vyell, defcendcd to Sir Richard, his elded (on.
Which Sir Richard Vyvvan, Bart, fucceeded his uncle, was
elected Member of Parliament 12 and 13 K.William, and ferved
the county of Cornwall, as Knight of the fhire, 1, 4, and 9 of
Queen Anne's reign. He married Mary, the only daughter and
heirefs of Francis Vivian, Efq; (by Anne, daughter of Bridget
Minard, who was daughter and heirefs of Sir Samuel Cofworth,
of Cofworth,) and had illue fix fons, and four daughters ; 1. Sir
Francis ; 2. Richard, a Barrifter at Law, who married Philippa,
daughter of Philip Piper, of Trefmarrow, in Cornwall, Efq;
3. Charles, married to Mary, daughter of Harry Bond, of Tre-
funger, near Camelford, in Cornwall, Efq; 4. Thomas, who
took to wife Loveday, daughter of Buggens, of Trelage,
in St. Kivern, in Cornwall, Efq ; 5. John, married to Sarah,
daughter of Coufins, of Rochefter ; 6. James, who is un-
married. The daughters are, 1. Loveday; 2. Bridget, married
to Richard Sawle, of Polmaugan, in the county of Cornwall,
Efq; 3. Anne, and, 4. Frances. Sir Richard dying, May 9,
1724, was fucceeded in honour and effate by his eldeft fon,
Sir Francis Vyvyan, Bart, who married, May, 1730, Mary,
the only daughter and heir of the Rev. Mr. Carew Hoblyn, of
George Henn, in the county of Devon, (fon of Robert Hoblyn,
of Nemfwhiddon, in the county of Cornwall, Efq; by Grace,
his wife, eldeft daughter and coheir of John Carew, of Pen-
warne, in the county of Cornwall, Efq;) by whom he had ifTue
Sir Richard, his fucceflbr, born Mar. 11, 1732 ; Catharine, born
April 15, 1733 ; Grace, born July 9, 1734 ; and Carew, his fe-
cond fon, born Jan. 1 1, 1736. Sir Francis's Lady died Nov. 3,
1740, and he in Nov. 1746. He was fucceeded by
Sir Richard Vyvyan, the prefent Baronet, who, Dec. 6, 1754,
married Jane, daughter of Chriftopher Hawkins, of Trewinnard,
Efq; but by her has no iiTue. Sir Richard's brother, and two
fitters, are living, and unmarried.
Arms. Ermine, on a Bend, Sable, two Arms iffuing front
Clouds, pulling a Horfe-lhce, Proper : A Crcfcent for Difference.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Horfe paiTant, furnifhed.
Siat. At Trelowarren, near Helfton, in Cornwall.
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528 EDWARfiS, of Shrevribuiyi
132. Edwards, of Shrewfbury;
Created Bar one t, 1644.
(Exemplified to Francis, April 22, 1678.)
^PHE firft anceftor mentioned in this family pedigree, 12
•* Ynyr Caduroch, a nobleman in Maelors, one of the Ba-
tons of the Prince of Powis, defcended from the King of Powis,
who was defcended from Gurtheirn, (called by theEnglim Ver-
tigerm) Earl of Eurgain and Ewyas, in Herefordihire, and af-
terwards King of the Britains, about the year 450. ' He mar-
ried Rheinger, daughter and fole heir to the Earl of Hereford,
who was defcended from Cariadoc Ureiehfras, who was one of
the Knights of the Round-table to King Arthur. They left
ifTue, Tudyr, firnamed Trevor, who was Earl of Hereford, in
right of his mother, and married Gladufia, daughter to Howel
Dda, King and Governor of all Wales. The title of Earl of
Hereford continued in this family many years, tiil the Saxons
wrefted it, and all the kingdom, out of the hands of the Bri-
tains, and conferred the fame on the Saxon nobility.
From the above Tudyr, after a long feries of anceftors, who
married with the daughters of the Princes of North and South
Wales, the King of Cornwall, the Lords of Powis, and Barons
of Burford, &c. was Morris Edwards, Efq; who lived temp:
Hen. VII. and was the firft that took that firname. Tho' we
find that fome of this family were pofleflbrs of Maelors, Chirck-
land, Ofweftry, Dudlefton, and Whittington, about the 12th
of William the Conqueror. David, the ion of Morris, was of
Kilhendre, in Salop, and father of John Edwards, alias John
ap David, &c. and his fon Edward Edwards, of Shrewfburyj
married Ancharet, daughter and heir of Edward ap Howel, ap
Enyon Goch, and had ifTue, Hugh Edwards, of Shrewfbury,
who lies buried in St. Chad's church, leaving ifTue by Alice,
daughter of Thomas Keile, of Bakber, in Dorfet, two fonsj
Timothy, of Kilhendre, living 1623, and Thomas.
Thomas died March 19, 1634, aged fevemy-nine, and was
buried in St. Chad's church, in Shrewsbury, leaving ifiue by
Anne, daughter of Humphry Bafkerville, Efq; Alderman of
London, relief, of Stephen Ducket, Efq; Henry, who died with-
out ifTue ; Sir Thomas ; Humphry, and Jonathan, who both
died without ifTue ; and two daughters* Lucy, and Alice.
Sir Thomas Edwards, Knt. fon and heir, was the firft Baro-
net of this family, advanced to that dignity by King Charles L
He married, firft, Anne, daughter to Bonham Norton, of Shet-
ton,
EDWARDS, of Shrewsbury. 529
ton, Salop, Efq; and had ifliie only one daughter, Anne, mar-
ried toHerbertWeftfaling, of Rudhall, in Herefordfhire,Efq; His
fecond wife was Cecily, daughter to Edward Brookes, of Stret-
ton, in Salop, Efq; by whom he had iiTue fix fbns ; I. Sir
Francis 3 2. Thomas Edwards, Efq ; (who married Anne, daugh-
ter and coheir of John Haynes, of Shropfhire, Efq; and dying
Jan. 28, 1726-7, aged eighty-two, left iiiue one fon, Sir Henry,
of whom hereafter, and one daughter;) 3. Benjamin, (who
married Sarah, daughter to Richard Pooke, Merchant, and left
iflue one fon, Francis, and one daughter;) 4. Herbert, died
unmarried ; 5. Jonathan, Rector of Weftbury, in Shropfhire,
(who left iffue two fons, Jonathan, and Thomas, and two
daughters, Mary, married to Mr. Pougenes, of Carmathen-
fhire ; and Elizabeth ;) 6. Brookes, who died without ifTuc.
Sir Thomas alio left fwe daughters, who all died unmarried.
Sir Francis Edwards, Bart, eldeft fon of Sir Thomas, fuc-
ceeded his father in dignity and eilate, though the latter was
very much impaired by the family's great iuffering in the civil
wars, in which it is fuppofed the Baronet's Patent was loft ; for
in April, 1678, a new one was granted to Francis (then Sir
Francis) Edwards, of Shrewfbury, and to the heirs male of his
body, with remainder to Thomas, Benjamin, Herbert, and Jo-
nathan, and the heirs male of their bodies, &c. with a fpecial
claufe for Precedency before all Baronets created after the year
1644, viz. according to the former Patent.
This Sir Francis was a Colonel of foot, in the fervice of King
"William, and died in Ireland, that fummer the battle of the
Boyne was fought, and was buried there. He married Eleanor,
daughter of Sir George Warburton, of Arley, in Chemirc,
Bart, and had iflue, Thomas, and Elizabeth, who died infants ;
Sir Francis, and four daughters ; 1. Elizabeth, married Andrew
Corbet, of Adbright-Huuy, SaJop, Efq; 2. Eleanor, married
the Rev. Mr. Dryden Pigot, Rcitor of Edgemount, in Salop,
younger brother to Robert Pigot, of Chetwynd, in that county,
Efq; (Hie died, leaving no iflue.) 3. Hcfter, married to —
Davies, of Stanton Lacy, Salop, Efq; and, 4. Diana, married
to John Scrimfhire, Efq;
Sir Francis, the only fon of Sir Francis, fucceeded his father
in title and eftate, and married El , daughter of Har-
vey, of Stockton, in Warwickfhire, Efq; and left iflue one fon,
Sir Francis, and one daughter, Eleanor, man:. J to Sir Henry
Edwards, Bart, of whom hereafter.
Sir Francis Edwards, Bart. 1 fed his father in '
eftate, and married- firft,
masRocke, of Shi uy, Efq; by whom h
She dving in 1726, he ras ' his
Vol. I. '-1
53© ED W ARDS, of Shrewfbury,
daughter and coheir of John Lacon, of Weft-Coppies, in Shropr
(hiic> Efq; and had one daughter, who married Vifcount Mai-
pas, ion and heir of George, Earl of Cbolmondeley.
Sir Francis dying without ifluc male, was fucceeded in dignity
und eftate bj his coufln, Sir Henry, grandfon of Sir Thomas,
the fiiit Baronet.
Wht Hen*y Edwards married, in J727, (as before men-
tioned,) Eleanor, daughter of Sir Francis, and fifter to the late
Sir Francis Edwards, Bart, by whom he had ifliie, 1. Eleanor,
2. Diana, who both died infants ; 3. Sir Thomas, his fucceflbr ;
4.. Francis, who died an infant ; 5. Francis, Re£tor of Greete
and Fr jdefley, in the county of Salop, who died unmarried Dec.
24, 1767 ; 6. Benjamin, a Captain in the eleventh regiment of
foot j and, 7. Mary, married, JVLy 23, 1 759, to Thomas Mit-
ten, 6f Skipton, in the county of Salop, Efq. Sir Henry died
Klar. 26, 1767, and was fucceeded by his ton, 1
Sir Thomas Edwards, the piefent Baronet, who, in 1760,
married Anne, fole daughter and heirefs of — — Barrett, late of
Ealing, in Middlefex, Efq; by whom he has one daughter,
named Helen-Efther-Mary.
Arms. Gules, a Chevron engrailed, between three Tiger?
Heads, erafed, Argent.
Crest. On a Wreath, a Man's Head in, Armour, Proper.'^
Motto. Gratia Naturam vincit.
Seats. At Grete, and the College in Shrewft>uryf both i'q
Salop.
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